I would like to start this paper, in which I will try to investigate the politicization of a religious symbol (i.e. the turban), firstly by situating myself in the discourse. As a 20 year old woman (born and raised in Turkey) who does not wear the turban, whenever I see a woman wearing one […]
During World War I (WWI), the armies had a serious problem: they did not have a system for classifying their recruits by assessing their intelligence and capabilities, and they therefore could not assign the best fitting tasks for them. Although there were some tests that aimed to measure personality characteristics, none could meet the demands […]
British empiricists are first and foremost concerned with how our minds acquire knowledge and they try to come up with specific terms and definitions about the combination of that knowledge. Furthermore, they aim to understand the specific processes that are in effect during this acquisition period, and, influenced by the mechanical spirit of the era, […]
