Empirical

narrow path. In the nine studies that Petrosino, Turpin-Petrosino and Buehler (2003) investigated, they noted the positivity and enthusiasm this programs provided for the inmates. In that case, the scared straight program has not showed positive empirical data according to Petrosino, Turpin-Petrosino, and Buehler (2003), but it has help inmates. Therefore, if the continuation of the program in not really helping the juveniles, but is also not harming them, then the program should continue to…

The concept of incommensurability is presented in Kuhn 's early views as an impediment to the comparability of theories belonging to separate paradigms (Sankey 1993, p. 761). The logic behind this argument rests in the idea that incommensurability forbids translatability and that translatability between paradigms is necessary for comparability (Sankey 1993, p. 765). Logically it must follow that commensurability is necessary for comparability. To state the problem of comparability in Kuhn 's own…

Kant describes a priori statement as “adding nothing to the content” (sect.2),that is the meaning of statement itself. However, Frame introduces in his book that the decision of the meaning of the words is empirical (200) by Quine’s paper. Willard V.O. Quine claims that Kant’s understanding of analytic statement should be restated: “[A] statement is analytic when it is true by virtue of meanings and independently of fact” (1). This re-statement refutes that…

Empirical evidence should not be influenced by argument or prior belief. Evidence is normally gathered through observation and experiment, then tested and examined, and interpreted with some level of expertise or experience. After some level of predictability…

This paper presents a summary, analysis, and personal response to an empirical research study titled “Grief and Recovery: The Prevalence of Grief and Loss in Substance Abuse Treatment”. The research seeks to understand the relationship between grief and substance abuse and to identify what losses are commonly associated with substance abuse. Researchers discover several losses that frequently occur prior to, during addiction, and during treatment. Critique II: Grief and Recovery Although the…

sectors (manufacturing, services and trade) and two size categories (micro and small and medium firms). Testing the impact of the same factors on small growing businesses and controlling for size and sector will enable us to overcome some of the empirical shortcomings baised towards small size of other studies and have more insights on growth determinants. Our large pooled data set enables to perform this analysis because of large number of…

sector. That is, the outer sphere is defined in opposition to the inner sphere, which is defined as the space in which a person communicates with those they know or “connect with” on a cultural level. Hill’s second argument is supported both by empirical fact, a canonical study outlined in the endnotes, as well as the other main general ethnographic explanation. Here, Hill also cites a number of concrete ethnographic cultural and historical examples to support her claim that the use of Mock…

foundationalism should be rejected. He thinks that there must be some basic belief B which entails that it is likely to be true and independent of any inference from any beliefs other than the one he stated. He argues that in the case of B being an empirical belief then we can accept the two premises because of priori. Therefore, B cannot be justified…

The cave is supposed to represent the superficial world in which the people incased are unable to gain knowledge of anything real only the things that are fed to them by the puppeteers. The shadows symbolize the perceptions of those who believe in empirical evidence.…

and it grew in the minds of the people — that there is a much more rational way to explain the environment and how men work. The values that gave political philosophy most of their normative stand was given a more empirical…