“Evaluate the ways in which emotion might enhance and/or undermine reason as a Way of Knowing.” Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) once said that "The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing"‚ meaning that emotion is irrational and unreasonable. Emotional expression provides powerful communication between people‚ especially in the early childhood stage of our lives‚ before language even develops. A baby’s glowing smile invites love and care in its surrounding; the pounding cry of an infant can
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Running head: KNOWING GOD Knowing God Module 2 Essay Sheila D. White Grand Canyon University HTH 505 April 18‚ 2013 Knowing God: The Doctrine Of Revelation Theology is "the instruction concerning God" or "the deliberation of God."(Grenz‚ 2000‚ p.2) It endeavors to disclose the identity of God‚ the habitation of God‚ and the character‚ origin‚ position and importance of God. Humans commonly acquire information in three ways: through their senses‚ through their logic/reasoning‚ and through
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self-awareness is obtained. Whether it is through forming new friendships‚ witnessing groundbreaking events‚ or reading phenomenal books for the first time. One could even say‚ the journey to obtain self-awareness ends only when you die. In “The Knowing” by Connie Fife‚ she describes the common instances that can lead to self-awareness. By incorporating‚ detailed literary devices‚ Fife is able to develop the journey to self-awareness in life. Thus‚ throughout the poem‚ Fife utilizes personification
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HEALTH SCIENCE JOURNAL ® VOLUME 5‚ ISSUE 4 (2011) The Value and Significance of Knowing the Patient for Professional Practice‚ according to the Carper’s Patterns of Knowing Marianna Mantzorou 1‚ Dimos Mastrogiannis 2 1. RN‚ MSc‚ Lecturer‚ Department of Nursing Β΄‚ Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens‚ Greece 2. RN‚ MSc‚ Lecturer‚ Department of Nursing‚ Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Lamia‚ Greece Abstract Background: Τhe scientific value of man relies upon
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I believe the emancipatory way of knowing most closely aligns with my chosen concept of poverty. I believe the emancipatory way of knowing suits the concept of poverty because “emancipatory knowing challenges you to become aware of social conditions that are often subtle and hard to recognize and to change them for the better” (Chinn & Kramer‚ 2011). As I have learned from previous assignments‚ poverty is a difficult concept to define and may not always be recognizable. Poverty is a formulation
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The pattern of nursing that I believe to be the most important in my current practice would be the Empirical Fundamental of Carpers’ Pattern of Knowing. This theory has allowed me to broaden my thought process and has taught me how to approach various clinical situations. According to Cody & Kennedy‚ concepts of knowing are determined by where a person stands within their practice. Carpers noted that “each pattern may be conceived as necessary for achieving mastery in the discipline‚ but none of
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hospital to the Nursing home before six months. He had a history of congestive heart disease and osteoarthritis. When I assessed him‚ he had a weak but persistent cough‚ and midsternal chest pain from coughing. He had an elevated temperature and Oxygen saturation was 89%. Other vital signs were stable. He had a dry skin‚ redness‚ and irritation of nose‚ and throat. He did not want to wear his breathing mask‚ and refused to get out of bed from the last two days. I was called to the nursing station by one
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reasoning or logic. As there are several ways of knowing‚ such as authority‚ faith‚ or practice there is also the way of knowing by instinct; for example breathing‚ as we breath unconsciously from birth on. And so do we feel. We cannot switch off our feelings or change them as we want to‚ we have an instinct‚ such as the feeling of joy and so we are happy. We do not think logically when we feel‚ but is ’knowing instinctively’ then comparable with knowing through logic? And do emotions increase
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The knowing construction of identity Not only is there more room for a greater variety of identities to emerge; it is also the case that the construction of identity has become a known requirement. Modern Western societies do not leave individuals in any doubt that they need to make choices of identity and lifestyle - even if their preferred options are rather obvious and conventional ones‚ or are limited due to lack of financial (or cultural) resources. As the sociologist Ulrich Beck has noted
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help to make their lives‚ a life worth knowing. They could be a humanitarian‚ soldiers‚ firefighters‚ donate money to charity‚ and or they just generally are an amazing person & much more. Someone who has a life worth knowing is basically hero/heroine and a leader combined. A hero is a person‚ who is admired for courage or noble qualities & a leader is a person followed by others. I choose Ellen DeGeneres because I believe Ellen is a life worth knowing. Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born January
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