Q3: What are the main differences between rationalism and empiricism as approaches to knowledge? Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each‚ using Descartes (Second Meditation) as the example of a rationalist‚ and Hume or Locke as the example of an empiricist. In your view which approach better explains the common-sense knowledge of the world that we take for granted? Common-sense knowledge is information we know and understand unproblematically. It could be that a spider has six legs‚ your
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‘Poets interestingly explore the themes of possession and ownership in poems about home.’ In both “Meditations in Time of Civil War”‚ by Yeats‚ and in “Ruins of a great house”‚ by Walcott‚ the themes of possession and ownership are explored in a number of ways. In the Walcott poem‚ there is the idea that ownership is a losing battle that‚ inevitably‚ anyone who tries to claim ownership of something will eventually lose. This can be seen in the line “the leprosy of Empire.” By personifying empire
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conclusions. In this paper we will examine an article and discuss the purpose of the study‚ research methodology and statistical procedures used‚ and the results and the appropriateness of the results. Purpose of the study Chosen is an article titled “Meditation can wish you well‚ study says” by Amanda Gardner. Gardner discusses a study by doctors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. According to Gardner’s article “The main research question was to see whether some positive qualities such as loving-kindness
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1. In Descartes’ First Meditation‚ why does he set about doubting all of his knowledge? What is he hoping to achieve? Descartes mentions that several years have passed since he first realized how numerous were the false opinions that he had once taken to be true. He notes that the subsequent opinions built were suspect to doubt because of this. He says that he has gained his knowledge through the senses or through the senses. The senses are sometimes deceptive and it is prudent not to trust that
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Differences between Human Service Providers Vicki Foreman National Louis University Prof Practice and Ethics in Human Services HSC 511 October 23‚ 2011 Table of Contents Differences between Human Service Providers: 3 LPC‚ Licensed Professional Counselor or LMHC‚ Licensed Mental Health Counselor: 3 MSW or Master of Social Work: 4 Psychiatrists: 5 Clinical Psychologist: 5 Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselors: 5 Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT): 6 Mental Health Nurses:
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reluctant to embrace it? Death is not something to be feared or to be held in awe. "One short sleep past‚ [humanity wakes] eternally" to the beauty of afterlife‚ which is far better a life than any human is experiencing presently. In contrast‚ In Meditation 17‚ Donne does not imply that death is feared by some‚ or that it is thought to have monumental power. He comments more on the effect it has on humanity. He compares life to a book‚ comparing each person to a chapter in this great book of life.
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Choose a medical condition that interests you and research it. Write about the possible uses of hypnosis in the treatment as you see them. Breast cancer affects one in every nine women in Britain‚ 45‚000 women every year are diagnosed with it in some form or stage of development. Life style and cognitive interventions‚ i.e. counselling and psychotherapy can play an important part in how the patient deals with cancer in their lives and how they recover. Our genes regulate cell growth and
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one’s normal mental state without being considered unconscious. There are many different types of ASC but some examples would be dissociation‚ hypnosis and meditation. All these forms of ASC can all be achieved in different ways‚ and are achieved for different reasons. For example‚ meditation is usually used to help reduce stress‚ and lower anxiety. While hypnosis is used to open people to the power of suggestion. Altered State of Consciousness affects the brain and a person by having one lose the sense
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There are four main states of altered consciousness that differ from our normal state‚ sleep and dreams‚ hypnosis‚ biofeedback‚ and meditation. These states‚ while having identified them and having a general grasp of them‚ are still studied and observed to find out the definitive reason for why each and every one of them occur and what we can do with these states‚ whether it be medicinal or spiritual. The first state of altered consciousness that I will talk about is sleep and dreams‚ a state
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happening in it. Perception can be changed by many factors‚ including ones intended to distort perception. These altered states can be used for personal enlightenment‚ escapism‚ personal pleasure‚ and spiritual revelations through rituals‚ meditation‚ hypnosis‚ sensory deprivation‚ drugs and alcohol. Some of these methods of distorting perception can be useful and others extremely harmful. Ritual The Sioux Indians participate in a ritual ceremony intended to cleanse the mind and body
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