Reductionism

experience internal conflict and attempt to find answers with the help of Existential Detectives, Bernard and Vivian Jaffe. The film illustrates the quest for self actualization using dichotomizing schools of thought, as well as the processes of reductionism and holism. Using the concept of Universal Interconnectivity, the detectives take on the cases of Albert Markovski, a young environmental activist; Brad Stand, a charming and duplicitous executive; and Dawn Campbell, a spokesmodel in the…

provides more knowledge about the at-risk population, where it is often paramount to fully hear what they have to say, analyzing their views by keeping the data in their own words and avoid a tendency toward favoring majority population views and reductionism, (pg. 249). 2. What is the first step in qualitative data analysis? ANSWER - (c) Coding data. Coding in qualitative data is usually an integral part of the data analysis process and can be carried out in a variety of ways. Dudley (2011),…

The psychology of religion is one of the many divisions of religion. The psychology of religion is the application of psychology interpretive frameworks and methods to religious individuals. This is in the sense that religion’s functionality is that it (pg.3) expresses and serves many individual, social and culture needs. Psychology of religion focuses on the individual rather than cultures or societies regardless of the prior mentioning of religion’s function. It looks to examine the religious…

Areas that have been effected by overconsumption and the conflict this has on nature and society The natural world has fallen victim to the anthropocentric ideal of evolution as the natural world has been overconsumed by society in order for global development. Cronon (1995) states that natures worth is measured and judged by civilisation, claiming that society produces a dualistic world of humans and nature being placed at opposite ends of the spectrum. This ideal is ironic seeing as…

primary values, pain and pleasure would also be primary motives for why people make decisions. This could propose that Bentham is not a dedicated utilitarian and is somewhere in the middle, albeit leaning utilitarianism. This is similar to how reductionism suggests to be a compromise between materialism and dualism, albeit leaning towards materialism. It could also suggest that utilitarianism and deontology are not mutually exclusive. It may just be a matter of when the pain and pleasure matter…

on Elvis pathologizes fans. For example, Joyrich in her article “Elvisophilia: Knowledge, Pleasure, and the Cult of Elvis (1993),” argues fans avid desire to accumulate Elvis possessions amounts to a form of addiction. Such studies highlight the reductionism inherent in pathological accounts of fan action and cloud an understanding of emotion and action in deviance. Elvis Culture: Fans, Faith and Image, by Erika Doss, aligns closely with Rodman, but has the benefit of ethnographic data.…

According to The Nature of Science, it is “a determination of what is most likely to be correct at the current time with the evidence at our disposal.” It aims for measurable results through testing and analysis. It views knowledge as a systematic enterprise that has the ability to build and organize knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. It also refers to a body of knowledge that is able to be rationally explained and reliably applied. It is viewed as…

spiritual factors, results of sin, and demons were the cause for disease and insanity during the Middle Ages (Plante, 2011). These beliefs were diluted during the rise of physical and medical interests during the Renaissance, resulting in biomedical reductionism (Plante, 2011). Which led to the idea of studying and using scientific observation and experimentation on different diseases including mental illness (Plante,…

humans are composed of bodily or psychological continuity. From this statement, he continued to develop his argument to claim that human identity is neither physical or mental. By not determining what personal identity encompassed, Parfit endorsed reductionism. From the use of Relation R, Parfit acknowledged that personal identity is not the important factor, but rather psychological connectedness is. Humans are reducible to more basic components than psychological or bodily continuity. Parfit…

In Oreskes and Conway’s The Collapse of Western Civilization, the authors make the speculative, future perfect-tense assessment that positivism and market fundamentalism has led to the destruction of Western civilization in the twenty-first century. This assessment is critical of both the internal workings of science and how it operates among other social institutions. The critique of positivism depends on a flawed placement of science in society, and is inconsistent with the subsequent…