With so much information floating around on the internet, it has becoming progressively more difficult, and sometimes impossible, to weed out what’s necessary from the fluff. However, most entrepreneurs are aware that the future of their startup depends investment, and seeking investment often requires a professional business plan to sway your audience to provide you with what you need. But what business plan will promote the attributes of your startup? What type of business plan will showcase your business dreams? What type do you need for your specific purpose? These are questions that must be answered before you even sit down to write your business plan, and the first question that business plan writing professionals will ask. Below you will find a list of the various types of business plans for startups. Choosing the plan that’s right for you is the first step in securing the future of your business. The Market Research Plan attends to the issues surrounding business … [Read more...]
7 Reasons why “The Prehistory of the mind” has been more influential than anything that was written before in the history of Cognitive Archeology.
In 1996, former Cambridge University Lecturer in Archeology, Steve Mithen who also has a Ph.D in Archeology from Cambridge, published a book entitled “The Prehistory of the Mind” with the subtitle “A search for the origins of Art, Religion and Science.” In many respects, this book has been touted as being more influential than anything that is written before in the history of Cognitive Archeology. So what makes Mithen’s book so influential? The following are the reasons why I think this is so: 1.) It is very easy to read - If you ask me for a list of the top five recommended books to read on Cognitive Archeology, the “Pre-history of the mind” would probably be number one on my list. Having read thousand of pages of books and articles on cognitive archeology, this is probably the best one I have come across that is so easy to read. The reason for this is because Mithen intended this to be so. In the preface he wrote “I have tried to write a book that makes evidence from prehistory … [Read more...]
Archeology’s take on symbolism and the evolution of language
Between the late 1980s and early 1990s, language evolution became the subject of focus in archeological circles. Among the most influential articles written on the matter is the article written by archeologists’ Iain Davidson and Pscyhologist William Noble’s entitled “The Archeology of Perception” published in 1989. Davidson and Noble’s paper is considered as the most influential paper during this time because of its explicit theoretical stance. However another interesting article on the matter which was has equally important implications for archeologist was written by anthropologist, Martin Byers who wrote “Symboling and the Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition” in 1989. While Byer’s thoughts maybe have importance in cognitive archeology, his article is somewhat difficult to understand and I will try my best to dissect what he is trying to say and will try to compare the ideas conveyed in the two articles. For Davidson and Noble, a symbol is a part of what we know now as … [Read more...]
What the Piagetian perspective on the Palaeolithic revealed about the evolution of cognition that paleoarcheologist otherwise would not have known
In a nutshell the main thesis of the Piagetian perspective on Paleolithic evolution of cognition is that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. This simply means there is a parallelism between the development of a species’ thought processes and its evolution. Piaget himself called this idea as “a parallelism between the progress made in the logical rational organization of knowledge and the corresponding formative psychological processes.” Jean Piaget is a developmental psychologist who was known for his epistemological studies with children. He was greatly renowned as the pioneer of the “constructivist theory of knowing”. According to Piaget, intelligence develops in a series of progressive stages. One stage must be accomplished before the next can occur. He said that this phenomenon could be readily observed in the developmental stages that children go through. Applying the Piagetian perspective to the evolution of hominid’s by interpreting the archeological record in this … [Read more...]
My Community Organising & Development Certificate course experience Day 6 and 7
The topic for Day 6 was on “Conflict”. The subject seems to be a constant challenge facing social workers in all client systems especially in communities. Our discussion started on the type of conflicts moving on to the type of persons that should deal with conflict, response or personal ways of addressing conflict and resolution to conflicts. Several topics on dispute resolution especially alternative dispute resolution were also discussed. After the discussion we were then divided into 3 groups and given a small conflict scenario wherein we were asked to act it out in a role-play exhibiting the wrong way and the proper way in resolving conflict. The next topic was on advocacy and partnership building especially with non-government organizations and companies with corporate social responsibility. (CSR) After the lecture our batch mates from the Department of Social Welfare and development (DSWD) gave us an overview of the DSWD’s National community driven Development program. … [Read more...]
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