Classical Rationality as the Basis of Utopism and its Criticism from the Viewpoints of Language and Experience The constant return to utopian projects of re-organizing society testifies that utopism is deeply rooted in the structure of the Classical episteme. In this case to break with utopian line of thinking means to uncover and eliminate all the presuppositions which inevitably lead to the transformation of social ideals into utopias. If we approach the problem of utopism from this point of
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UGRU Journal Volume 8‚ Spring 2009 Educational Research: An introduction to basic concepts and terminology By: Hilda Freimuth Introduction One of the major deterrents to pursuing a Ph.D. for many educators is the esoteric language used in research. This paper is meant to de-mystify some of the terminology as well as present some basic ideas studied in an educational research program. Although not perfect‚ this paper provides an easily-understandable perspective of some educational research
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Periods of English Literature. For convenience of discussion‚ historians divide the continuity of English literature into segments of time that are called "periods." The exact number‚ dates‚ and names of these periods vary‚but the list below conforms to widespread practice. The list is followed by a brief comment on each period‚ in chronological order. 450-1066 Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period 1066-1500 Middle English Period 1500-1660 The Renaissance (or Early Modern) 1558-1603 Elizabethan
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Narrative Family Counseling Approach Research Paper Keltic University Abstract Narrative therapy is a social constructive philosophical approach to psychotherapy that has been developed to help clients deconstruct their negative and self-defeating life stories while rebuilding healthy and positive life stories through the use of various techniques. This paper will discuss the leading figures‚ some concepts and techniques‚ ethics‚ some similarities and dissimilarities of other theories compared
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Computer abuse: vandalizing the information society Steven M. Furnell and Matthew J. Warren Introduction Global information networks are now an integral part of the way in which modern businesses and economies operate. One of the best examples of the trend‚ the Internet‚ is now estimated to extend to over one million computers‚ connecting 30 million users in more than 40 countries and is still increasing. A rudimentary comparison arising from this is that the “population” of the Internet now exceeds
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Branches of philosophy The following branches are the main areas of study: • Metaphysics investigates the nature of being and the world. Traditional branches are cosmology and ontology. • Epistemology is concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge‚ and whether knowledge is possible. Among its central concerns has been the challenge posed by skepticism and the relationships between truth‚ belief‚ and justification. • Ethics‚ or ’moral philosophy’‚ is concerned with questions of how
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY The criteria for the M.A. thesis in the M.A. Counseling Psychology program is stated on page 20 as follows: Within the context of the Institute’s guiding vision‚ students are encouraged to select a particular topic that they wish to explore in depth. Towards this end‚ the student is asked: 1. To pursue an area of individual interest relevant to the issues of counseling psychology (e.g.‚ therapeutic issues‚ psychological motifs‚ clinical procedures). 2. To ground this
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Humanities From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The humanities are academic disciplines that study human culture‚ using methods that are primarily critical‚ or speculative‚ and have a significant historical element as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.[1] The humanities include ancient and modern languages‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ religion‚ and visual and performing arts such as music and theatre. The humanities that are also
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1 Running Head: POST-STRUCTURALISM IN ANOTHER EARTH " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 2 POST-STRUCTURALISM IN ANOTHER EARTH Post-structuralism in Another Earth: A critical film analysis of a “writerly text” that challenges dominant ideologies Another Earth‚ a unique and original story with stylistic traits that portray the classic drama genre‚ but embeds itself into a larger science-fiction concept which seems purely intentional as an element
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| AbstractThis essay discusses the question of the transforming creative self and the aesthetics of becoming in Samuel Taylor Coleridge ’s ’Kubla Khan ’ and ’Dejection: An Ode ’‚ by reassessing certain strands of Romantic visionary criticism and Deconstruction‚ which are two major critical positions in the reading and interpreting of Romantic poetry. The poetics of becoming and the creative process place the self in Coleridge ’s aesthetic and spiritual idealism in what I have called a constructive
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