immediate‚ pre-reflective consciousness of life: a reflexive or self-given awareness which is‚ as awareness‚ unaware of itself.” It is raw and untouched by presumptions and speculation. * Van Manen constantly emphasizes how phenomenological human science begins with and eventually returns to lived experience. Hence‚ its great importance. * According to van Manen‚ phenomenology‚ which is the study of lived experiences‚ has the aim of transforming lived experience into a textual expression of its
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The Blank Slate Theory Many things we know about science today derived from scientific theories. However‚ not all scientific theories made were correct. Take for example Spontaneous Generation‚ or the scientific theory of “Bad Air”‚ or in this case‚ Tabula Rasa‚ or The Blank Slate theory. We all want to believe that we create our own personality with the choices we make‚ but are there traits in our personality inherited? Firstly‚ from the book “The Blank Slate Theory: The modern Denial of
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Observe‚ Observing‚ Observed‚ Observation QUESTIONS Activity 1 1) What was the “hardest to hear” sound that you recorded? (Which sound was the “softest” or “most faint” that you could still discern?) The hardest sound to hear was a siren in the distance. The most faint was kids playing‚ while the softest was the buzz of the air conditioner unit working. 2) What sounds had the highest pitch? (Say‚ a light breeze. That’s only one example) The highest pitch sound was from a motorcycle
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Statement of thesis Throughout “Participant Observation” the author explains the importance of participant observation and the trials faced by many ethnographers. Dewalt & Dewalt expound upon this by stating what basic elements and attitudes are needed to do participant research effectively. This reading shows how observers face ethical dilemmas‚ gender disadvantages‚ family and safety issues‚ and‚ most importantly‚ limits to participation. How far are they willing to go to gather information
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simply because judges are more involved in the case itself. I feel that the Daubert standard requires expert testimony to be more specific about the language that is used and the explanation provided by the expert. The Daubert standard analyzes the science and application of the expert’s testimony. Since the Daubert standard is highly based on the expert testimony being reliable‚ vigorous cross-examination and analysis can be used to determine if the expert’s opinion is‚ in fact‚ truly reliable. With
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Edward Teller‚ a theoretical physicist‚ once said‚ “The science of today is the technology of tomorrow” (Brainyquote). AI is the science of today and is the technology of today and tomorrow. Two writers‚ Cade Metz from The New York Times and Jason Koebler from The Atlantic effectively illustrated the advancements and the risks of AI through two distinctly divergent writing styles. Metz examined AI through snarky facts and real world examples in “She Could Be a Star‚ if She Existed.” The piece forced
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of door holding. I operant defined door holding behavior as opening the door and holding it for the person behind the door holder. I observed from the third floor study area of the Business building by the bridge to the Humanities and Social Sciences buildings on November 27th and 29th from 12 to 1pm. The observed consisted of UTSA students and staff that ranged from approximately 18 to mid fifties. On November 27th twenty eight people were observed in a one hour that completed door holding
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Thomas Nagel brought up the big question. Can we know what it is like to be a bat? Nagel’s question is asking can we truly know what it is like to someone or something else rather than ourselves. Is our mind limited by our experiences that we have had personally? Not everyone shares the same experiences as everybody else. If a group of people were to witness a tragedy. Every single one of them might all show the same emotion‚ but not everyone would handle that emotion the same as everyone else around
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philosophers ’ like Anselm‚ Descartes‚ Leibniz and Platinga who are all rationalists. The design argument is rooted in empiricism and proposes that all matters of fact to be discussed based on experiment and observation (much in the same way as science). It uses observation of our world‚ complex interaction of forces of nature and the scientific laws governing them‚ to propose that this world is like a complex machine and hence must have a designer. This designer is God
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not be changed‚ in particular history books that were written on real events and real people. For example‚ we can assess to information about 2nd World War just by use of books‚ not our experiences. Moreover‚ before make new discoveries in certain science‚ people have to acquire fundamental knowledge about the previous achievements from books. Thus‚ we can not create the Television without basic knowledge on Micro electric. On the other hand‚ I think that “the truth comes from practice and experience”
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