In this poster, we concisely summarize and present our recent results of an empirical study of using Wiki in a freshman-level English as a second language (ESL) course in Taiwan. In this study, we faithfully reflect the scenario of students’ usage on the Wiki website and learning achievements in a real ESL course. A significant, but inverse, relation between students’ editing usage and academic...

The main problem in this research was the answer to question posed about possibility of existence an ethical system based on a materialistic philosophy and not idealistic metaphysical as customary establishing systems. It has nothing do with idealism or metaphysics. Rather, Democritus adopts atomic materialist its theoretical basis does depend reason divine laws criterion judgment moral issues,...

In 1989, Poland started to slowly release itself not only from the burden of a half-century of communist indoctrination and soviet exploitation, but also from the consequences of the Semashko model of healthcare organization: low doctors' salaries, primary care based on multispecialty groups, overdeveloped hospital infrastructure, and limited access to sophisticated interventions overcome by pa...

Most German philosophers in the early nineteenth century were devoted, to the idealistic « completion » of Immanuel Kant's critical philosophy. A few independent philosophers, however , were preoccupied with the elaboration of a non-idealistic, and less speculative, conclusion to Kant's thought. Among the earliest opponents of the speculativ~ idealists was Jakob Frie-d~ich Fries (1773-1843), a ...

Often perceived by its contradictors as the main fragility of system, analogy constitutes however a driving element development Schopenhauerian metaphysics, and makes it possible to avoid pitfall theoretical egoism in which any idealistic philosophy can sink. We will try show, accordance with indications paragraph 19 The World Will Representation, how Schopenhauer understands totality phenomena...

security building processes after world war ii, were under the influence of realistic thoughts. this was considered a reaction to idealistic and institutional approaches. critical school attempted to criticize classical and structural realism. new security theoreticians emphasize on extended subjects and diverse threats and believe it to be beyond the competition of countries. they believe that...

This study aims to show the fictional and philosophical engagement of Aldous Huxley Somerset Maugham in unveiling human behavior relation capital. his sarcastic essay Selected Snobberies has described nature, utility, types sources snobbish attitude people. Most often snobbery stems out from an individual’s socio-economic situation consumerist nature. In short story The Ant Grasshopper, deconst...