Introduction Theorist Judee Burgoon is a well-respected contributor in the communication scholarly community. Not only has she formulated the eminent definition of a theory as “a set of systematic‚ informed hunches about the way things operate”‚ but she is also the founder of Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT). EVT is a communication theory that aims to provide an explanation for the nonverbal patterns and behaviors that occur when individuals interact interpersonally. Burgoon is a behavioral scientist
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rather‚ the belief that science is the only valuable part of human learning‚ that knowledge comes only through the methods of investigation available to science‚ that science by itself gives us reliable answers to questions about morality and epistemology‚ that science enables us to solve all serious human problems‚ and that science will give us a comprehensive and unified understanding of the meaning of the universe. I believe none of these. Science may illuminate serious ethical‚ epistemological
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professor of logic and mathematics at the university and was an extremely popular lecturer‚ because people wanted to hear what he had to say. He wrote several notable works as he was a prolific writer. He wrote great works such as Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals (1785). Kant was an overly critical man who lived his life in an extremely rigorous way. This is most likely led him to becoming a strict rational deontologist‚ believing that the morality of an action is centered on
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not agreed upon by scientist nor reduced to laws and facts. Hence‚ the epistemology‚ or the “knowledge which they aim to generate” (Lee and Lings‚ 2008‚ p. 59)‚ of the two approaches to research differ significantly. Moreover‚ the interpretive approach is concentrated on understanding the reality rather than explaining it. It is thus focused on generating local understanding of a phenomenon or experience. This concerns the axiology of the approach‚ or the goal of the approach. (Lee and Lings‚
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was popular was the study of ‗axios’ and not ‗ethos‘. ‗Axios’ translates to a meaningful 3 expression ‗to be worthy‘ root word for axiology - a more popular science than ethos – the root word for ethics. Ethics meant ‗character or the custom‘ so that one can talk about individual character being good or bad and a society‘s custom could be worthy or not. Axiology as the science that propels society and guides her as to what is valuable‚ worthy or
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Timothy Williamson is a contemporary British philosopher that presents a new concept of rationality. This concept refers to a direction of mind as mental to the external world that is the source of whole possible truth which the external world become a part of mind. So‚ Williamson tries to combine between subject and object (man and world) by neutral epistemological method in a structure doesn’t accept analysis. Therefore knowledge covert from being prior conditions to be series of virtual assertions
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The Philosophies of Georg Hegel and Herbert Spencer The Philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Hegel (1770-1801) Metaphysics Georg Wilhelm Hegel aspired to find a philosophy that would embody all human experiences with the integration of not only science‚ but also religion‚ history‚ art‚ politics and beyond. Hegel’s metaphysical theory of absolute idealism claimed that reality was the absolute truth of all logic‚ spirit‚ and rational ideas encompassing all human experience and knowledge. He believed that
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Plato‚ the father of philosophy‚ was a rationalist. He was the first systematic metaphysician and epistemologist. He believed that we had innate knowledge; a priori. So to him learning was only a matter of remembering. Plato believed that the “ideal” world existed beyond our own physical earth because according to him realty could not be changing or imperfect. From his point of view what we see are only the particulars‚ the mimics of the real thing‚ therefore‚ we have to pull back from the world
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definition of the term‚ but with the classification of species - and this‚ he recognizes‚ is a question of metaphysics.” (Teehan‚ 1999‚ pp. 379-380).
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[5][6][7] The introduction of the terms "philosopher" and "philosophy" has been ascribed to the Greek thinker.. Main branches of philosophy Traditionally‚ there are five main branches of philosophy. They are: Metaphysics‚ which deals with the fundamental questions of reality. Epistemology‚ which deals with our concept of knowledge‚ how we learn and what we can know. Logic‚ which studies the rules of valid reasoning and argumentation Ethics‚ or moral philosophy‚ which is concerned with human values
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