realms| Passivity|Dynamism | There are differences between Sankhya and Western forms of dualism. In the West‚ the fundamental distinction is between mind and body. In Samkhya‚ however‚ it is between the self (as Purusha) and matter (Prakriti). Epistemology: According to the Sankhya school‚ all knowledge is possible through three pramanas (means of valid knowledge) - 1. Pratyaksha or Drishtam - direct sense perception‚ 2. Anumana - logical inference and 3. Sabda or Aptavacana - verbal testimony
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RETHINKING CONCEPT ANALYSIS 1 Rethinking Concept Analysis Dr. Mark Risjord Philosophy Department and the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University mark.risjord@emory.edu September 2008 DRAFT Under editorial review Please do not cite without permission INTRODUCTION Concept analysis has a mixed reputation in nursing scholarship. Since Walker and Avant introduced it in Strategies for Theory Construction in Nursing (2005‚ first edition 1983)‚ textbooks have stated that concept analysis
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Auto-Coding and Natural Language Processing Executive summary Without changes to current coding technology and processes‚ ICD-10 adoption will be very difficult for providers to absorb‚ due to the added complexity and coding overhead of ICD-10. Automated coding‚ based on NLP‚ can help reduce the coding burden. Richard Wolniewicz‚ PhD‚ Director‚ NLP Advanced Technology 3M Health Information Systems Natural Language Processing (NLP) promises to reduce costs and improve quality
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7‚ 2012 from http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/Ethics_Main.html Santayana: The Life of Reason; Scepticism and Animal Faith; Realms of Being. Retrieved November 8‚ 2012 from http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/epistemology.htm Colin Temple. Epistemology. Retrieved November 9‚ 2012 from http://www.philosophy-index.com/philosophy/epistemology.php Metaphysical. Retrieved November 10‚ 2012 from http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/gengloss/metaph-body.html Cline‚ A. What is Aesthetics? Aesthetics is
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methodology of relativist qualitative and experimental research‚ reflecting their different epistemology’s (what can be known about human behaviour)‚ via issues of validity‚ reliability and generalisability. In accordance with a logical positivist epistemology‚ experimental researchers argue that social behaviour is an objective‚ independent reality‚ relying on theories which describe that reality (Megee‚ 2001). Theories depend on constructs and variables‚ and the relationship between these constructs/variables
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opinion or view. Four major areas of philosophical questions are: Metaphysics‚ Epistemology‚ questions related to value‚ and logic (Moore & Bruder‚ 2005). Metaphysics is an area of philosophy concerned with questions related to being or existence. Philosophers in this area ask questions like “Are we really here?” The second area‚ Epistemology‚ is concerned with questions relating to knowledge. Some questions in Epistemology are “What is truth?” and “Is there a limit to what is known?” The third area
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In the world the views on Epistemology may seem unclear some believe in the idea of knowledge that is just known‚ Rationalism‚ and others may question the thought or idea of how does someone know for sure‚ Skepticism. Descartes made a strong case for the rational approach to knowledge‚ he had an intense desire to establish his beliefs on a foundation of absolute certainty to do this he then applied the method of rational doubt. He decided that if he found any reason to doubt a category or principle
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Philosophy of Education Paper EDUC 326 Foundations of Education University of Wisconsin- Stout Marketing-Business Education Spring 2013 Abstract The main goal of a Marketing-Business teacher is to expand the business knowledge within the students you teach. This should be done by realistic marketing and business activities and experiences. Throughout this paper I explain how the roles of the teacher‚ education‚ and curriculum influence the outcome of the marketing business teachings‚ along
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Explain Feuerbach’s teaching on Religion Feuerbach began his philosophical career as a Hegelian but quickly came to see the shortcomings of this philosophy. He argued that Hegel’s system was a mere ‘ghost of theology’ and swiftly moved on to write his own works. His most famous being ‘The Essence of Christianity’ and ‘The Essence of Religion’. Feuerbach was a modernist and in his major works he tends to reduce religion to its existential‚ sociological and anthropological origins. Feuerbach states
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interdisciplinary interlocution between social theory and social philosophy in order to recast the problem of normativity in social practices‚ especially within Brazil’s democratic ethos. By resorting to insights from critical theory and social epistemology‚ the essay proposes to reexamine Bourdieu’s conception of habitus so as to contribute to a moderate social constructionism that cannot be reduced to a postmodernist discourse or to a variant of relativism. Keywords: critical theory; democratic
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