Assumptions about the epistemic ideal of objectivity, closely related to ontological assumptions about the nature of disease as pathophysiological abnormality, lead us into oversimplified ways of thinking about medical imaging. This is illustrated by current controversies in the early detection of cancer. ...
The question concentrates on how far the body and the mind can correlate and separate. The mind-body problem has been an ontological question because...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your tough...
This means a set of beliefs and assumptions that guide how an analyst approaches the exploration. It defines how the research question is framed, what methods are used, and how data collection and analysis are conducted. This concept helps guide the entire study, from framing the problem to ch...
This is a possible objection to Danaher’s (2020a)“ethical behaviorism”: given there is an ontological difference, there will sooner or later be a behavioral difference (e.g., in the case of system failures or when facing circumstances unforeseen by the designers). Therefore, it would not...
One conjecture is that in advancing these sorts of claims philosophers have been engaged in defending metaphysical theses. In the wake of Quine’s vindication of the field, metaphysics has been taken to be mainly concerned with determining the ontological “inventory” and “structure” of reality ...
A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put in three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: ‘What is there?’ It can be answered, moreover, in a word— ‘Everything’—and everyone will accept this answer as true. However, this is merely to say that there is ...
It is the imagination’s peculiar function to admit, draw sustenance from, and celebrate the ontological priority of this outside world, by creating entities which subsequently become a part of this world, an addition to it.” 36 A celebration of the “ontological priority of the outside ...
even concepts such as self-awareness may emerge, although this last term is purely speculative, and that in the event that this ends up being the case, it raises the problem discussed in the post “Consciousness from the AI point of view” concerning how to know that an entity is self-...
For personal Reflection, which argument is easier to follow: an Ontological Argument or a cosmological argument? Why? Is an a priori argument based on experience? What are the criticisms of theory of planned behavior? Write examples of the following fallacy: Straw man argument ...
However, by focusing only on what is common (as quantitative estimates often do), we are deaf to whether arguments are coherent. Commonly held values might be logically inconsistent, or call on irrelevant principles and arguments. If coherence is an important basis for policy, which seems ...