Understanding consciousness empirically never can erode the exquisite beauty of an amazing sunset, or the transcendence of an inspired artistic performance, or the towering scale of a majestic mountain, or anything else that causes us to pay attention to this amazing universe we inhabit.
They also engaged in self-directed learning by reviewing professional journals, attending conferences and trainings, and increasing their understanding of empirically supported treatments typically used in specialty mental health settings, even though these modalities required significant modification for use in the CCC environment.
As we strive for systematic and quantitative analyses of complex environments, a thorough understanding of empirically-documented biases in methods is critical.
And my book, Words, Space, and the Audience: The Theatrical Tension between Empiricism and Rationalism (Bennett, 2012) argues that to make meaning out of theatre, the epistemological tension between understanding a play empirically and understanding it rationally must be explored.
Much is to be gained from a better understanding of how, empirically, psychological variables and an organization's network interrelate (Burt et al., 1998, Kalish and Robins, 2006, Moch, 1980, Teigland and Wasko, 2009).
For a treatment of Wright's understanding of the empirically given in relation to scientific inference, see Madden 1972, reprinted in Ryan and Madden 2000, vol. 3. 6. See Ernst Mach 1960 and Comte 1853.
We aim to extend previous research by elucidating pedagogically valuable dialogic practices that facilitate conceptual understanding, and by empirically investigating factors that promote or hinder student engagement in these practices.
In the nineteen-seventies and eighties, the Yale University psychologists Jerome Singer and Michael Barrios tried to gain a more empirically grounded understanding of what it meant to be creatively blocked.
An empirically grounded understanding of European rights can contribute to a more rigorous evaluation of the desirability of the emerging European constitutional order.
My very first course in politcal science at UC Berkelely taught me the importance of understanding the need for empirically based research and examining the biases and motivations of those conducting studies.
