In Discourse on the Method" we see how he questions his own existence, and knowledge that he obtained from different sources. ... In order for him to map out scientific endeavor he had to come up with a 'method' . ... In Part 3 of the "discourse," Descartes discusses the provision of moral code. ... All the steps he provided in first 3 Discourse lead to the finding of the Cogito. He did this by applying the basic questions in philosophy, showing that using the method properly really leads to the discovery of true things and showing that using the method does not involve ...

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Joining a discourse community is something we've all experienced, whether it's a specific sports team that you participate in/watch, or an online community like twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. In our class we have talked about how to join a community of discourse using the three appeals: Ethos (credibility/trust), Pathos (emotions/values), and Logos (Logic/reason/proof). ... I've also used the ethos appeal to prove that I am a part of the track and field discourse community. ... I may not be the fastest quarter miler in the world, but I did gain the necessary skill, knowledge,...

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A discourse community is a group of people who share a particular interest and use a certain register of language to communicate with each other. ... We communicate with each other in many ways, either by email, telephone, text, face to face, social media or letters and the language we use allows us to get things done, however the language and communication method we chose to use will vary dependent on the discourse community. ... Another example of a discourse community I belong to and that changes my language and behaviour is when teaching dance. ... One discourse community I belong to where...

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The Academic Senate of the University of California requires that all university students must learn "academic discourse- in the areas of reading and writing. Academic discourse involves the development of an academic identity and to think as a member of the academic community. ... Richard Rodriguez, author of "Aria,"" however would argue that the requirement to learn "academic discourse- is valuable and empowering. ... This component of the requirement presents the need for students to learn to write essays in a formal method with evidence supporting arguments. ... But instead this disco...

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As far as the methodology and theory are concerned, the thesis uses a qualitative content analytical research method and applies principals of the Critical Discourse Analysis, which is a discipline that provides the guidelines of the research method as well as supportive theory for the researched arguments. ... Theoretical Framework and Analysis Method The thesis draws on the theory of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and primarily follows the concepts of CDA as asserted by Norman Fairclough (1989, 2003) and Teun A. van Dijk (1983, 1998, 2001, 2008). ... A more precise definition might be tha...

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Intercultural Communication: A Discourse Approach, written by Ron Scollon, Suzanne Wong Scollon, and Rodney H. ... Intercultural Communication A Discourse Approach consisted of 12 chapters. ... However, intercultural communication cannot be separated from language or discourse. ... Before discussing the research method or approaches of the book, it defines what is meant by discourse. ... "All of us participate in multiple discourse systems" (p. 10). ...

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Wade's anti-abortion laws, led by abortion-rights activist Patricia Maginnis, drove a border-crossing force of women seeking abortions (Regan, "Crossing the Border for Abortions-); and in yet another, the marginalization of breast cancer patients in a face off between women and biopower where " women with breast cancer have gradually put together an oppositional discourse in which they have reinterpreted the meaning of being a woman with cancer, challenged existing stereotypes of how they should behave, and demanded recognition of new paradigm."" ... For these reasons, we are compelled to...

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Truth and the pursuit of wisdom are two ideas which always highlighted the Socratic discourse. ... Ones existential option or Philosophical Life is inseparable from their Discourse. ... "We could say that through a kind of reciprocal causality, the choice of life determines discourse, and discourse determines our choice of life, as it justifies it theoretically. ... And yet I am pretty well aware that it is by these very methods that I make enemies" (Elliot, 1999:9). ... He applied the methods of his discourse, cross-examination, to get Meletus to reveal a flaw in his own argument. ...

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So Descartes has relinquished anything he could call into doubt and is rebuilding a method for certainty. ... In terms of the aforesaid claim, Descartes' claim that his conclusions are based on self-evident intuition is coherent with his method of doubt. ... In discourse four, he expresses this when he says that there is nothing that reassures him he is speaking the truth other than conceiving "very clearly and very distinctly."" Thus Descartes is unable to claim to become certain of his own existence on the basis of the method of doubt articulated in the first meditation. ... The ...

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An Examination of Discourse Practices Within an I.T. Training Environment An Examination of Discourse Practices within an I.T. ... There are typical discursive moves and methods normally employed by trainers to regulate knowledge and maintain command in the training room. ... Discourse access and control may be defined in respect of both content and structure of text or talk. ... However, it may be argued that as the dominant participant the doctor is controlling the student by this choice of discourse type and the preference for it in this order of discourse (p39, Fairclough, 20...

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His desire to gain self independence is the driving theme of his work, Discourse on Method. ... Part Two of the Discourse on Method discusses Descartes desire to rebuild his mind. ... Descartes desires for self-sufficiency and the self-shaping of ones mind are the principle ideas behind Discourse on Method's part one and two. ... "Thus my purpose here is not to teach the method that everyone ought to follow in order the conduct his reason well, but merely to show how I have tried to conduct my own (page2)." ... Descartes believes that by following his methods, one can gain independence...

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Foucault's first three books are considered to be a trilogy, exploring the method of archaeology. After publishing The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969), which described his method more explicitly, Foucault shifted to a genealogical approach influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche's critique of history that accounted for some of the deficiencies in his earlier approach.[6] In "Questions of Method, " Foucault participated in a roundtable discussion reflecting on his approach to the study of the history of the penal system in Discipline and Punish (1975). ... He put it beautifully in the ope...

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These methods give stories their own unique feel, as we shall see how. ... Perhaps the spider is simply following impulses that drive it, and it hungers realizing the web to be the method for which to satiate that hunger. ... The poem takes the form of a social dialogue between two individuals, a discourse between the Sphinx and Oedipus. ... "Myth" is told in the form of a social discourse, a dialogue. ... The elemental methods used were lucid in distinction, shedding light on the intended purposes of these two poets. ...

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Design studies comprises research programs that emphasize on the study of design practice, design discourse, design products as well as the study of design history and theory. ... He begins with the 'design methods' movement in Great Britain. ... Archer was first generation theorist and his method was to categorized design into a set of distinct topics which attracted many criticism too. ... Victor Margolin, drawing from John Chris Jones' writing (Design Methods: Seeds of Human Future, 1981), explains the system as "operating holes of which modern life is being formed and...

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Methods While attending this meeting taking notes and visually analyzing body language, I had a voice recorder recording to help my analysis process. ... In my analysis, I used John Swales characteristics of a discourse community. I looked at the ways communication is used within the discourse and its outside healthcare sources. ... My methods of observation was to watch the body language of the member's through the meeting. ... The discourse community of Healthcare Professions does really encourage their members to succeed. ...

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Aztec, Iroquois, Europeans, conquest, discourse of confusion Over the course of several years the Europeans and the French's methods for control and domination were similar in objectives and goals. ... First, we will examine the methods of conquest. The methods of conquest between the Europeans and the Aztecs were similar, but the objectives differed. ... The methods between the Iroquois and the French were completely different. ... The two differences in role and titles led to a discourse of confusion. ...

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This method encourages the characteristic critical pedagogical challenge of the status quo, while still requiring ideas to be translated and conveyed by means of structured 'discourse practices' (Cherryholmes: 1988). ... On the contrary, vulgar pragmatic EAP instruction is based upon the premise of planned and structured discourse with the use of models, which 'work by displaying basic principles' (Macbeth: 2010). ... Success in tertiary coursework relies on sound knowledge and understanding of the discourse outlined and presented by lecturers and tutors to students. Gain...

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Washington, DuBois, and Racial Discourse As the dialogues on race wear on - and as America, as a country, continues to suffer from racial fractures that run deep indeed - the historical figures (meaning just that - the figurative modern representations) of Booker T. ... This is not to say that the lesson DuBois teaches is superior to Washington's; it is only to point out a difference between their use of discourse. ... Which method is most effective is only decided in a sole person's mind and is not our concern. ...

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The method that the author uses to present the character, thus, is not as we might see it in the literature of Romanticism (character revealed in marginal situations!) ... Fourthly, if any, then what specific methods the narrator has used in his/her narration? ...

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Nevertheless, this discourse has had repercussions in developing new perspectives on development, as post-development arguments have shifted the views on certain aspects of development, including a rapprochement on political economy and cultural analysis. ... While he provide answers to these issues, Ziai also recognizes these criticisms have root in the two discourses within post-development itself. ... What post-development attempts to accomplish is not necessarily giving up on development, per se, but "to imagine and practice development differently by generating new and experimenta...

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ENG 214: RESEARCH METHODS LECTURERS: Mrs Abdulsalam Nike and Mr Mathias Orhero This course is designed to equip students with the knowledge, methods and technicalities of research writing. ... This is why this course is important because it provides students with the framework and methods in which they can undertake their own research work. ... It is important to point out here that the scientific method is what underlines the research process. The scientific method simply means the stepwise procedure adopted by scientists in solving problems. ... The hypothetico-deductive model or method,...

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Knowledge is obtained through the dialectic method, which is the way to gain knowledge through a structured conversation. ... The sophists were concrete people and excelled in the areas of grammar, writing and public discourse. ... Socrates taught the dialectic method proving that knowledge was achievable and that you do not persuade someone's mind to force the truth upon the but rather guide there mind in the correct direction to see the truth for themselves....

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Secondly, this method depends entirely upon a categorical scheme of organization that simply divides any topic into three stiff sections. ... It is seldom used in any form of academic discourse outside of high school, as the deductive reasoning can easily weaken the argument and make it difficult to discuss complicated issues. ...

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For three months, their conversational tics, sexual inclinations, methods of ablution, personal obsessions and much less have been on display on the small screen each night and on the Internet. ... The confected rudeness of the host of The Weakest Link, the scheming and treachery of Survivor, the humiliation of the weekly public eviction vote of Big Brother - these are in danger of being seen as normal, desirable parts of human discourse by the children who watch these shows. ...

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It followed the need for social change and offered counter hegemonic discourse in the sense that rallied for change by protest and resisting authority. ... Third Cinema can also be seen to defiantly oppose the dominant Hollywood style's misinformed representations of much of the third world, which can be seen to largely oreintalist in method and execution. Such clichéd stereotypes (re)produced by Hollywood film, it can be argued, are part of colonial discourse and draw parallels with the assumed notion that western civilisation is the pinnacle of human evolution. ... Such anti- co...

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