the eighteenth century enlightenment is one of the most important foundations of the modern culture and thecontemporary western philosophy can be regarded as a dialogue between the enlightenment and its critics. although the roots of the enlightenment can be traced to the late middle ages and even before, but it is in kant’s “what is enlightenment?” (and implicitly in his critical trilogy and p...

For thousands of years man had been taking refuge in the caves or under the trees to safe himself from the devastating effects of natural forces. For a long time the idea of making shelters like huts or rooms never struck his mind. Although building material like clay, stone boulder, or river pebbles, were lying all round him but, he even, accidentally, did not attempt to erect any kind of shel...

Karen J. Satz, R.N., M.S. is a Nurse Practitioner in maternal and child health on the Navajo Reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico. standing and incorporating that culture’s beliefs, values, and attitudes into their nursing care is an essential component of quality health care. Nurses on the Navajo Ki*servirtion are practicing within a distinct cultural group. Although many cultural groups coexis...

FEDERALISM AND FEDERATION IN EUROPE:A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE GERMANIC TRADITION

There has developed in the professional literature a distinct tradition of interpreting and reconstructing Quine’s epistemology. The tradition has its roots in Gilbert Harman’s influential interpretation of Quine as an empiricist and in Harman’s reconstruction of Quine’s views on meaning.’ Richard Rorty, and those influenced by what may fairly be called the “Princeton School” of Quine scholarsh...

CONTEXT In the Iranian traditional medicine, anbarnesa smoke derived from burning female donkey's dung has long been used for treatment of inflammatory ulcers and infections of the middle and external ear with no significant side effects. The aim of this study was to introduce anbarnesa and discuss its therapeutic effects. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION We conducted a systematic search in PubMed, Medli...

This thesis is about how to design Computer Supported Cooperative Work systems (CSCW) on the basis of design practice that is established in the Scandinavian model of System Design. The approach of the thesis is to develop an understanding of the design of CSCW environments through a series of case studies. These case studies, the CoDesk system, the AtWork system and the VideoCafé system, cover...

By definition, criticism involves the application of principles or values in order to make judgments for the purpose of bringing about positive change. Understandably, criticism comes in a variety of forms. For example, rhetorical criticism carefully examines and judges the quality of discourse. Our subject here is critical social science, which critiques basic social structure (Littlejohn, 199...