Intentionality

Self-Actualization and Self-Determination are part of the concept of human potential. The article that this summary is about is of an article based upon self-actualization and self –determination. The main concept of this article is looking at a person’s own potential and how it is something more than previous psychologists have postulated. This article goes into depth about what SDT (Self-Determination Theory) is and how the writers go about trying to explain SDT. This theory is about how…

walk with a walk that is measured and slow” (13) is repeated in the last stanza; the repetition emphasizes the importance of the careful and meticulous method of walking. It is not used in its literal denotative meaning, but it is a metaphor: intentionality is crucial when making decisions. Furthermore, even when one’s journey takes an unpleasant turn, he or she should appreciate each moment and recognize its worth before rushing to escape it. Furthermore, the first and last stanza both…

The Other Side of the Lens Peering through the viewfinder, I adjusted the focal length of the lens. The girls flitted within the frame, fueled by a sugar-induced hysteria. All five cradled ice cream cones, exuberantly embracing each other with sticky hands. Crisp pine trees lined the path through camp, framing the elated chaos. With a click, I stopped down the aperture, extending the depth of field and drawing each member of my wacky sixth grade group into focus. Hitting the shutter, I captured…

Curiosity killed the cat is a common cliché alluding to a negative connotation for questioning. However, everyone dies so is questioning really an awful thing? To the Athenians against Socrates, yes, but Socrates opinion is the exact opposite. Things must be questioned , but the intention for questioning is equally as important. This is where people may have been confused with Socrates which lead to his indictment. Indeed, Socrates claim is true and with the right intentions, it has the…

The Style of Culture and its Misconceptions When talking about Culture, Structural Poverty, and Cultural Change you may ask yourself if I am attributing intentionality to the way we see the problem that’s growing in today’s society. First, I am going to briefly examine the arguments behind the cause of all three topics. So the outcome isn’t weather I agree or disagree it’s about the interpretation and understanding of the problems but how I can best show the relationships of these topics and…

Created in 1981 by Hilary Putnam the Brain in a Vat theory is about a science fiction possibility of our brains quite literally being in a vat. Hilary Putnam uses referencing or representation, the Turing Test, the rules of language and a host of examples to establish that the statement “we are brains in a vat” is a self-refuting statement. He asks the question “Could we, if we were brains in a vat in this way, say or think that we were?” (Putnam 1981, p7) and comes to the conclusion that we…

Have you ever wondered where the techniques, practices, and ways of caring for a patient came from in the nursing profession? Many theorists over time have developed their nursing theories to provide a framework for which nursing is practiced. A nursing theory is “a conceptualization of some aspect of nursing that describes, explains, predicts, or prescribes nursing care” (Potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall, 2013). The purpose of theories in nursing is to provide a way to assess patients and data,…

Rouse and Van Gelder state, “It is imperative that care and intentionality be taken to build a supportive, missional leadership team that is comprise of both staff and lay leaders.” On this point, Woodview could give greater emphasis on the development of lay leadership. Most ministries and small groups are led by members…

and nonhuman primates vocal communication it is broken up into different sections. The sections that will be looked at are production mechanism, the structure of the signals, range of meanings that the signals convey, social environment, and the intentionality in the use of vocal signals. The production mechanism is how the sounds are produced, and there are similarities with nonhuman primates and humans. For example, the chimpanzee and a human have…

not an indirect killing. Double effect reasoning is central for knauer, it brings justification to any act as long as double effect reasoning is applied justifying a premoral evil. Aquinas speaks of intending ends, Gury of positing causes. Intentionality…