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    September 2010 Ways of Knowing and their Importance Experts such as athletes‚ musicians‚ actors‚ surgeons‚ etc. have obtained knowledge which is difficult to describe in words and by language. These other ways of knowing‚ like perception‚ reason‚ and emotion play more important roles than language in allowing these experts to perform in their respective fields by gaining knowledge which cannot be passed on by words through their senses‚ emotional inspiration‚ and reasoning. A way of knowing which is

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    The differences and similarities between the Eastern‚ Buddhism and Hinduism‚ and the Western‚ Christanity and Judiasm‚ religious traditions had a cultural impact on the society during 1000 B.CE. to 600 C.E. The Eastern religions each had their own cultural impact on society. Hinduism reinforced the caste system‚ offering hope for an improved lifestyle. Hinduism also started the path of recarnation‚ the other eastern rileigion‚ Buddhism‚ also shared the concept of recarnation with Hinduism

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    Knowing the Differences and Similarities between Homeostasis and the “Set Point Theory”‚ and Settling Point Theory Excelsior College Author Note: This paper was prepared for SOC221: Why We Overeat: Perspectives on Nutrition Module 2 Taught by Dr. Strugatz How many diets are there in America today? The answer to this question is too many to count. But one thing that we do know is that more than one-third of adult Americans are overweight‚ according to the Center of Disease Control and

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    pre-modern times. Depending upon what part of the world you are from depends on what type of religion you are likely to encounter. This also determines the likelihood of what religion you may have grown up with. Your religion and your background helps in determining what values you may have. These believe and values vary in different religions. Some may learn some parts of these religions from movies or hearsay. Sometimes as we get older it is hard to determine what we believe as we do. Before 500

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    .. P4 3. The characteristic of Western Advertising ............................. P4-5 4. Differences ............................................................................... P5-6 5. Causes ....................................................................................... P6-7 6. Conclusion ................................................................................. P8 The Differences Between Chinese and Western Advertisement Abstract: This article

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    Philosophy is an Academic discipline that exercises reason and logic in an attempt to understand reality and answer fundamental questions about knowledge‚ life‚ morality and human nature. Philosophy is the root of all knowledge. It is considered as mother of all sciences. Philosophy helps to coordinate the various activities of individual and the society. It helps to understand the significance of all human experiences. Philosophy develops a comprehensive system of thoughts about the universe and

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    The Knower and the Ways of Knowing For thousands of years‚ knowledge‚ and the creation of new knowledge‚ has been essential to the growth and advancement of human society. Whether it was the introduction of democracy or a new‚ more improved version of technology‚ “justified true beliefs‚” are‚ and have been a prominent factor in the development of civilization. But where does new knowledge come from? Historically‚ some of the greatest and most influential discoveries have originated from human

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    Eastern and Western cultures have extremely different ways of learning. In the article‚ Jim Stigler experiments with these various cultures in order to fully understand how each of them tackle learning. Therefore‚ Stigler traveled to Japan to study teaching methods presented there. While he was there‚ he noticed many things that Japanese classrooms obtained. For instance‚ the teachers call up the students that are struggling to demonstrate the problem opposed to the child that already understands

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    Western and Eastern Religion Comparison Islam and Buddhism are two distinct religious traditions that provide their own meaningful responses to the fundamental questions about life. Their views on issues relating to the possibility of a Supreme Being‚ the purpose of life and their understanding of the cycle of life and death are all quite distinct from each other‚ but at the same time‚ having minor similarities. These can be seen in the following comparative study between the teachings of these

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    The way the eastern civilization would live is how people dream of living today. The eastern peoples put others above themselves. The way the western civilization used to live is how we live today: caring about ourselves for the most part. Even though the eastern side of living is how most people wanted to live‚ there are some positive characteristics of the western side that are worth incorporating. A common problem today is that we don’t think. A trait of eastern culture is

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