each theory has a different understanding of power‚ control and resistance.` In this essay‚ I will be looking at two different theoretical perspectives‚ modern and post-modern and discuss how each perspective’s differs based on their ontology and epistemology. Next‚ I will analyse and look into their understanding of power‚ control and resistance in organisations and lastly‚ I will end this essay with a conclusion on their overall views in organisations. Power‚ Control & Resistance Before I begin
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Technovation 29 (2009) 580–587 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Technovation journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/technovation Information technology and tourism a theoretical critique Philip Alford a‚Â Steve Clarke b‚1 a b Bournemouth University‚ School of Services‚ Management‚ Dorset House‚ Talbot Campus‚ Poole‚ Dorset BH12 5BB‚ UK Business School‚ The University of Hull‚ Hull HU6 7RX‚ UK a r t i c l e in f o a b s t r a c t This paper aims
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Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology: A Gift to Epistemology Reuben John B. Valentin Abstract: One of the fundamental question of epistemology is on how man can acquire knowledge? What means can man use to overcome state of ignorance? This question is critically touched during the Renaissance the jump from the God questions and focus on a more humane one‚ the man questions.The likes of Descartes who comprises the bulk of the rationalist started the period but as their ideas were articulated and read by
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skepticism‚ which brings up opposing views and Philosophy relies on rational argument to fully understand a concept. Philosophy is said to have six main branches of thought embedded in it: metaphysics‚ which is the nature of reality and the universe‚ epistemology‚ which is the study of knowledge and how it is acquired‚ and logic‚ which is how to get a valid argument. There is also: ethics‚ which is the study of right and wrong and how people should live‚ politics‚ which is the study of government and citizen
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Outline and briefly discuss the main theories in Sociology In sociology there are several theories that each has different perspectives‚ concepts and views on the way society is. The main ones are Functionalism which looks at society as a whole‚ Marxism which reject the idea that society is based on a consensus and Interpretism which is where it looks at the individuals look on society rather than society. Feminisms is a list of views written by women on the role of women in society‚ Postmodernism
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Also known as logical empiricism‚ rational empiricism or neo-positivism‚ logical positivism is the name given in 1931 by A.E Blumberg and Herbert Feigl to a set of philosophical ideas put forward by the Vienna Circle. This Vienna Circle was a group of early twentieth century philosophers who sought to re-conceptualize empiricism by means of their interpretation of then recent advances in the physical and formal sciences. Hence‚ the Vienna Circle represented a radical “anti-metaphysical” stance which
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materialism‚ organicism and other theories based upon science. Moreover‚ epistemology which is a part of philosophy‚ refers to one’s theory of knowledge through basically answering the question of‚ “How much can one know about reality‚ and how does one obtain this knowledge?” Naturalistic Humanism answers that everything in the physical world is knowable‚ and science is the proper means of knowing it. Likewise‚ Marxism/Leninism epistemology professes faith in science and just as much faith that all religious
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sensitivities I can develop an anti-oppressive practice while growing a more evidence based framework. Biculturalism exists in every client I come across‚ no two people are same so therefore no two people are thinking alike but if we can align the two epistemologies so that they are aware of each others difference and similarities they working relationship
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knowing and doing”. He further expanded this definition to include philosophy of life‚ ideology‚ and faith or religion. According to Nash (1999)‚ there are at least five clusters of worldview beliefs‚ namely‚ God‚ metaphysics (ultimate reality)‚ epistemology (knowledge)‚ ethics and philosophical anthropology (human nature). The first question you ask yourself when you think about theology is whether or not there is a God. The next question might be what is the nature of God ?. If you believe there
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1.What is epistemology and why does it matter? Epistemology is the study of knowledge. It matters because without a firm foundation for knowledge‚ every academic endeaver begins to collapse. 3. What is Rationalism? Rationalism is the part of philosophy that our foundation for knowledge is found within reason. 4. Who are the three main Rationalists and where did they come from? Rene Descartes‚ Baruch Spinoza‚ Gottfried Leibniz. Descartes was French and from the Dutch Republic. Spinoza
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