Essays on Determinism

Chapter 1.

Section 1.1. Strategic management is regarded as the implementation of certain actions and conduction of the particular events that involve the participation of the leading management of the company, the related companies and rivals within the industry of the operation of the company causing the efficient performance of the business unit. The main question posed by the strategic management is why some companies have the better performance within one market or industry in comparison to the rivals. In order to plan the appropriate strategy for the company, it is vitally important to consider all possible options so that company ...

I would rather receive proceeds from an investment paying 5% compound interest. The compound interest will be higher than the simple interest because the compound interest accrues on the principal amount plus accumulated interests of the previous periods. On the other hand, simple interest only accrues on the principal amount. The future value interest factor for 10% 2 years is greater than the present value interest factor. This is because future value involves compounding while the present value involves discounting.

When the interest rate increases, the present value of annuity decreases but the future value of an annuity increases.

I would prefer a savings account paying interest compounded daily. The more frequent the compounding, the more interest the ...

Doug Baldwin’s article, A Study in Social Control: The Life of the Silver Miner in Northern Ontario, presents a complete sociological examination of the relationship between capitalist enterprises and the social hierarchy that it serves. Baldwin’s work, although overly historical in the preface of the article, thoroughly explains the causal dependencies in regard to the development of a micro-culture. The article demonstrates that similar mechanisms also propel larger groups to societies and that there are analogous instances that can be seen through each stage of development. Baldwin is an academic writer who does express the intended ideas ...

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Chapter 1: Introduction

The athletes’ performance requires the adequate level of competitiveness and support from team coach so that the reinforcement of the desired level of efforts can be implied. The coaches provide the guidance, motivation and goal determination to the athletes due to which the athletes utilize their skills in an effective manner to achieve the predetermined objectives (Gillet et al., 2012). The coach is also responsible to monitor the performance of athletes and provide adequate feedback in order to intrinsically motivate the athletes and hence, the extent of adequate feedback is considered as a crucial behavior that the ...

Business Cycle Theory

Annotated Bibliography Arnold, L. G. (2002). Business cycle theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Business cycle theory is a comprehensive overview that engages a wide range of schools of thought to explain the cycles in business and which use different mathematical techniques and methods. This book is a great resource for students and academics alike who wish to engage in a historical overview of business cycle theories primarily after Keynes, but also to understand and identify the main elements that delineated the schools before keys. The book presents the information in both its historical and analytical context and underscores similarities ...

Culture is an essential aspect in human interaction. In fact, lack thereof implies that the entire human population would share common beliefs and ideologies thereby affecting development. As such, it is essential to embrace cultural diversity as it enhances proper coexistence and progress. Culture refers to a cumulative understanding of beliefs, experiences, knowledge, roles and notions in life. In many cases, different communities share cultural beliefs that are passed down their generations. Similarly, interaction of people with different cultures can span the development of a new way of life. Consequently, the development of culture and its diversity is inevitable. ...

Introduction

The autonomous learning concepts are considered as the effective means of enhancing the academic performance of the students, however, these concepts are required to be practiced and analyzed in accordance with their effectiveness in the learning outcomes. The study conducted by Kristmanson et al. (2013) focuses on the conceptualization of the most effective methods for installing the autonomous learning methods in the classroom settings in order to promote learning environment. In this manner, the author has proposed the notion in which the students are allowed experiment with different methods of learning in order to determine the effective learning practices ...

Introduction

As an internationally recognized manufacturer, retailer and marketer, Coca Cola is the undisputed market leader in the global non-alcoholic beverages market. Its current operations capabilities allow it to produce, market and retail over 500 different brands in almost every country in the world (The Coca-Cola Company, 2016). This corporation runs a unique franchised distribution system such that the parent company produces the iconic syrup concentrate and sells it off to numerous licensed bottlers all over the globe. Each of these licensed bottlers operates in an exclusive zone. The parent company has its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia and originated from ...

Introduction

Funding sports organization is an uphill task. In the contemporary environment in which sports organizations operate, managers of these sports organizations are faced with the enduring challenge of financing their institutions in the midst of declining traditional sources of revenue. Some of these traditional sources included media revenues, entrance fees, and tax support. The dwindling sources of revenue have left the managers with minimal resources to maintain the operations and programs of their sports organizations (Bartlett, Gratton & Rolf, 2012, p.522). Managers have also learnt to look beyond this fiscal challenge. This involves the use of innovative approaches to supplement ...

In response to Discussion 1, which finds that the Object Relations Therapy is the appropriate intervention method for dealing with a client exhibiting guilt feelings towards his mother, I find the presented arguments valuable, yet incomplete. The object relations therapy can be an effective method for dealing with the client’s problems, because, as it is mentioned in Discussion 1, the object is the internal idea, memory or experience with which the client associates the relationship with his mother. However, another psychodynamic theory can also address this issue. The client’s therapy method could be the Adlerian therapy, as ...

Theories are important tools in enabling people understand and explain how society functions. Criminology, enable us appreciate the criminal justice system. Theories inform people on the things they should be aware and what they need to know. They include the breaching and making of the law, crimes and deviant behavior, and also arrangements of criminal activity. Many theories have common features, but differences among them are still in existence.

Classical school of criminology differs from other schools of criminological theories in that, the classical school of criminology based its arguments upon utilitarian notions of free will and choice. ...

In the early fifth century, the eruption of the Pelagian controversy surfaced several questions about the nature of human beings, wrongdoing, and grace into attention.There had been reasonably minute disagreements over human nature till that time in the Church. However, the situation changed with the Pelagian controversy. The name of Pelagius and St. Augustine of Hippo are particularly important in this regard and their views’ clash made people learn about many important theological principles.

For centuries, predestination has been one of the most controversial topics in the history of philosophical and religious studies. ...

The curious case of Tala and Laila in the film Fire & I Can’t Think Straight by Sarif Shamim (2010) brings forth the question of the social construct of homophobia in relation to their different personal backgrounds. Whereas Tala, a Palestinian Christian with roots from Jordan and raised in England and Laila, a timid Muslim, are both initially depicted as being involved in heterosexual relationships, their innate attraction to women has brought them together as lovers later ...

The minimum concept of morality is an endeavour to recognize the basis of morality which is independent of culture. It assumes an objective quality of morality is present. In the view, to be happy in the short term, sometimes short term pain is required, meaning that happiness can vary with time. Morality is conduct with the guidance of impartial reason. Morality requires that we must have impartial consideration for every individual’s interests. Moral judgement must always have backing of good reasons. Rationality enables individuals to make choices which are free, enables them to be centres of action that ...

1. Briefly explain St. Anselm’s ontological argument for the existence of God. Explain one problem that this argument faces.

St Anselm’s ontological argument is an attempt at proving the existence of god through a purely. Anselm gets into the idea of the definition of God. In that definition he believes that God, he believes the definition of God is that nothing greater can be conceived. He believes that the greatest being conceivable must exist because otherwise it is not the greatest being conceived since existence is greater than non-existence. Anselm uses this line of thought to “prove” the existence of God.

There are a number of problems with this argument. Because if one believes that the ontological argument ...

Business strategy is the means through which a business plans to achieve its desired objectives. A business strategy may be comprise long-term or short-term planning. An example of business strategy may be lowering the price on goods and concentrating on selling volumes. Organizational strategy is a clear-cut definition of the changes required within an organization for proper delivery of the required outcomes. This involves a review of the choices needed for the changes to happen. An example is specialization. A company dealing in a wide range of products or services may need to specialize in one or two which are the most profitable.

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Essay question

- Business, organization and Information system strategies.

A business strategy can be defined as a plan which clearly communicates the destination of a business in terms of goals and the means of reaching the anticipated destination. An example of business strategy is where Dell Company was at, first, selling its computers directly to its customers without passing through middlemen or brokers. Organization strategy, on the other hand, is a plan that responds to the issue of how the company will arrange itself in order to attain its goals and put into practice its strategy for business. An example of organization strategy is ...

Introduction

Net Present Value (NPV) refers to the sum of all the present values of the future net cash inflows from a project subtract the initial cost of the investment. The present value of the cash flows is also known as the discounted cash flow because it is calculated by discounting the cash flow using a discounting factor. The discounting factor is calculated using a discounting rate that is predetermined based on the riskiness of the project in question. Net present value is used to compare to the value of future return of a project to the present value of the same returns. In ...

Many an argument has been proposed on the topic of divine omniscience, determinism and free will. It has been said that God has foreknowledge of all future events, and nothing he knows can be false, it is then difficult to conceive that something that has been previously known by a higher being, could be changed by an arbitrary decision of an individual in the present or future. This argument has been exposed by Pike in a very logical and clear way.

Supposing that God, say 80 years ago, knew that a person would watch a movie on Friday; and if God is omniscient ...

Introduction

Performance Appraisal is a process of evaluating the performance of employees and their productivity in connection with certain predetermined goals and organizational objectives. Performance appraisal also measures other aspects of each of the employees including their organizational behavior, achievements, potential for improvement, strengths and weaknesses. Though performance appraisals are usually conducted on an annual basis, many companies are adopting the process of making evaluation on a quarterly basis. The objectives of performance assessment include 1) deciding and defining the performance goals, 2) evaluating the performance of the employees, 3) setting target bonus for various levels of performances and 4) giving rewards ...

Introduction

In looking at the history of thought, dualism has had many uses (Kim, 2003). The field of philosophy of mind dualism has been defined as the theory of the body and mind. The mind and body problem can be stated to be the problem. The reason for stating this fact is because of the relationship that exists between the body and the mind. The body is the physical properties while the mind is the mental properties. These two properties are stated to be part of the physical science. There are different types of mind and body dualism such as ...

1. Outline the categories of violence as described by Jamil Salmi.

According to Salmi, the phenomenon of violence has many characteristics, with particular causes per characteristic and with particular causational agents per cause. Violence also exists in several forms, including direct violence, indirect violence, repressive violence, and alienating violence.

Direct violence is characterized by any physical, in-person act causing intended harm. In this category would be included A) any act resulting in death (homicide, genocide, infanticide); and B) any “coercive or brutal” (Module 6, 44) at threatening or resulting in physical or psychological damage or suffering—including rape, spousal abuse, political imprisonment, for example.

Indirect violence is characterized by ...

1. Linguistics is an interesting and objective study. It is useful in Anthropology as well as the study of other cultures because it does not only focus on communication. Linguistics is mainly the study of the meaning of different languages as well as their roots. This area of study is also used to study how language affects people in a physiological way. This aids in the field of Anthropology which is concerned with human biology and development. The specific branch of Anthropology which involves Linguistics studies humans through their speech as well as the languages that they know. This field ...

- Levels of Measurement

Three levels of measurement will be used in this study. The nominal scale will be used to not only classify the sampled children into various demographic sets such as black and white; Latino and White; boys and girls; teenagers and kids; mothers and fathers; breadwinners and non-breadwinners among other categories (Mitchell & Jolley, 2012). This level of measurement requires that broad and homogenous categories van be established, which are then subsequently used to describe multiple variables in the study. While the nominal scale can only offer simple classifications, it is especially suitable for children since ...

Part 1: Production Planning and Quality Management

Setting up of a production plant requires elaborate planning in terms of the location, raw material supply, production schedules, inventory, and transport. Creation of proper plans improves the efficiency in supply chain logistics, which in turn lowers the production costs while increasing the profits. In production planning, supply chain decisions involve both the strategic and operational plans. While strategic plans address the overall long-term goals of the firm, operational decisions focus on the routine functions of the firm.

Location decisions determine the geographic positioning of the production plant. It takes into consideration the suitability of the stocking and sourcing points ...

Transitioning from high school to college is one of the most important and unique experience in an individual’s life. The level of responsibility increases when we start college after completing high school. The work load is significantly more and the classes are harder. The expectations that our professors have from us are different from what our teachers expected from us in high school. This is when we realize that we have transitioned from secondary level education to higher education. The freshman year is a unique experience for everyone. Some people are able to adjust to the new circumstances right ...

Me: Hi, Socrates! I have a question and its bothering me.

Socrates: What is it that’s bothering you and that you want to examine? Me: Do men have free will or are they determined? Socrates: Let me clarify first from you what you mean by free will. Me: For me, free will has something to do with our desire to do what we willed even when there are internal or external constraints. Likewise, free will is the unrestrained ability of an individual to make conscious intentions, decisions, and other human choices, which refer to preferences or alternative courses of action.

Socrates: You mean doing what one wishes to do and doing it to the end?

Me: Precisely! Doing what one has ...

1. In your OWN words, define the following concepts of deterrence theory--general deterrence; specific deterrence; celerity; severity; certainty; AND explain utility principle for rational choice.

Specific deterrence is when an individual is punished for a crime; general deterrence is others decide not to commit crimes because they saw someone else get punished. Rational choice weighs the benefits and repercussions of a particular action, and takes into account: celerity, how the quickly punishment follows the crime; severity, (pg18) how harsh the punishment is and how well it suits the crime; and, certainty, how likely someone is to be punished for a crime. Both ...

Tim Cook is a business executive in the United States of America, and he currently heads the Apple Inc. Company as the chief executive officer. He took office as a successor to the late Steve Jobs, who was also the founder. Having risen through the ranks to his current position, Tim Cook offers a number of insights and qualities regarding leadership. The focus of this paper will be some of the leadership traits that make him stand out as an excellent leader. Having previously served as a Chief Operating Officer at Apple, Cook has proved the critics wrong with the success that ...

Part – 1 (Assignment Worksheet Quantitative)

The title of the quantitative research study systematically attempts to explore the variables determining the performance of nursing students in NCLEX-PN licensure examination. The study variables including the test scores of nurses, their theory grades, nursing education, selective admission practices, cumulative GPA (grade point average), SAT/ACT/NLN scores and grades obtained in pre-nursing courses prove to be the preliminary factors in determining the success of nurses in NCLEX - PN examination. The evidence based research literature contends the significance of previous academic performance and examination preparation of nurses on their prospective performance in various professional evaluations (McKenzie, 2008, p. 30). ...

Question 1

This is a descriptive statistics. The teacher is simply collecting and summarizing the data into a descriptive form. The teacher does not make any predictions or inferences. She simply collects data and would need a numerical solution.

Question 2

Inferential statistics is used in this study to analyze the stimuli. Descriptive statistics would be used in the calculation of different measures such as averages, standard deviation, among others. These measures are necessary for comparison. Therefore, both inferential and descriptive statistics would be important in the study.

Question 3

The data of marks scored was arranged in ascending order. 80th percentile implies that the marks I scored ...

Introduction

Health Care Management affects more than a billion people every day all around the world. Therefore, it is very important to understand how the health units function. The evaluation of the health units is based on mainly three factors-Efficiency, Effectiveness and Equity. A look at the efficiency of Hospital operations will bring to the front the factors that cause a Hospital to fail in providing proper care to its patients. Once the Hospital analyses where it is going wrong, it can adopt some best practices to improve upon its services.

Causal Factors for Health Care Management

Health Care Management is a highly competitive field, and the survival of a ...

Introduction

Work and development assessment during strategic change can be defined as an evaluation of effectiveness and skills of leaders as managers. Development assessment provides a feedback system from direct reports of performance analysis for development of specific leadership skills based on performance feedback. The key areas in this study are where, how and when set leadership strategies are developed, the criteria for an effective management strategy, the manner in which management strategies are developed, and implemented. In reference to Brian and George (2007) performance management can be defined as a continuous cycle that commences with conscription decision and entails setting a performance ...

One of the central questions of philosophy has always been a debate as to whether or not humans are free to make their own choices, or whether or not the causality of the external world affects are ability to make choices. This question is important because it underlies the centrality of what it means to be human and how culture is constructed. If freedom to make choices exists, then institutions such as prisons are just, because they punish on the basis of the assumption that someone who has committed a crime was acting freely and of his own violation. Looking at ...

Abstract

Blink brow bar operates in the service industry where is offers plenty of services to its clients. The luxury services offered serve a variety of clients with specific needs. The service provider has a distinct promise to the clients. This paper addresses various aspects concerning the level of service provision. This will edge towards the company’s promises to the clients as stated in the goals and objective statement of the business. The company has a special promise to its clients, which involves serving them appropriately by ensuring provision of beauty services for affordable terms. The service provider employs distinct methods to ...

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Modernism and technology has transformed women from their limits of housekeeping to taking up leadership positions. A modern woman has the freedom to choose her path and work towards being what she desires to become. The last five decades has however seen women limiting their positions of power. With all the options available to them, most of them have realised that they cannot necessarily manage some positions and therefore resolving to take lower status. In this paper, we take a critical look of some investigative materials on why women are making such decisions that may be considered ridiculous. This ...

- Normal issues and Organ at Risk Due to Irradiation The radiation effects in human are due to the deposition of energy in the human body. Not all the tissues are exposed to the radiation effect. Only few of the tissues are exposed to the radiation effect. The radiation therapy is used for the medical treatment. A high dose of radiation will result in damage of sensitive tissue, even, it may result in death. A high dose of radiation results in the death of cells. All the cells are not equal to the radiation sensitivity. Only the sensitive ...

My interest in the topic of lucid dreaming comes from the fact that I have always been baffled by the phenomenon of dreaming. When I dream; I am transported to an alternate reality where the rules of science and nature no longer work. I have also noticed that dreams have some power over reality and vice versa. After a good dream, I wake up happy while after a terrible dream, I am never upbeat to face the day. Interestingly, just having a normal dream is not the ultimate when it comes to experiencing “false realities.” I was surprised to realize that not ...

Management: Innovation

Introduction - the description of innovation - The elucidation of factors leading to innovation for instance the adoption of common language enabling the workforce to understand each other

- The advantages of innovation will be expounded together with their effects on the society for instance the growth and introduction of new industries

Disadvantages

- The disadvantages of innovation to the society

Conclusion

- The conclusion will follow restating the hypothesis of the paper as had been given earlier on Innovation refers to first occurrence of an idea for a new product or process. It describes the first commercialization of ...

Technology has been advancing in a way that the society could not readily control (Hochschild et al 1). There are many critics about how the technology could really influence the society and the future. With the changes in the society and culture, advancement in the technology is a very important power that could greatly affect in the future. The objective of this essay is to discuss the three important concepts which are technological determinism, technological optimism and technological pessimism. The essay also aims to analyze its examples as well as the responsibility of engineers. Technological determinism is a concept and a theory ...

The book “The Octopus” written by Frank Norris in the year 1901 falls in the genre of fictional epic and is one of the unique literary treatises. In the book, Norris discusses about the conflicts between the ranchers of California and wheat growers on one side and the politics and rail road on the other side. The company that operates the railroad controls the land, state legislature and local newspapers, and makes it tough for the wheat growers to survive in the nineteenth century California . In the Octopus, Norris envisions the study of production, processing and distribution of wheat ...

- Introduction While humanoid robots are often thought of as robots that look and move exactly like people, this is not necessarily the case. The idea of a humanoid robot includes robots that are completely identical to people, of course, but also encompass any type of robot that has a vaguely humanoid shape. These robots are made to have a body shape that looks like a human body. There is something psychologically enthralling about robots that share humanoid body shapes; they interest human beings and can form bonds with them. Although current-day robotics are not good enough to create a robot that ...

Social media interaction currently has taken control of both online and offline dialog. In a community where interacting and over-sharing online is the culture, one is likely to chat with friends and relatives through electronic devices instead of face to face. These changes have had much impact on the interpersonal social skills among the young and old individuals. As a result of increased technological changes, both internet, and other media have been embraced and are coordinated (Baym, Nancy, Yan, Zhang, and Mei-Chen Lin, 6). This has had much impact on youth’s way of life, activities, attitude, and behaviors. The role ...

According to the Division of Labour as proposed by Adam Smith, growth is rooted in the constantly increasing division of labor. This thought relates predominantly to the interest of the labor power, precisely with relation to the breaking down of big jobs into several unimportant components. In such a scenario, every single worker becomes a specialist in a secluded vicinity of production, consequently rising his competence. The reality that it is not necessary for laborers to toggle responsibilities during the course of the day additionally saves more time and money. Interestingly, this was what exactly permitted many factories in England to rapidly ...

16.1 Combining Beliefs and Desires under Uncertainty Our understating of the world is mostly constrained by the lack of enough information and uncertainty of different outcomes. Despite this incompleteness and uncertainty we have to act and make conclusions. Decision theory is concerned with recognizing the qualities, vulnerabilities and different issues important in a given choice, its consistency, and the ensuing ideal choice, in an episodic environment [1]. In an episodic environment, the execution of an agent is subject to various discrete occurrences, with no connection between the executions of an agent in diverse situations. Episodic situations are less complex ...

Philosophy 101

Free Will Free will has been a topic of intense debate in various fields ranging from philosophy and literature to law and the social sciences. As far as philosophy is concerned, thinkers are generally grouped into two broad schools and vary according to how strongly they agree with them. These schools are determinism and indeterminism. By and large determinists believe that the universe is run by a strict sequence of cause leading to effect while indeterminists believe that between cause and effect there is free will, or choice, which means that an effect need not be a direct corollary of a cause. ...

Determinism can be defined as the philosophical proposal that every incident, choice and act is causally ascertained by an uninterrupted chain of earlier incidences, and further that the chain of circumstances that led to the event will not lead to any other event. The theories of determinism all along the history of philosophy have come from at times motives that are similar. Certain forms of Determinism can actually be tested empirically also. The converse of Determinism is said to be free will. Essentially, Philosophy is the manner in which some people think about a few distinct questions. The most ...

In as much as we live in a world where we are fully surrounded such tools and machines, we seldom think about these tools, machines and tools that surround us. We are not aware of how they shape us or how we shape them. Consequently, these change our relationship with such tools, neither are we even aware of how they enrich or impoverish us. This trend is talked about by Dave Eggers, in his book The Circle; “ The tools we create, often manufacture extraordinarily extreme social needs. Nobody needs a level of contact you are spreading. It changes nothing.” (p 45) The ...

ABSTRACT

For many years psychologist have studied athletes and what separates the successful from those who fall short. Carol Dweck’s work has helped Psychologist’ and athletes treat a major limiting factor, mindset. In a fixed mindset talents are considered innate. A growth mindset focuses on developing ability and talent through experience. Dweck’s research shows that people who have a fixed mindset reject learning for fear of displaying their shortcomings. Those with a growth mindset embrace acquiring new skills through learning and experience. This work is especially important because it has been supported that a growth mindset can be learned. In four studies student ...

Introduction

Many rappers commend Eminem for his clear pronunciation, complex rhyming style, and the very good word playing skill. In the music industry, he was labeled as the most successful white rapper due to his awards and music sales. Eminem has also been subjected to many debates weather he has a positive or negative influence for the issues of gender, race and class. Many politicians and other celebrities also despised him because of his violent words, corruption of youth, misogyny, homophobia and other allegations. However, there are also critics that value his influence and contributions to the world of Hip Hop. ...

Introduction

Determinism is a word used in philosophy to describe the idea that all events, actions, decisions and forms are a consequence of antecedent or past events that were inevitable. In its extreme philosophical sense, the word determinism describes naturalism, or the idea that everything is natural including our decisions and human behaviors. It is very important to separate the word determinism with pre-determinism, another term that vaguely describes the idea that everything in the universe is predetermined. The concept of determinism has been around for thousands of years albeit taking different terms, among them, necessitarianism, a term that describes the inevitability that ...

Input Controls:

Input Controls:

Introduction and Functions of Input Controls:

Data input controls refer to application specific user interface components, data and/or transactions used to ensure that data in a computer system is accurate, complete and is entered in a timely manner. Input controls are mainly used when entering data into a computer application or when converting data from the source format into computer data. Data is usually entered into computer applications and systems through manual online input, or through the use of automatic processing. The main function of input control is to ensure data integrity in business applications regardless of whether data is entered into the system directly, remotely ...

Technology change in work and education

Over the past decades there have been many profound technological, social and economic transformations. The diffusion of technological innovation and other developments in different sectors such as telecommunication, automobiles, and electricity has led to mass production and consumption of product and services (Vermaas, 2011). Similarly, the education systems have evolved through the use of technology over the past decades. This paper is going to focus on the study of technology change, as well as, the impact of technology in the higher education system of the 21st century. In the 21st century, universities and colleges have been greatly affected ...

In Ayn Rand's "Anthem," civilization had lost the understanding of freedom and individuality. Only one person along with a few friends dared to fight against the conformity that had become the norm. Throughout human history, there have been many people who have tried to force others to confirm to a set of rules and regulations. Conformity can be seen in India's caste system, the introduction of school uniforms, and in today's capitalistic society. There have been revolutions started by a person or group that overthrew the idea that society must confirm to a certain hierarchy in order to function properly. The Indian caste ...

Law and the Language of Power

Laws are an essential part of life because they are necessary for there to be the order. There are both natural and man-made laws. Even at a very basic level where we eliminate man from the equation laws are necessities. For example, if nature opposed what we now term as the laws of physics then life on earth would not exist. The very premise of man-made laws is that they are designed to benefits persons in positions of power. The code of Hammurabi epitomizes this property of man-made laws. Natural laws on the other hand attempt to bring order in ...

Philosophy questions

- St. Anselm in the 11th Century proposed the first ontology on the existence of God. In his argument, St. Anselm proposed that God’s existence is derived from the concept of, “being than which no greater can be conceived,” (“Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy,” 2011). Therefore, a being that no greater than it can be conceived is God. However, his argument shows that it is necessary to belief in God, but does not, in fact, prove the existence of God.

Work cited

Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy . “Ontological Arguments”; 2011. Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/ on October 13, 2014. - Luke Tracy (2012) on ...

1970-1980’s (Newman, Parse, Watson, Rogers) iv. Development of the metaparadigm per Fawcett

v. Development of paradigms 1. Simultaneity and Totality 2. Particulate-Deterministic, Interactive -Integrative, Unitary Transformative III. Discuss knowledge development in nursing (10 points) a. Carper’s Ways of Knowing b. Emancipatory Knowing c. Ways of unknowing d. Role of research e. Role of the socio political environment IV. Application/Synthesis for Advanced Practice (10 points)

Describe how the new advanced knowledge, in the course to date has informed and influenced your own perspective on nursing:

i. Philosophic a. What philosophy is most congruent with your own personal philosophy and why? ii. Paradigm of Nursing a. Discuss the congruence between your nursing philosophy and your nursing paradigm b. Describe ...

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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature written by Steven Pinker was published in 2002. It was the best-selling book of 2002 that argues about the adaptation of human behavior by evolutionary psychology. Pinker talks about the three inter-related doctrines challenged by the modern science. The three doctrines or dogmas comprise the leading examination of the human nature in scholarly life. First one is the blank slate that means that the mind does not have any inborn qualities and it is like a clean slate. Second one is the noble savage which means human is born good but ...

Socrates: I would say that determinism is when a person believes that a person’s actions are completely unavoidable. That our actions are essentially predetermined and we are unable to change fate. This is something that can also be seen in nature.

Me: So then, what of free will?

Socrates: Free will could be considered as almost the opposite of determinism. Where under determinism one believes that man cannot change the events that transpire under the idea of free will one believes that man has the ability to affect absolutely everything that happens to him. He is not bound to any set of predetermined events. Me: Do ...

The queuing simulation presented was of high quality. In order to get good results, the simulation looks at two different scenarios with each of the three arrangements of the processors. The three different arrangements are centralized, distributed, and hierarchical arrangements. In each of these three arrangements, the simulation looks at both a low load and high load scenario. Using these six different results, it is possible to look at the best results for the arrangements. The simulation is very useful as it gives a range of results that can be analyzed and compared. Using these results, it is possible to decide ...