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    Based on several studies it has been found that during nurse’s careers‚ that they have used their intuition as their guidance to make important decisions on their patients care. Intuition is a basic piece of nursing science that becomes possibly the most important factor when healthcare providers get to oblivious learning without restraint or speculation. One can also assume that intuition is also based on their overall experiences and knowledge acquired during their nursing practices. The purpose

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    Epistemology: Meditations on First Philosophy — Skepticism Rene Descartes’ take on epistemology concerns examining his core beliefs and applying the method of skepticism. He examines these beliefs by raising doubts on each of his core principles. He hopes to build a foundation which not even the strongest skeptic can raise a doubt on. Rene also proclaims that should he find anything from his core beliefs to doubt—even the slightest of doubts— he must reject the foundational belief simply because

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    One of Descartes important discoveries is that he considers himself as a thinking thing. He makes this discovery thanks to mathematics and his critical thinking skills. Since he was talented and made a great contribution in mathematics‚ Descartes was able to come up with own logical theories and techniques. According to Descartes philosophy‚ ideas are what connect the mind to the world because there are two types of reality contained in them. He calls them objective and formal reality. On the other

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    Liz Johnson December 12‚ 2012 Kant and Descartes “Idealism is the assertion there are none but thinking thing beings. All other things‚ which we believe are perceived in intuitions‚ are nothing but presentations in the thinking things‚ to which no object external to them in fact corresponds. Everything we see is just a construction of the mind.” (Prolegomena). Idealism maintains that there are no objects in the world‚ only minds. According to idealism‚ the existence of outer objects is

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    unconscious. The conscious mind is only a fraction of our total brain capacity and the unconscious mind fills the rest. The four ways of knowing presented by the IB are all based on our conscious mind whose mechanism is known to a certain extent. However intuition‚ memory and imagination are part of our unconscious mind whose functioning is not yet proven till date. Memory is the function of storing and recalling information gained from experience. Whereas‚ imagination is the process of forming new ideas

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    Introverted Intuition with Extraverted Thinking The Scientist As an INTJ‚ your primary mode of living is focused internally‚ where you take things in primarily via your intuition. Your secondary mode is external‚ where you deal with things rationally and logically. INTJs live in the world of ideas and strategic planning. They value intelligence‚ knowledge‚ and competence‚ and typically have high standards in these regards‚ which they continuously strive to fulfill. To a somewhat lesser extent

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    normal duties‚ gives rise to assessable income.1 Nonetheless‚ her normal travel expenses from home to the place of employment or business are not deductible under Section 8-1 as such costs are not qualified to satisfy the positive limb of the general deductions provisions‚ that is‚ they are not sufficiently related to the production of assessable income.2 Rather‚ the normal travelling expenses are incurred because of a private choice to live somewhere far away from the work place‚ thus they are not deductible

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    In fact‚ if you have a large amount of mortgage interest‚ deductible taxes‚ business-related expenses that weren’t reimbursed by your company‚ and/or charitable donations‚ it probably makes sense to itemize your deductions. Sit down with a CPA and go over your personal situation to determine whether it makes sense to itemize. Then get in the habit of saving receipts and keeping good records. Remember‚ in the end it’s not always what you make‚ but what you save that

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    Steve Jobs once said‚ “Your time is limited‚ so don’t waste it living someone else’s life...have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” By this‚ he means: don’t let the voices and beliefs of others overrule yours‚ but instead follow your own intuition. This is exactly what Atticus teaches his children in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In the novel‚ Atticus shows his children that even though everyone may be against your belief or stand on something‚ continue to think for

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    There are 8 hallmarks of scientific research‚ namely; purposiveness‚ rigor‚ testability‚ replicability‚ precision and confidence‚ objectivity‚ generalizability and parsimony. For a scientific research to be considered significant there must be an essential reason why it must be done. This reason may vary depending on the subject of the research but it all boils down to having a focused goal to be accomplished in the end. Researchers may encounter extreme hardship during the process but in order

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