Empiricism

In the absence of absolute dating, there are other elements that can help us to know the relative chronology of the monuments. The characteristics and style of the religious and funerary written monuments and their texts did not stay static but changed during the Roman period. Thus, if we can identify when innovations were introduced and when others disappeared, their presence can be use for determining the date of an inscription. External elements as typology and decoration as well as internal…

I observed: In my opinion, I observed a different pattern when we were assigned into groups to discuss the questions and when I were among the six students to do the group therapy. During both of the conversation, I observed that the groups were confused, anxious, and each one of them had a different objective to be here. I thought: I thought the possible feeling arises due to the group dynamics. I found it a little interesting how both the groups worked. In the first group, when we were…

Jessica, a young girl that has been unconscious since the day she was born, was given a cure so she could finally gain consciousness. After 10 years, Jessica would finally be aware of her surroundings for the first time. In this given scenario, we question what John Locke would say about Jessica after she is conscious. In addition, we will compare and contrast Locke’s theory of knowledge from Rene Descartes’ with respect to Jessica’s knowledge. If Jessica was to become suddenly conscious and…

However, this Theory of HRM has been highly criticised due to limitations which stem from inconsistencies surrounding empirical research. Examples of these inconsistencies, which are common within empirical research, include researchers using different practices when examining ‘Best Practice’ relationships and examining different outcomes. In trying to define a set of “best practices” that translates well to all organizations, much difficulty has arisen as researchers have not been able to agree…

This is the belief that it is not possible for there to be ideas in the mind that one is not aware of. Rationalists argued that once children grew up and developed mentally, they would be able to understand the innate ideas. For Locke, the idea that they have to be able to reason to understand and ideas that are supposed to be innate shows and strengthens his argument. This would, however, have to be based on the notion that innate ideas were conscious ideas. On the other hand, if these…

After the analyses and discussions above, accordingly, certain research implications can be obtained which could be useful for experiential marketing researchers, social media researchers and e-business researchers. One implication is that this empirical research enriches the understanding of the relationship between customer experience and the perceived usefulness, perceived fulfillment and so forth for the online shopping within internal social platform, since it verified the significant…

Animal Experimentation Many people say that animal experimentation is a cruel thing to do. They disagree on the fact that animals are tested yet others think that it should be legal even if it is harsh for many reasons. I say animal experimentation should stay legal and it’s a sacrifice that we have to make. Over the years, many types of medicines have come out. From Viagra to Tylenol, all these medicines might not be here today if it wasn’t for animal experimentation. Yes most of the time…

Always Trust Your Gut Instinct One of my most passionate beliefs is, “trust your gut.” Let your intuition (or as some of us call it, “our sixth sense”) guide you. If the thought of doing something does not feel right, don’t do it. As I grew older, it became more and more clear to me that the internal feeling I had about something seemed to always be right. This was not something I learned from any person of religious aspect in life. This is something I learned though experience (kicking myself…

The enlightenment was a reformation of thought. Philosophers sought to question if the facts we are given are true and define enlightenment. Kant and Descartes discuss enlightenment in the context of intellect whereas Lessing and Smith discuss enlightenment of toleration and compassion. All four of these authors contributed immensely to the enlightenment and as a whole answered what enlightenment is. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and who posed the question of “What is enlightenment?”…

Wittgenstein, in his work Philosophical Investigations, formulates a paradox that implores the reader to become skeptical of our ability to apply past learned rules to present situations. Specifically targeting the idea that if we do in fact learn rules from a finite amount of cases in the past, how can we be certain that we ought to follow through with said rule for all future cases. Later on, Saul Kripke published a book titled On rules and Private Language, in which he presents a version of…