Philosophy Definition

Posted on December 3rd, 2009 in Philosophy ,

You Ask & I Answer!!! asked: I would define philosophy as “the use of thought to analyze those matters not concrete within a respective field. As a matter of questioning the abstract and attempting to define such in terms generally understood”. What do you think of this statement? How would you define philosophy? Give examples [...]

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What is the most important virtue in ethical business conduct?

Posted on October 15th, 2009 in Business Ethics, Human Virtue , , ,

Jon S asked: What is the most important virtue in ethical business conduct? Why? Do you think think (agreeing with Aristotle) that a person should give a medium influence to the emotion or desire connection with this virtue?

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How would you define culture from an international perspective?

Posted on October 7th, 2009 in Current Culture , , ,

austin asked: How would you define culture from an international perspective?
Is national culture important for companies going international?
How can culture impact a company?

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Is there a gift catalog for charity giving where recipients pick what charity to give to?

Posted on September 27th, 2009 in Philanthropy , ,

MyGrnEyesF asked: I heard there was a catalog that you could buy gift certificates to and then give the certificate to someone and they use it in the catalog to get things for charity. For example, you buy a $50 certificate, then the recipient looks through the catalog and selects from among the $50 value [...]

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Why are American and British people always being compared?

Posted on September 13th, 2009 in Being American , , ,

Guress asked: Why are American and British people always being compared when there are other English speaking countries out there? I mean there is Canada, Australia, Singapore and many others. I mean damn, whenever something is said British TV has to be thrown in the conversation, or American food, or British habits or American looks. [...]

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How does the human intellect work according to Aquinas?

Posted on September 1st, 2009 in Intellect , , , ,

novemberlilly asked: why does Aristotle and Aquinas insist that “understanding” ( what Aquinas calls the intellect) is not a physical, bodily activity? how could one distinguish between the passive and active intellects? what is the Agent Intellect? what is the Agent Intellects relationship to the Divine Exemplars?

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What’s the difference between intellect and intuition?

Posted on August 16th, 2009 in Intellect , ,

Pink Floyd asked: My horoscope always shows me what my intellect, intuition, as well as other things too. I just always wondered what the difference in between these 2 are. thanks.

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What Exactly is Human Intelligence? Can We Inherit or Change It?

Posted on July 13th, 2009 in Articles , ,

Martin Mak asked: For many years,IQ or Intelligence Quotient, was considered by many to be the best measure of human intelligence. But in the last few decades, many factors like self-discipline, memory, perseverance and appropriate emotional behavior have been recognized as important or more important than IQ. Some of these talents are hereditary but we [...]

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