Agent-Based Computational Models And Generative Social Science
... Barnsley’s fern (Barnsley, 1988) is a good mathematical example. The limit object indeed looks very much like a black spleenwort fern. But—under iteration of a certain affine function system—it assembles itself in a completely unbiological way, with the tip first, then a few outer branches, eventual ...
... Barnsley’s fern (Barnsley, 1988) is a good mathematical example. The limit object indeed looks very much like a black spleenwort fern. But—under iteration of a certain affine function system—it assembles itself in a completely unbiological way, with the tip first, then a few outer branches, eventual ...
The Humanomic Structure of Islamic Economic Theory: A Critical
... system. Exogeneity here means that economic philosophy under the positive school is by and large independent of value judgements, which are assumed to form outside it and is incapable of affecting the ethical parameters of the social order. Note here the claim made by Josef Schumpeter (1968, Ch. 2) ...
... system. Exogeneity here means that economic philosophy under the positive school is by and large independent of value judgements, which are assumed to form outside it and is incapable of affecting the ethical parameters of the social order. Note here the claim made by Josef Schumpeter (1968, Ch. 2) ...
The Ethics of Research in Human Stem Cells
... acquiring moral status, something at the early stages it is more like water than a human form. For a potential or possible thing is not the same as the thing itself, and we treat each being relative to our duties in a specific relationship. (We can agree for example that with utter certainty each of ...
... acquiring moral status, something at the early stages it is more like water than a human form. For a potential or possible thing is not the same as the thing itself, and we treat each being relative to our duties in a specific relationship. (We can agree for example that with utter certainty each of ...
Amédée or how to get rid of it: social representations... Ivana Markova, University of Stirling
... contrasting it with that of Buber. While Buber’s ‘I-Thou’ meant, just like in Mead’s (1934) conception, that one has to recognise the other in order to achieve self-consciousness, in Rosenzweig’s treatment the human experience does not centre around two voices in a dialogue but a around a polyphony ...
... contrasting it with that of Buber. While Buber’s ‘I-Thou’ meant, just like in Mead’s (1934) conception, that one has to recognise the other in order to achieve self-consciousness, in Rosenzweig’s treatment the human experience does not centre around two voices in a dialogue but a around a polyphony ...
Confucius - asianstudies09
... idea of the true gentleman. It is the man who lives according to the highest ethical standards. The gentleman displays five virtues: self-respect, generosity, sincerity, persistence, and benevolence. His relationships are described as the following: as a son, he is always loyal; as a father, he is j ...
... idea of the true gentleman. It is the man who lives according to the highest ethical standards. The gentleman displays five virtues: self-respect, generosity, sincerity, persistence, and benevolence. His relationships are described as the following: as a son, he is always loyal; as a father, he is j ...
Is altruism a paradox? - Arts & Sciences | Washington
... behavior may please us as people, but it embarrasses traditional theories of psychology that are founded on the assumption that man is moved only by considerations of reward and punishment. The hedonistic tone of traditional reinforcement theory is at variance with the simple observed fact that peop ...
... behavior may please us as people, but it embarrasses traditional theories of psychology that are founded on the assumption that man is moved only by considerations of reward and punishment. The hedonistic tone of traditional reinforcement theory is at variance with the simple observed fact that peop ...
the anti-social model of disability
... unable to play a ‘full role’ in society. They also have implications for research and policy with disabled people's needs being marginalised or addressed in piecemeal fashion. Such critiques, by academics and groups such as the Liberation network led to a change in analysis towards ‘social’ model(s) ...
... unable to play a ‘full role’ in society. They also have implications for research and policy with disabled people's needs being marginalised or addressed in piecemeal fashion. Such critiques, by academics and groups such as the Liberation network led to a change in analysis towards ‘social’ model(s) ...
The Journal of Social Studies Research An Old Fad of Great
... students with choices about the terrain they would cover and, by his observation, provided students with new critical thinking challenges. To be sure, the reverse chronology approach is potentially a natural and fruitful path by which students may become interested in their society and the history t ...
... students with choices about the terrain they would cover and, by his observation, provided students with new critical thinking challenges. To be sure, the reverse chronology approach is potentially a natural and fruitful path by which students may become interested in their society and the history t ...
The Construction of Music as a Social Phenomenon
... Without underestimating the valuable and necessary empirical work that has been (and still will be) undertaken, one of the most original and significant contributions sociology could make is of a theoretical nature. In my opinion, it should consist in bringing forth a definition of music as a fully- ...
... Without underestimating the valuable and necessary empirical work that has been (and still will be) undertaken, one of the most original and significant contributions sociology could make is of a theoretical nature. In my opinion, it should consist in bringing forth a definition of music as a fully- ...
Contemporary Developments in International Relations Theory
... purely empirical, positivist lines. "To explain a puzzling set of facts was taken to be a matter of showing that their occurrence can be deduced and hence predicted from a known natural or at least statistical law. The prestige of this analysis not only served to direct social scientists to look for ...
... purely empirical, positivist lines. "To explain a puzzling set of facts was taken to be a matter of showing that their occurrence can be deduced and hence predicted from a known natural or at least statistical law. The prestige of this analysis not only served to direct social scientists to look for ...
myth of us
... years, it has become ever more obvious when media are telling us they are central to our lives and to society’s life, and why - because for some sectors such as the press, audiences have declined irreversibly, while traditional media must compete for our attention with so many other communication in ...
... years, it has become ever more obvious when media are telling us they are central to our lives and to society’s life, and why - because for some sectors such as the press, audiences have declined irreversibly, while traditional media must compete for our attention with so many other communication in ...
Response to my critics
... have come to see as a bastion of Eurocentrism and patriarchy. They believe that nonmodern traditions, especially the traditions of non-Western societies colonized by the West, can provide them with less alienated and less reductionist models for conducting scientific inquiry into nature. Thus, postm ...
... have come to see as a bastion of Eurocentrism and patriarchy. They believe that nonmodern traditions, especially the traditions of non-Western societies colonized by the West, can provide them with less alienated and less reductionist models for conducting scientific inquiry into nature. Thus, postm ...
A Conceptual Review of the Terms Sustainable Development and
... by Norwegian Gro Brundtland Halen, in the preparatory process for the United Nations Conference - also known as "Rio 92" – it was developed the report that became known as "Our Common Future" or the Brundtland Report. This report contains information gathered by the committee during three years of r ...
... by Norwegian Gro Brundtland Halen, in the preparatory process for the United Nations Conference - also known as "Rio 92" – it was developed the report that became known as "Our Common Future" or the Brundtland Report. This report contains information gathered by the committee during three years of r ...
Conclusion: Implications of a Cultural Lens for Public Policy and
... appropriate ways of combating exclusion, political cultures of clientelism, and inequality. One view is that this is best dealt with by a form of “participatory development” or “deliberative democracy”. An alternative view is that participation will only work in exceptional cases because of the exis ...
... appropriate ways of combating exclusion, political cultures of clientelism, and inequality. One view is that this is best dealt with by a form of “participatory development” or “deliberative democracy”. An alternative view is that participation will only work in exceptional cases because of the exis ...