Essays on Chalmers

Both the readings have a similar purpose and that is to explain what scientific research is and what its components are. Both of them are in the position to believe that science is not something that can be based on personal opinions; rather, it is based on evidence. Pring’s main argument is that the ontological dualism between quantitative and qualitative research are false (60). On the other hand, Chalmers strongly argues that in scientific research, the senses should be used objectively rather than subjectively (5). Both the scholars focus on scientific observation and how it should be done ...

1. Introduction: Concussion occurs from traumatic injury to the brain and results in a temporary disruption of brain function or loss/altered consciousness for a short period (Moser, 2012). Concussion is common in contact sports, where there is a collision between players. It is expected to have an adverse cumulative effect on the persons cognitive and mental functioning (Moser, 2012). With course of time, this could adversely affect once athletic career. Identifying incidence of concussion in a particular sport, will help to determine risk and initiate preventive measures. Rugby is a full body contact sports and there are high chances ...

Before tendering for a particular construction project, there are various risks that one needs to consider. The consideration of these risks affects the pricing of various terminal activities in the tender among other factors of the tendering process. One of these risks is the political risk. This risk relates to the manner in which changes in the political environment affects the delivery of the project (Agerberg & Agren, 2012, p.19). Other risks to consider before the tendering process include the financial risks. These risks include factors such as inflation and its effect on the price of supplies, the availability of ...

Background

ConsoE has recently acquired Expeer, an electrical company based in Austin, Texas with 15,000 employees. Expeer’s benefits package for its employees has traditionally been extensive and comprehensive when compared to what ConsoE offers. A tactical plan to communicate the change in benefits structure for the incoming former Expeer employees is crucial to help them understand and adjust to the new order.

Issue Identification and Root-Cause Analysis

The employees of Expeer get very high benefits that are significantly different from what is offered by the Consolidated Electronics. The benefits include a fully paid ten different health insurance plans, a 401k plus 3% match ...

The doctrine of direct effect under the European Law is a principle that allows the EU laws, regulations directives and treaties to apply directly to the nationals of the Member States of the EU without necessarily being incorporated into the national laws through acts of legislation (Ward 74). Under this doctrine, national courts are under a strict obligation to recognize and eforce the EU laws to confer rights on the nationals of those states where their rights have been infringed by their states or state corporations (Conway 216). According to Fisher, this doctrine deals with the determination of the ...

INTRODUCTION

Adequate comprehension of the composition of the mind is somewhat challenging from the literal perspective. Precisely, it is difficult to explain how the consciousness occurs from a scientific perspective due to the presence of the complexities of the human cognition. David Chalmers (1995) proposes that there are many “easy” problems of consciousness, but one genuinely “hard” problem, namely what philosophers call “qualia”, or phenomenal experience. He argues that the reductive physical, mechanical and functional explanations made by cognitive science are only adequate to explain the easy problems, and that the hard problem requires explanations different not just in difficulty, ...

English

The relationship of war and the economy is a fundamental interconnection of science. The course and outcome of the war, the victory or the defeat of the state are determined by various factors, among which economic factor is crucial. Economics of a country has a decisive influence on the course of social progress and it defines the development of the country no matter how influential the political and other factors are. In this essay, we will try to answer one of the most anticipated questions: ‘What the money is used for?’. That is why for you to understand the ...

Trying to Do More Good than Harm in Policy and Practice

Trying to Do More Good than Harm in Policy and Practice The central thesis of this article looks to survey research and evaluation assessment of a systematic high proportion in order to give reason and resolution to the uncertainties towards the effects of policies and practices, through a public and professional prompt of reason and truth against conflicting opinions. Ultimately these uncertainties are composed by the commonality of professionals generally “doing more harm than good when they intervene in the lives of other people, whereas their policies and practices should be informed by rigorous, transparent, up-to-date evaluations (Chalmers, 2003). ...

After reading James Chalmers’ supposed Plain Truth, one has to admit that the author loves his tea. First, the Tory says that the colonists were to have the tea “at competitive prices” and that would have “[benefitted] the colonies” and improved the “financial state of the East India Tea Company” (Chalmers, 1776). Next, he suggests that the dumping of the tea at Boston Harbor was a tactic to change tax collectors in the thirteen colonies and that it was a “useless destruction of property” on the Americans’ part (Chalmers, 1776). People of America, all but one of the claims ...