The intellectual roots of critical thinking date back to the teachings of Socrates‚ who discovered a method of analytical questioning; known today as “Socratic questioning‚” establishing that one could not rationally justify their assured claims to knowledge. Socrates established that people cannot depend upon those in "authority" to have sound knowledge and insight. He demonstrated that individuals may have power and high position and yet be deeply confused and irrational. He established the importance
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Dell Goes Back to its PC Roots Case Summary Dell is a computer company that made its name by first selling personal computers directly to customers through their website‚ catalogs‚ and over the phone. As time passed‚ Dell expanded into related product lines while battling aggressive rivals such as Hewlett Packard and Apple‚ striving to be the number one consumer brand in the United States. Despite considerable research and marketing investment‚ Dell’s strategy to expand into other related product
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The Literary Roots of Hip-hop Lyricism Introduction Rap is easily heard as a play of words‚ a sampling of music rhythms and melodies‚ and for the passers-by‚ a taunt against another taunt. But for those who will listen closely‚ rap lyrics may be full of history‚ a love story‚ political critique‚ innuendo‚ sarcasm as well as wit (Rose‚ 1994‚ p 14). The past decades had hip-hop fill up a cultural lexicon of vocabulary‚ characters and culture. Accordingly‚ the lexicon has been fed by hip-hop
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Sounding Board Psychologists and managers may be surprised to discover that the origins of the world’s most widely used psychometric instrument lie in pre-modern systems of knowledge. Astrology and alchemy – the occult roots of the MBTI by Peter Case and Garry Phillipson There appear to be no reputable investigations into the influence of astrology and alchemy on organisation and management‚ which is surprising given the continuing popularity of astrology. Aside from some research into how marketing
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Obesity: root cause of many disease Outline What is obesity Its measurement Global trends Reasons Energy rich foods Lack of exercise genetic predisposition Related Morbidity Cardiovascular diseases Diabetes Mellitus Other diseases e.g bone and joint diseases‚ asthma‚ skin diseases‚ certain cancers etc Social implications How to fight obesity Diet Exercise Drugs and surgical procedures Conclusion. Obesity is a medical condition
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Going Back to Your Roots Each of our stories is part of the vast and sweeping patchwork of history. There may be many things we do not know‚ even about our own parents‚ that might yield surprising insights about who we are. Your story may be more colorful than you ever imagined; your parents and grandparents may be activists‚ rebels‚ adventurers‚ brave soldiers and generally involved in history in ways that you have never thought about. They may even have registered significant firsts in some important
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from a very early age. These words were adopted by hearing them in my school‚ friends and my cousin‚ who speaks in a semi-Canadian accent. Another major aspect that majorly affected the way I speak was my mother and father. Being born by Lebanese roots‚ most people including my mother thought I would take up Arabic as my mother tongue‚ however it was English. Having this difference from my mother and father affected my idiolect the day I was born and still affects me today. My mother speaks Arabic
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Police Brutality Brandon Tucky Gen 499 Instructor:Bunch 4/26/2015 Police brutality is the unlawful use of power‚ act or authority by the policepersons on the civilians (Russell-Brown 2009). Police brutality is an unfortunate corollary of the dangerous job of protecting society from its worst citizens‚ an anomaly attributable to the characteristic of individual police officers and the police department (Holmes and Smith‚ 2008). The actions can be employed with either the use of firearms‚ other
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TIME SERIES MODELS FOR FORECASTING NEW ONE-FAMILY HOUSES SOLD IN THE U.S. INTRODUCTION The housing market has been weak since its recent peak in 2005. Then‚ the sharp drop in the housing prices in 2007 contributed to the subprime loan crisis [1]. This dramatic change in the housing market not only affects the construction industry‚ but also may have a significant impact on the whole economy [3]. We are still in the midst of the housing problem with the increase in the delinquency rate and
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** Section E Marking Scheme ** Question 1 (6 marks) The function plotted below has roots at x = 2.5‚ x = 4.6‚ and x = 5.7. 8 6 4 2 0 -2 -4 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 i) Suppose that a bisection search is started with xLOW = 5 and xHIGH = 7. Complete the following table. Step XHIGH XLOW XROOT EMAX 1 5 7 6 1 2 5 6 5.5 0.5 3 5.5 6 5.75 0.25 0.5 mark for consistently picking XROOT
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