The Early Middle Ages‚ though highly debatable‚ is thought to have started sometime after the Roman Empire’s collapse (Rosenwein‚ 2007). The Merovingian monarchy was the next ruling power; through their military conquests they gained territory. The Merovingians divided their territory into three separate kingdoms‚ and the ruling families sometimes ruled in unison‚ but more often than not fought among one another for sole leadership. This territory became much of the European continent that later
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Philosophy is a study that includes various diverse subfields such as aesthetics‚ epistemology‚ ethics‚ logic‚ and metaphysics. Various philosophical traditions use different methods and include different topics in their study. Some‚ for example‚ include politics‚ physics‚ or religion. The fundamental method of philosophy involves the systematic use of critical reasoning to evaluate arguments in defence of assertions of belief or opinion. The term philosophy comes from the Greek word "Φιλοσοφία"
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Drawing on Weber’s ideal type‚ critically consider the relevance of bureaucratic administration to the management of twenty-first century organizations. Max Weber was a German sociologist in the twentieth century; he was famous for his classical management theory. Weber classified three different types of authority‚ traditional‚ charismatic and legitimate authority. Traditional authority is based on traditions and customs that the leader has the legitimate right to use authority. Charismatic authority
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systematize and simplify a very complicated world. Good theory is generally simple (see Ockham’s Razor...William of Ockham said [a long time ago!] that "when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions‚ the simpler one is the better.")‚ accurate‚ and elegant. -William of Ockham 3. Note that to be valuable‚ a paradigm of world politics needn’t explain every event. This is b/c theory‚ by nature
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The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions‚ foundations‚ methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth. In addition to these central problems of science as a whole‚ many philosophers of science also consider problems that apply to particular sciences (e.g.philosophy of biology or philosophy of physics). Some philosophers
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International Socialism Journal (Spring). http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/isj102/harman.htm (accessed 14 April 2011). Kilcullen‚ John. 1996. Max Weber: On Capitalism. MacQuerie University. Australia. http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/y64l10.html (accessed McGrath‚ Alister E. 1990. A life of John Calvin: a study in the shaping of Western culture. Malden‚ MA: Blackwell Publishing
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bureaucracy. Retrieved August 9‚ 2010‚ from http://www.bustingbureaucracy.com/excerpts/weber.htm. Kilcullen‚ J (n.d). Max Weber: On Bureaucracy. Retrieved from POL264 Modern Political Theory‚ Macquarie University‚ from http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/y64109.html Merton‚ R‚ (1957). Bureaucracy Structure and personality. Glencoe‚ IL: Free Press. (pp. 195-206)‚ Retrieved from http://www.sociosite.net/topics/texts/merton_bureaucratic_structure.php.
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Discuss the extent to which Descartes has overcome his doubts of the first Meditations In Descartes’ meditations‚ Descartes begins what Bernard Williams has called the project of pure enquiry’ to discover an indubitable premise or foundation to base his knowledge on‚ by subjecting everything to a kind of scepticism now known as Cartesian doubt. This is known as foundationalism‚ where a philosopher basis all epistemological knowledge on an indubitable premise. Within meditation one Descartes
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Critique of Nicolas Maxwell’s Aim-Oriented Empiricism In his paper‚ “Popper‚ Kuhn‚ Lakatos and Aim-Oriented Empiricism‚” Nicholas Maxwell proposes the latest version of his conception of natural science‚ which he calls aim-oriented empiricism (AOE). Maxwell states that AOE “is a kind of synthesis of the views of Popper‚ Kuhn‚ and Lakatos‚ but is also an improvement over the views of all three.”(181) It is Maxwell’s conception of aim-oriented empiricism (hereafter referred to as AOE) that
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1 hour test 10 multiple choice short answers and problems -open book -access to computer *****Access to answers from problem sets on internet Review Session Sunday Oct 14 at 5-630 pm in sturm Taxation 1 – to create revenue to pay for government expenditures. -public goods and/or public service characteristics: private goods – individual public goods – joint (collective) private good is non excludable in consumption 2 – redistribute income/ wealth 3 – affect behavior goods that
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