These confusions are perhaps not altogether surprising, since REBT has on the whole been developed primarily by psychologists rather than philosophers. Recently, however, philosophers have begun to take an active interest in developing new, philosophically more sophisticated versions of REBT. The most notable such theorist is perhaps Elliot Cohen, author of a chapter of Essays on Philosophical Counselling developing a 'logic-based' approach to REBT. In the second part of the paper I will consider Cohen's approach. Although this paper is in many ways critical of traditional REBT, its primary aim is not to argue against REBT but, more constructively, to further inter-disciplinary debate.
Introduction Dr. Terry Mortenson, author of the article “The Origin of Old-Earth Geology and its Ramifications for Life in the 21st Century,” describes some important points of an old debate that is relevant in everyone’s life. In this paper, I give a basic summary of what the author’s purpose was for writing the article previously mentioned. I will also describe some of the articles strengths and weaknesses that affected my thoughts and views on the Old-World theory. The author did a great job for the most part, but I will discuss some information that would make this article stronger. Article Summary “The Origin of Old-Earth Geology and its Ramifications for Life in the 21st Century,” is an article that informs the readers of the impact of the Old-World theory.
This seemingly simple phrase is a vital concept to both the Video Case and The Key reading. Our thoughts and feelings are what allow us to unlock our universe. In order to achieve what we desire to be, we must first focus our thoughts on that achievement. Then the universe, via the law of attraction, will then make it happen. In the beginning of the movie, we come across a young Michael Oher who was in an extremely bad situation.
“Examine what is said, not who speaks,” suggests an Arabian proverb. While this may be good advice, Mark Twin proved in his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, that communicating effectively may very well depend on who is speaking. His use of the character Huck Finn to convey his various views on society is much more effective than if he would have used another avenue, because the story is told from Huck’s first person point of view, Huck is an extremely relatable character, and Huck’s experiences bring him through struggles that deal directly with Twain’s opinions about the pre-Civil War social structure. Because Huck’s story is told in his own words from his own point of view, Twain is able to communicate his opinions very adequately. Twain quickly establishes the character and personality of Huck with sentences such as, “Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wished I was there.” (Twain 2) By using Huck’s brash, but also childlike, voice as his mouthpiece, Twain is free to expose the reader to his own views and opinions.
“In order to handle this common problem there must be a complete sense of community responsibility”. Responsibility, which everyone should consider regarding this problem. “A new field in which technical operations, special characteristics should establish a community of interest, which might be regarded as a pilot plan for a new type of international collaboration.” These inspiring statements were deliberately used in such a context, to inspire people, to work for a better future. Towards “ a world, witch is united, and a world in which war will not occur.” Oppenheimer knew the basis behind the inspiration, he not only gave good reasons for the future first, but made it clear that the road to future could hold “democracy”, “and a new spirit of international affairs” will not come without “an enormous change in spirit.” The spirit that will ensure a change for the united community’s with more profound attitudes, such as “the common bond with other men everywhere.” The attitudes that even “Americans have being willing to die for”. By telling the philosophical meanings of the future he inspired people to head for a better
Why go through the time and effort to exert this energy without purpose? The answer, though in appearance may look deceivingly simple, can be easily joined with philosophical ideals as well as depend on the desired outcomes of the exercise, whether economy, self, or social. Spencer’s (2006) The Purpose of Adult Education: A Short Introduction is a dedicated, condensed yet concise book into core purposes of AE. In the book he looks at and associates the main five philosophies along with the theories of learning previously noted to loosely articulate the who, what, where, when and why AE was, is and/or may be undertaken. Withstanding what seemed to my eyes as a socialist tendency, of the several purposes he articulates and examines, Education for Transformation (p 53) is an underlying principle that struck a chord with me.
Aileen Sullivan Case 1: Learning in Practice 1. I believe there were several factors that motivated PWC to develop the Ulysses program. The first factor is the ability to understand the mission and vision of the company. By not having a strong mission and vision for the company participants and leaders within the company may lose direction of the goals that they want to acquire. PWC had to evaluate their current vision and create a new vision of the firm’s values.
The use of ethnography, a tactic where the anthropologist conducts research where the society resides instead of doing research from home, seems very interesting to me. I feel as though the possibility of new knowledge being learned is unavoidable. Living with this society, feeling out of one’s own comfort zone, is not only exciting but it helps shape one’s views on cultural relativism. Ethnocentrism is a problem wherever it exists and I believe it is most prevalent in the United States. To be granted the abilities to help teach others the idea of acceptance for different cultures and travel around the world while doing so, all through sociocultural anthropology, would be ideal for me.
Based on the conclusions of several experimental and neurological studies, specifically the ones mentioned throughout this essay, it is indeed correct to say that we process faces in a different, more holistic manner than we do with objects where the emphasis is placed on the relationship between the object’s features. Those who oppose the holistic approach to face recognition claim that in certain, unusual situations, we recognise faces using the processes associated with object recognition. This may be true, but it still remains that in the real world, the most important setting for us to understand, faces are processed in a holistic manner which is very different to object recognition. Every day we recognise a variety of both familiar and novel objects. We do this with little effort, despite the fact that these objects may vary in form, colour and size.
Putnam argument rests majorly on an earlier work done by Ithiel de Sola Pool, “Technologies Without Borders (1990)”. Putnam considers this work as a discerning work attributing its relevance to the current debates about complicated links in social connectedness and culture. In his argument, Putnam proposes that Pool’s prediction about revolutions in communication technology is indeed relevant to the civic engagement crisis that is being evidenced. From what he talks about, Pool had predicted of technological advances that would come to have a profound decentralization and fragmentation effect on the society and culture in decades to come. He therefore, supports his arguments as a fulfillment of what Pool seemed to predict.