Concepts in epistemology

The article that I have looked upon is on the topic of Strategic management accounting (SMA). It is an interesting article that provides an in-depth insight to the current state of SMA by focusing on its techniques, processes and future research directions. The author has provided academic references throughout the journal to support her ideas. In the introduction, the author links the widely published criticisms of management accounting practise during the 1980s and 1990s as being the reason…

Why are there different ideas as to the meaning of happiness? The reason for this is diversity seems to be that the concept happiness grows out of an individual’s whole philosophy of life. For example, you can say having a mansion or a Ferrari or money is happiness but on the other hand having a sports car or a money or a mansion does not make other individual happy. What…

is evidence that a person’s body does influence his or her cognition. It is known as Embodied Cognition, which is built off Metaphor theory. Metaphor theory is the idea that human thoughts and sensory perception are linked to concrete and physical concepts. We ground our abstract ideas (love, hate, time, etc.) into concrete objects in order for us to understand them. Embodied Cognition suggests that…

There are two concepts that I feel are more important than the others or are affected by and affect all others we have gone over in this class. The first concept is health as it ties into all these things, for if we are unhealthy it affects our minds and we are unable to learn and put that learning to good use in the future because it is fragmented or skewed. The second one is communication because what good is all the information we gather and learn if we can not effectively communicate with…

The four skill builder concepts that I feel pertained to my experiences this quarter were other-centered messages, initiating conversation, clarifying supportive intentions, and describing feelings. Starting with other-centered messages I feel that I used this skill throughout this quarter. A particular example that comes to mind with my utilizing of this skill is just recently when I had a conversation with my sister, Danielle. My sister Danielle is currently taking a break from classes from BC…

The importance of cultural concepts in Māori society is evident in the influence they have on governance, social and economic exchange. There are many culture concepts that are important within Māori society, but this essay will analyse three. Firstly, rāhui (restriction). Rāhui is placed by the mana (power) of a person and would stay there until it is lifted and no unauthorised people are allowed to enter the place where the rāhui is placed upon. Second culture concept is manaaki (hospitality).…

for this assignment I was able to spend three and a half hours researching critics and other theorists who have written about the impact of bears in Alaska and the changes they face. From studying the different critic approaches to the concepts that I will be writing on, one of the things that I noticed was that while many discuss the lives and habitats of Alaskan brown bears. The critics will often times state that the lives of these bears are changing, one critic that mentioned…

In his book, Blue Chicago, David Grazian defines roles based on interactions that people have in Chicago's Blues clubs. Roles such as these can be assigned to people in any social situation. This principle can be extrapolated to other social contexts such as the expression of gratitude between Oberlin College students and the staff at Stevenson Dining Hall. This is demonstrated through the observation of interactions between students and staff members in three different scenarios: swiping in at…

Schemata is “abstract knowledge stored in memory and it is a richly organized networks of knowledge”. Schema helps reader with comprehension because it allows you to use your background knowledge. Readers are able to use of what they already know to make a connection with what they are reading. Without schema readers might become uninterested and frustrated with what they are reading. With little to none background knowledge, reader might have trouble making connections to a topic they might not…

The song “Loser” conveys precise and a straightforward message through singer’s personal feelings and impressions. The message in conjunction with an unusual way of expressing makes the song amusing to analyze and interpret. Relating to his audience provocatively throughout the piece of art - “Loser”, Beck has emphasizes being “adversely” different to what was perceived a norm at a time. For example, stating himself as a stagnated “monkey” while others were revolutionized “chimpanzees”…