The answer to this question depends upon the way in which we define rationality. In this essay‚ I will discuss the meaning of the term ‘rational‚’ and its relation to human reasoning and decision making‚ calling into question definitions of the term in order to make a judgement as to whether giving reasons for actions justifies them as rational. Firstly‚ for the purpose of this essay I shall define ‘reasons’ as verbal justification comprehensible to those other than the decision maker. Moving
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Traditional Grammar is the speculative work of the medieval and the prescriptive approach of the 18th Century grammarians basically it refers back to the Aristotelian orientations towards the nature of language as it is shown in the work of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Origin: The very beginning of the twentieth century was typically marked by a new approach to grammar as suggested by linguists such as Ferdinand de Saussure and American linguist like Frantz Boas‚ Bloomfield and Edward Sapir
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As a manager‚ would you rather supervise a work group with a high level of diversity‚ or one that was composed of members quite similar to one another? Justify your answer. Introduction Everyone is different; there is not a single person in the world that is identical to another person‚ not even twins. People will have different reaction and make different decision when come to face a crisis or under pressure. Diversity at work can include demographic differences between people in the organisation
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One famous proverb says‚ “He who makes no mistakes‚ makes nothing”. I think it’s true. If you make no mistake you have no progress. If you learn English and make mistakes there’s nothing to be ashamed of. It means that you’re taking risks with the language in your efforts to communicate. Of course‚ there’re different causes of learners’ mistakes and different ways to correct them. Let’s consider some examples. • (During a vocabulary exercise you hear:) "I have a compromise to meet him at 6:00
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abstract words that have no concrete meaning. They merely show the relationships between groups of words. A good way to test if a word is a preposition is to position it in front of phrases like "the box" or "the sides of the box" and see if the phrase makes sense. For prepositions concerning time‚ try positioning the preposition in front of a phrase like "the movie." (This rule works for about nine out of ten prepositions). Here are some examples: across the box under the box around the box near the
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“The World is Heading for an Environmental Catastrophe” Task 1 Obtain a working definition for the term ‘environmental catastrophe’ Many people think‚ at the current rate of development the world is heading for an environmental catastrophe. Have humans destroyed‚ polluted and pillaged enough to cause a serious‚ wide scale disaster? Some say we cannot continue forward without changing our way of living. Have we over time exploited nature and it’s creatures for our own benefit? The effects
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The Nuances of Language: How Grammar Impacts Meaning Although an author’s grammatical choices may not have the most readily apparent impact on meaning‚ they ultimately play an integral role in the development of meaningful undertones in a literary work. An author’s use of grammar can be a result of their school of thought‚ a suggestion of deeper meaning‚ or an addition to character development. August Wilson’s Fences and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” both include grammatical techniques
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Do you believe that Capitalism is moral? Justify you answer. Capitalism can be defined ideally as an economic system in which the major portion of production and distribution is in private hands‚ operating under what is termed a profit or market system. No central governing body involves to these private owners what or how much of anything will be produced. There are four key features of capitalism: companies‚ profit motive‚ competition and private property. Capitalism allows the creation of a
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To what extent do ways of knowing prevent us from deluding ourselves? Justify your answer with reference to at least one area of knowledge Ways of knowing are the core of TOK for us to get knowledge in different Areas of Knowledge. The two key terms on this essay question are “ways of Knowing” and “deluding ourselves”. “Ways of knowing are how we acquire knowledge about the world around us‚ and figure out our relationship with it”. (IB Diploma Program‚ 31) Ways of Knowing help us to understand
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What is the difference between a synthesized attribute and an inherited attribute? Define each of those terms. A synthesized attribute is defined for a node v in terms of the attributes of the children of v. Any attribute that is not synthesized is called inherited. Sometimes it is desirable to use only synthesized attributes in your parser. Is it always possible to do that‚ even if your semantics requires inherited attributes? If so‚ how can you deal with complex semantics while only using
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