Essays about: "epistemology of difference"

Found 3 essays containing the words epistemology of difference.

1. 1. Defining the discipline? A discourse analysis of the Information Seeking In Context conference 1996-2010

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

   Author : Jens Mattsson; [2011]
   Keywords : Information Seeking In Context; discourse analysis; ISIC; Information seeking; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this master’s thesis is to examine what form the information seeking discourse has, as displayed through the call for papers of the Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) conference. The ISIC conference is a biannual conference which gathers many key researchers and is widely regarded as the preeminent conference in the information seeking field, a field of research that has comparatively few actors. READ MORE

3. 2. -To Bow Heads or Shake Hands - : A Study of Direct and Indirect Communication in Chinese Management

   University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Edith Bellini; [2007]
   Keywords : Communication Management; Chinese Management; Direct and Indirect Communication;

   Abstract : The world-wide globalisation that has taken place during the past decades has led to more Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) choosing to relocate some parts of their organisation to other countries. China, which is in command of the world’s lowest-cost manufacturing plants, is the first destination for MNEs. READ MORE

4. 3. Reasons and rationality

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Praktisk filosofi

   Author : Sven Nyholm; [2003]
   Keywords : Williams; reasons; rationality; Systematic philosophy; ethics; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Systematisk filosofi; etik; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : The questions that I will be discussing are: Q1: What is the relation (and difference) between normative reasons and motivating (and/or explanatory) reasons? and Q2: When are, or in virtue of what are, acts, desires or beliefs rational (or irrational)? Because the two subjects that I will discuss - reasons and rationality - are so closely related, I don't think that one can discuss one without mentioning the other. I shall, however, have more to say about Q1. READ MORE