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Knowledge and search for knowledge is something that should tend to be absolute and not relative. In our lifetime, we should try to search for a universal truth and to try to discover as much as possible. In its basic sense, knowledge is the key to progress. What would actually happen if everybody would study and learn only about their own history and their own traditions and their own past? If we assumed this hypothesis, we would most likely discover the world spilt up into a series of smaller worlds, each with its own characteristics, isolated and with an interest only towards its own past. Is this something to be desired? No, in my opinion, knowledge should at least attempt to be universal.
Of course, the problem with studying religions (as well as history, traditions or cultures) we know very little about, belonging to people that we know little...
If we study the Native American religion and religious traditions, for example, we may tend to get ideas from Hollywood movies or from simplified books that most likely will only partially reflect the truth. But this is something that will only happen if we are superficial in our study. Studying opens up an infinite front, with an infinite set of sources that can be used. The key to studying remote people from distant areas we know little about is that it should not restrain itself to the surface of facts, but dig in deeper and use every available source. Even more so, using native sources, for example Hindu books that write about South Asian Hinduism, its traditions and customs, will probably ensure that we receive a better image of facts and that we are not…
Seeking to strip his conception of knowledge to the bare minimum by removing all notions which can subject to reasonable doubt, Descartes differentiates between assumptions and true knowledge because, in his estimation, any perception based solely on sensory input is inevitably flawed, as the human sensory system is known to be fallible (Collingwood). By rejecting the role of assumptions in forming knowledge, Descartes devises perhaps the most well recognized
Knowledge Management Toolkit A data warehouse encompasses and provides access to all the company's information to whoever needs access to it. A warehouse literally means a storehouse, and the information within an organization may be distributed within one computer or with many computers, form one single warehouse. They may contain several databases and all types of information, and in a large variety of different formats. However, all the above information and
Its success might be called an 'anti-marketing' campaign given that it was done without careful marketing segmentation -- it was marketed to all consumers, with a unified image. Although it does not fit the conventional definitions of either service or product design, and in many ways seems to exist in undefined virtual space, it still possesses a loyal core of users. The goal of every branding campaign, Taylor suggests, is
Tackling Details After establishing the basics for knowledge management, the next step includes "Developing support and setting expectations." Lessons learned during this process and recommended to others considering utilizing knowledge management were reported to be: 1. To help insure the project starts off right and ends up right the first time, consider consulting a consultant, Stoll recommends. Research and interview potential candidates to insure a positive working relationship. 2. Equip organization/business board and/or
Search for Extraterrestrial Life: The Existence of Non-Human Intelligent Beings in Our Galaxy The possibility of extraterrestrial life has always intrigued philosophers, scientists, theologians and even lay people for centuries. The fascinating question of whether there are other intelligent creatures in space, however, remains unsolved despite technological advancements in science particularly because thus far, there still lacks conclusive evidence. Motivations for the search for non-human life range from scientific and philosophical
He tells Walton he was "surprised that among so many men of genius . . . that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret" (37). Here Shelley illuminates the weakness of man with Frankenstein's inability to control himself in this situation. Shelley placed Frankenstein in this environment because he represented "modern scientist is search of the spark to animate lifeless matter" (Wright 14). Like Prometheus,