Dr Sohail Ansari

  “Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect”  ―   Ibn Rushd ,  Decisive Treatise and Epistle Dedicatory And whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] Himself . – Al Quran 27:92 Haters cease to be so because of the exercise of a compelling charm ·        Charismatic personality always needs new haters as the old ones begin, before long, liking him. There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.  A  research question  is the fundamental core of a  research  project, study, or review of literature. It focuses the study, determines the methodology , and guides all stages of inquiry, analysis, and reporting. What are typical quantitative research questions? Quantitative research questions are generally used to set the sc...

   After the major sins which must be avoided, the greatest sin is that someone dies in a state of debt and leaves behind no asset to pay it off . (Darimi) Sociology of illusion All philosophies are ‘the systems of thought conceived by the selective and the fallible mind as an ideal type’ and ‘thought of as an ideal type’ is an inspirations followers borrow from their guru. All social and political doctrines which passed for knowledge are seen by the benefit of hindsight as existentially determined doctrines; elaborate rationalizations of the interests of classes which distorted the actualities of social life in serving those interests. The Sociology of knowledge consequently has turned out to be no more than the sociology of illusion creating the intellectual paralysis of total skepticism.      1.    “ The more important reason is that the research itself provides an important long-run perspective on the issues that we face on a day-...

“Bad news sells papers. It also sells market research.”   -Professor Byron Sharp A synthesis of truth is not possible undertaking ·        All philosophies from their exempt positions as the avatars of reason in history have reduced to mere footnotes. The exclusive reliance of philosophers on human intellect despite knowing that it does not know itself was bound to lead all into the impasse from which they found a way out only by declaring:  ‘ All philosophies have their share of truth along with their errors, the proportion varying with the social vantage point from which each is propounded. Absolute truth is though unattainable, it still be approximated through a synthesis of the promising perspectives’. How can one conceivably distinguish between truth and errors so that ‘a synthesis’ of truth can be possible undertaking because the distinction entails the use of criteria to become possible and that criteria would no less be tainted by th...

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” (Albert Einstein) “Every formula that expresses a law of nature is a hymn that praisesGod.” (Maria Mitchell) ·        Only criticism of wise is acceptable and criticism of western ideals proves one unwise. ·        Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought . Albert Szent-Gyorgyi . Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. Wernher von Braun ·        If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? Albert Einstein (of a quality or result) achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort. "he treated them with studied politeness" ·        Research is creating new knowledge . Neil Armstrong ·        In basic research, intellectual rigor a...