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    However, other theories come into play and reject the psychological approach to explaining personal identity and it’s persistence over time; claims that continuity of the brain and memory are not enough to explain and confirm personal identity are made. These theories include the biological approach, the dualist theory, and the materialist approach from Shoemaker, which involves the memory theory. Through the review of these theories respectively, a clearer understanding of personal identity can

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    Falsification in Science - the “Hypothetico-deductive” method “Scientific knowledge is proven knowledge. Scientific theories are derived in some rigorous way from the facts of experience acquired by observation and experiment. Science is based on what we can see and hear and touch, etc. Personal opinion or preferences and speculative imaginings have no place in science. Science is objective. Scientific knowledge is reliable knowledge because it is objectively proven knowledge.” – Alan Chalmers,

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    ACADEMIC AND DIGITAL LITERACIES Lukasz Fabisiak ID: 30112693 Foundation Degree in Business and Financial Management Tutor: Amy Harrison 12 December 2014 Introduction The purpose of this report is to evaluate all the enquiry methods, tools and processes used in carrying out the tasks for the Managing People in Organisations module. It will try to discuss the problems encountered during the research and enquiry process. It will also make attempt to give recommendations for future development

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    Developing a Theory in Information Science Research: A Review of Experts’ Advice Abstract Despite the growing number of theories within the field of information science, it still remains a difficult task for some emerging scholars in the field to clearly articulate the development of new theories from research studies. This paper reviewed and collated the different views of scholars on what a theory is and how a good theory can be developed. It explains the concept of a theory and the different

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    David Graeber, wrote “What’s the Point if We Can’t Have Fun?” for The Baffler and he eloquently uses several rhetorical devices. These devices are used to convey the idea that Science can not quite seem to prove. Do animals play? Or are we personifying these Animals behaviors? Graeber presents some research on this topic, but rather than repeating facts he uses his rhetorical tools to expand on the ideas presented. The tools he used could be categorized into logos, pathos, and ethos. Although some

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    how theories of education have changed thought the years and how teachers and students adapt to these changes. With the changes in multicultural classrooms and how students with disabilities have rights in public education. All early childhood theories have changed so much though the years based on a diverse multicultural world and new laws to protect students, have been put into place to aid these children. Research that was taken back in the 1900 containing educational theories were

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    Knowledge is gained by understanding, and understanding is achieved by comprehending. The more we try to wrap our head around something, the more questions we tend to ask, and science tends to help answer these questions. Throughout history many methods have been used to provide answers, and help steer us to where we are today. Scientific methods are the most rational explanation for most worldly phenomena’s. The most common things in one’s household, from toothpaste to a computer, are all products

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    because the authors are prolific writers on innovation and entrepreneurship with over twenty articles between them and have been cited hundreds of times. Additionally, the article in question is recent and covers many of the traditional and emerging theories of innovation and firm growth and so serves as a review on the current state of literature on the topic. Furthermore the article proposes a novel idea, that the stage of the firm in the growth cycle is a highly relevant factor in determining what

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    One of the first things that persuaded me to take this class was the interesting name: “Magic, Science, and Religion”. It seemed like a very whimsical class, and since I have never taken any anthropology class before, I decided to give it a shot. My thoughts on magic, science, and religion, have definitely changed from before I even took this class to now, after all the material has been presented. My academic career so far has been in the science and engineering field, so I was most familiar with

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    Research is a big component of a student’s studying process; however, it is hard for universities or other institutions to provide these expensive resources for everyone. A group of individuals at Drexel University’s Department of Biology have observed this problem, and hypothesized that a group of students working with a faculty member on a theoretical research proposal, might be an effective solution (Stanford & Duwel, 2013). Overall, this experiment was designed to view whether writing theoretical

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