Semantic Interoperability in the d-learning in the era of Cloud Computing: Simplicity or Complexity Introduction During recent years there has been an expansion of information system covering the same domain. These systems need more and more to communicate‚ collaborate and exchange content with each other to achieve common goals. Many domains know this revolution‚ including the learning. Learning systems have a rich and varied content must be accessible‚ sharable‚ and exchangeable while keeping
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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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interest in human morality‚ their outlook regarding the subject of Truth differs greatly. The sophists were sceptics on the matter of the existence of eternal Truth‚ whilst to Socrates Truth was an absolute. This can be clearly seen in their varying epistemologies. The Sophists were a group of intellectuals that travelled extensively throughout the Mediterranean and brought to Athens new customs and thoughts. They all held various positions on the matter but were all tied together by one definite claim;
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“monstrous-feminine”’ in different guises: ‘the archaic mother‚ woman as monstrous womb‚ woman as the witch‚ for instance-while others address them matters of sexual desire-the femme castratice and the vagina dentata’. The woman and her capacity to disturb normal ontology to give birth fascinate‚ repulse and intrigue. From the psychoanalytic viewpoint‚ the monstrosity of the maternal body is ambiguous‚ a ‘man’s fear of woman linked to the belief that the mother is castrated’ (Freud cited in Vachhani 653). Creed postulates
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research; what theoretical perspective lies behind the methodology; and what epistemology informs this theoretical perspective. (Crotty‚ 1998) Before continuing it is important to explain these key terms: Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge‚ which seeks to inform us how we can know the world.’ (Jary and Jary: Dictionary of Sociology‚ 1991) In the context of social research‚ epistemology is the form of proof one requires to justify a claim to knowledge about
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Cited: Elgin‚ C. Z. (2005). Non-foundationalist Epistemology: Holism‚ Coherence‚ and Tenability. Malden: Blackwell. Fumerton. (2006). Epistemology. Malden: Blackwell. Klein. (n.d.). Human Knowledge and the Infinite Regress of Reasons. Retrieved March 15‚ 2012‚ from Philosophy and Religion Department Montclair State University: http://chss2.montclair.edu/prdept/HK.htm Plantinga‚ A. (2010). Reformed Epistemology. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford.
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