Essays Tagged: "history and science"

Ancient Greek Contributions to Western Civilization - Basic list of examples of greek contributions, olympics, greek gods, ect

The ancient Greeks contributed much to Western civilization. Their achievements in art, philosophy, history, and science shaped the growth of Western civilization. Many of these cultural aspects began ...

(2 pages) 36879 0 3.4 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Funds for the Imagination Deals with supporting more funding for the arts in the public school system.

art education is not as significant as the need for more academic based programs like mathematics, history and science. School officials believe that students must prepare and become accustomed to st ... d become accustomed to standardized testing to prepare them for higher education and their future. "History is basic, and art history is part of history, but, by itself, art history is not to be consi ...

(4 pages) 121 4 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Compare and contrast knowing a friend to knowing how to swim, knowing a scientific theory and knowing a historical period. What conclusions about the nature of knowledge can you reach?

teach this person how to survive in any circumstance, in/on the water, and save people's lives. For history and science, people perceive these two as a way of discovering something new from the past, ... new from the past, creating or making something for the sake of human kind, prolonging human life. History tells us who are, where were born, when we were born, who is your father and mother, history ...

(6 pages) 92 0 2.8 Nov/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Theory of Knowledge: 'A historian must combine the rigour of the scientist with the imagination of an artist.' To what extent, then, can the historian be confident about his her conclusions?

In history as in all other areas of knowledge it is undoubtedly hard to reach specific certainties. In ... ies. In order to evaluate the conclusions, all ways of knowing are to be applied. The philosophy of history, or historiography, is to be addressed when evaluating these results. It is concerned with t ... ssed when evaluating these results. It is concerned with the concepts, methods and theories used in history: the study either of the historical process and its development or of the methods used by hi ...

(5 pages) 50 0 4.2 Aug/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy