Neha Sharma Knowledge vs. experience The famous Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti once said‚ “There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book‚ pass an examination‚ and finish with education. The whole of life‚ from the moment you are born to the moment you die‚ is a process of learning.” (whale.to/a/krishnamurti) Krishnamurti is addressing learning as a process in which an individual tries to gain certain knowledge for predestined purposes. He clearly believes that rote memorization
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Emotions as ways of knowing It is the traditional view claims‚ the emotions are more of an obstacle than a source of knowledge‚ we still need to look at them and consider how to guard their disruptive influence. It could‚ however‚ be argued that the emotions ‚play a more positive role in our mental lives and that without them we would be unable to make sense of the world. We also need to take a closer look‚ at the nature of intuition. For some of our most fundamental beliefs seem to be more emotional
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Emotions in the Acquisition of Knowledge What influence does emotion have in the pursuit of knowledge across the areas of knowledge‚ history‚ ethics and science? Furthermore is it good or bad? Knowledge itself is neither good nor bad; rather how one choice of approach on the intentioned use of that knowledge could be argued otherwise. Opinions on Emotions and Knowledge contradict each other when it comes to the decision whether or not emotions are good or bad depending on intentions under specific
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Financial Management Case study-1 Bigger Isn’t Always Better! Overview Andre Pires‚ with over 15 years experience in the automobile industry opened a automobile parts store‚ in mid-western region of United States. Business had picked up significantly well over the years and Andre had more than doubled the store size by the third year of operations. Andre’s knowledge of finance and accounting was limited and he decided to recruit Juan Plexo‚ a second semester MBA
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February 1‚ 2009 Topic: “In expanding the field of our knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance” by Henry Miller. Is this true? As people continue thinking and working all together this world will continue changing and escalating to something else. Evolution is accompanied by new innovating ways of thinking‚ working‚ solving and writing thus expanding our field of knowledge. From the early stages until the last stages of life we are introduced to many things
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HOW DOES IFE AND YORUBA PRACTICE PRESERVE NIGERIAN CULTURE? HOW DOES IFE AND YORUBA PRACTICE PRESERVE NIGERIAN CULTURE? INTRODUCTION The Yoruba religion is the religious belief and practice of the Yoruba people both in Africa (chiefly in Nigeria and Benin Republic)‚ and in the Americas. It has influenced and given birth to several Afro-American religions such as Santeria in
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NOT-SO-WONDERFUL-WORLD OF EURODISNEY -THINGS ARE BETTER NOW AT PARIS DISNEYLAND- 1. What are the factors contributed to EuroDisney’s poor performance during its first year of operation? Walt Disney overestimated the magic that was to be in introducing Europe’s most lavish and extravagant theme park in April of 1992. The fiscal year 1992-1993 brought EuroDisney a loss of nearly $1 billion. Mickey‚ a major promotion tool of Disney management did not create reason or attraction enough for the
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Knowledge and Individual Power There is a certain positive position taken when the words knowledge and individual power are placed together. As my mind flooded with emerging ideas to define my feelings and thoughts on these words I kept coming back to independence‚ healthy self esteem and accepting. Reading through the assigned stories and poems and there analysis by others‚ I found that they too concluded a certain theme of accepting others once they were more informed. My view and the excerpts
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Cover letter Dear portfolio readers‚ I am writing this letter to tell about what I have learned in the 3rd semester and my progress. Moreover‚ I also want to introduce my portfolio contents and the reason why I write them. Firstly‚ through this portfolio‚ I can learn how to organize and arrange a paragraph‚ how to distinguish main and subordinate ideas and the main topic of that paragraph as well as supplementary ideas. In addition‚ I can improve my writing skills such as summary‚ taking notes
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The Flat World Knowledge case study discusses how the traditional textbook publishing model is changing because of disruptive advances in technology that have essentially created the digital publishing market. Although I believe that Flat World Knowledge will be recognized as a successful contributor to the disruption in the textbook publishing market in five years’ time‚ I view online learning – accented by the evolution of digital textbooks – as the disruptive force that has changed the model for
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