Logical positivism

WHAT IS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH? One of the trends over the past decade has been the growing use of and interest in qualitative research for educational research. Qualitative research, broadly defined, means "any kind of research that produces findings not arrived at by means of statistical procedures or other means of quantification. Where quantitative researchers seek causal determination, prediction, and generalization of findings, qualitative researchers seek instead illumination, understanding

I justify the humanities by sketching four views of knowledge in which the idea of an academy or an integration of disciplines might be understood. I assume that every system of higher education inevitably appeals to concepts of knowledge. Such concepts cannot be isolated from political and civic dimensions of life as well as from personal cultivation and character. Nonetheless, older views based on these aspects are open to serious criticism. The four views considered are Aristotelian-Thomistic

In science, evolution is one of the basic templates to understand the biology of an organism or ecological unit. Changes in that ecosystem cause adaptations to occur in species, if there is time. With human intervention (pollution, climate change, deforestation, etc.) many species do not have time to adapt, and therefore move to a new environment or become extinct. It is the change in inherited traits of a population through a process called natural selection in which only the strongest traits

How far is it true that madness before the enlightenment is understood in primarily religious terms? By Name Presented to Institution Instructor Course Date How far is it true that madness before the enlightenment is understood in primarily religious terms? Origin of Enlightenment During the enlightenment period, fact named itself in a manner that would later enlighten compatriots. The Enlightenment was one of rare movements in human history associated with 17th and 18th century. Scholars argue

In 1901, Enrico Ferri, one of the fathers of positivist criminology, was invited to deliver a series of lectures at the University of Naples. Ferri used the occasion to admonish classical criminologists and to advance the principles of positivism. (2) He approached the study of criminals from a sociological perspec¬tive, that is, by studying the criminal's relationship to society rather than the criminal's individual personality or physical traits. He also recommended that society focus

Research Project Amir 13-Mar-15   Contents P1. Formulation and record of possible research project outline specifications 3 P2 Identifying the factors contributing to the process of project selection 4 Research question 4 Justifying the choice 4 P3 Undertaking a critical review of key references 5 Branding 5 Relationship between marketing and rebranding 5 Rebranding 5 Marketing 5 Operations 6 Consumer behaviour 6 Advertising 6 Profitability & Competitors 6 P4 Producing a research project

n response to the criticisms of those who are anti-judicial activism, “supporters of judicial activism say such activism through judicial review is necessary because it allows the courts to step in and fill gaps in the law where minorities are not protected because of political pressures and where politicians are afraid to legislate” . This raises the argument that judges and the judiciary play a balanced activist legislative role in such a way that it protects the rights of minorities from legislation

Introduction In counselling and psychotherapy there are more than 400 distinct models with methods of practice ranging from one to one counselling, group therapy, couples or family therapy, online therapy and over the telephone counselling. Depending on which school of thought the therapist is following, each therapy engages the client from a different angle. Each school has its own rationale and specific techniques but there are common components which are shared across all approaches Research

Immanuel Kant’s Metaphysics THEME In regard to Metaphysics, Kant’s results were seemingly the opposite to what he strove to achieve, cf. the claim, in his Introduction, that “In this enquiry . . . I venture to assert that there is not a single metaphysical problem which has not been solved, or for the solution of which the key has not been supplied.” In the summing up of his Prolegomena, he records with evident pride in achievement: “Anyone who has read through and grasped the principles

Sociolog~of Knowledge and its Consciousness The Sociology of Knowledge and Its Consciousness t 1 By Theodor W. Adorno Robert Merton, C. WrightMills et al. repeatedly complained that the sociology of knowledge failed to solve its centralproblem of specifying the nexus between social and cognitive structures. Nonetheless, this field has remained limited to techniques of content analysis and correlation studies whilefailing to explain these categories and correlations other than by recourse tofunctionalist