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    Jina Kim ECD 101 September 24‚ 2012 Philosophy My personal philosophy is: to instill good morals and values in all children; respect all children and their families’ cultures‚ ethnicities‚ race‚ beliefs‚ and structure; and to treat each child fairly to ensure that all children feel equally special. Also to have families‚ communities‚ and educators work as one; remain a lifelong advocator of children; exhaust all resources before deciding to hold a child back a grade; and to maintain a constant

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    The issue of knowledge is definitely an essential part in philosophy. It forces us to question whether we are certain of the things we think we know‚ and whether we can justify the things we know are actually true. This theory or study of knowledge can be referred to as epistemology. All these views on knowledge can vary depending on how we view the world itself. We are able to perceive the world through the application of our senses‚ however‚ our senses alone can be very deceiving. We can never

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    Moral Issues in Business Paper Assignment Crain Spring 2013 Discuss a current policy/practice‚ or recent event pertaining to an issue of Business Ethics. Your paper should proceed as follows: 1. Choose an issue pertaining to business and do some research on your topic. I recommend looking through the business sections of newspapers‚ or finding articles in magazines related to your issue. You may do all of your research on the internet‚ but be sure to assess the credibility of your sources

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    Socrates was a Greek philosopher‚ who is often considered to be the father of Western philosophy‚ and a key figure in the development of Western civilisation. "The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being." Socrates - Republic 38c He left no actual writing so impressions of Socrates have come primarily from the writings of his student‚ Plato. There are also other contributions from Xenophon and a contemporary playwright - Aristophanes. It is possible that Plato embellished the legacy

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    Laughter is a malicious response to the ignorance of others‚ and a principled individual must avoid such a hateful response to the faults of others(Grunberg‚ 2011).   The Traditional Theories of Laughter Three theories of laughter are common to the philosophy of laughter and humor. The superiority theory is unquestionably the oldest. All laughter is a response to the comical ignorance in others.  The superiority theory makes a solid case by claiming that laughter is derision towards another’s misfortune

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    firmly given treatises of his own interpretation on this subject. This has caused manygfjkfgmngcccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccb scholars and other philosophers to critique his understandings and express their own viewpoints of Yahyah Ibn Adi’s philosophy on the unity and trinity of God. Emilio Platti in his article Yahya B. Adi And His Refutation Of Al-Warraq’s Treatise On The Trinity In Relation To His Other Works and Sidney H. Griffith in her article Commending Virtue And A Humane Polity In 10th

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    Philosophy 1. How are Plato’s and Descartes’ views of the soul/self similar? Both Plato and Descartes believe that the soul/self is best (or only) to think and learn separate from the body and its faculties. According to Plato‚ “the soul reasons best without bodily senses.” Plato claims that sight‚ hearing‚ pain‚ and pleasure are a distraction to the soul in its search for reality‚ and that true knowledge can only be achieved with pure thought alone. “The body confuses the soul and prevents

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    mythologizer). In Beauvoir’s discussion‚ a woman is considered an absolute Other because the main framework of all the relevant concepts pertain to that of a man. Man is the epitome of standard. Thus‚ conformity to the norms means conformity to the functions that are attributable to men. For things that are opposite to the characteristics of men‚ or those that do not conform to the standards of men‚ they are considered as Other. The topic of this paper is how a woman is mythologized. The paper is divided

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    Philosophy Study Notes – Greek Philosophers - The earliest Greek philosophers are sometimes called NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS because they were mainly concerned with the natural world and it’s processes - Pythagoras (570 B.C)‚ Heraclitus (500 B.C)‚ Empedocles (490 B.C.)‚ Zeno (490 B.C.)‚ Parmenides (470 B.C.)‚ Democritus (460 B.C.) = Pre-Socratic - All the earliest philosophers shared the belief that there had to be a certain basic substance at the root of all change Pythagoras - Basic Beliefs:

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    Life-time examples: 1. In the Deliotte report‚ it is said 44% of respondents list business intelligence systems as enablers or disruptors that may threaten their business model‚ which makes it second most concerning technology threat. 2. One example of how business intelligence systems have been maximised is at women’s underwear manufacturer Maidenform. Their CIO Bob Russo said recently after implementing BI‚ “Providing targeted information at the right place and time is central to improving the

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