Empirical

psychology; however, much of what Freud has said about complexes and stages have been called into question because they lack empirical support. Furthermore, Freud’s theories tend to have a fairly sexist bias. The idea that people seek a “father figure” is yet another example of Freud’s bias. The idea that God is an illusion and that religion is a neurosis is less based on empirical evidence than it is on personal perspectives and biases. It is therefore ironic that Freud attempts to debunk God…

been the main component to understanding the possibilities of priori synthetic knowledge. This can be possible if transcendental methods are understood prior to empirical encounter and sensory experience. This can be achieved by organizing everything based on our intuition, necessary in space and time. Kant stresses if we remove empirical variables from our experiences and apply only objects of reasoning and understanding we are performing pure mathematics. By this means we can develop…

Empirical information regarding the world is gathered by use of inductive reasoning. This inductive reasoning is defined, not with validity like deductive reasoning , but with the likelihood of the conclusion occurring (Béziau, 2005). In other words, inductive arguments gather from instances of evidence to formulate the likelihood of the occurrence of a conclusion that is much larger in scope than the body of evidence that supports it. Consequently, inductive arguments are said to make…

However, she contrasts nursing’s empirical approach with empirics in other fields in that it is both less mature in its degree of integration and organization, and also in that there are multiple conflicting concepts that attempt to contribute to nursing study (Carper, 1978). Carper also recognizes an important change in the definition of health that may contribute to the empirical nursing process: that health status lies on a continuum and is an ever-changing…

suggested that more variables, which can be quantified, should be conceived and factored into the coming studies. In addition to the variable, more investigations are required to carry out the PPP studies based on the non-linear economic model since our empirical research on the effectiveness of PPP is generally built on the linear mathematical model. Consequently, the comparative studies of linear and non-linear PPP model ought to be advocating for future…

inattentively. The necessity of grounding morality in priori principles is greatly emphasized by Kant on which he bases morality on his formation of a reason in its practicality. Kant believes on the un-conditionality of commands and he believes that the empirical moral philosophy or moral anthropology as the may call it, is grounded on principles inferred through experience or observation and they are limited to telling us how people act but not how to…

and investments. According to a survey among CFOs of 392 companies, only 19 percent of the companies avoid having a target capital structure ratio (Grahama & Harvey, 1999). This being said, capital structure theories are significant for companies. Empirical evidence shows that the financing types among different countries vary significantly (Jones & Zeitlin, 2008), as depicted in…

Politics is the study of how people make decisions in a group and by what means this is achieved. Some political scientists see politics in the same light as one would see a natural science, due to observable and measurable features when conducting research. Many theorists throughout history periods have tried to quantify and explain relationships with each other. This essay will argue that politics is can be to make scientific statements. This can be illustrated through the following,…

moles of each element. You then take the smallest mole amount and dividing all of the mole amounts by that number to find out the number of atoms of each element in the empirical formula. An empirical formula is the smallest formula where the subscripts are whole numbers. To find the molecular formula, you must multiply the empirical formula by a conversion factor. You find…

Cases may be actual life examples, found in literature, or constructed by an individual for the purpose of demonstrating the concept. There are multiple types of cases. Model cases demonstrate all the defining attributes of the concept and are the pure exemplar. The additional cases are borderline, related, contrary, invented, and illegitimate. These cases may demonstrate some or none of the defining attributes of the concept (Walker & Avant, 2011, p. 163-167). The following case scenario was…