Multiple-scale Modelling - Integrated Assessment of Agriculture and
... we used to build truth machines but now we build heuristic tools ...
... we used to build truth machines but now we build heuristic tools ...
Topic 1 - Social Sciences
... within families during which babies and infants acquire the basic norms, values, behaviour patterns and language needed for later life Secondary socialisation= During secondary socialisation individuals learn more complex norms and values. This occurs in later childhood e.g. in school and develops t ...
... within families during which babies and infants acquire the basic norms, values, behaviour patterns and language needed for later life Secondary socialisation= During secondary socialisation individuals learn more complex norms and values. This occurs in later childhood e.g. in school and develops t ...
Highlights from a global survey: Conservation and use of genetic diversity to build resilience to climate change in food and agriculture systems
... About two fifths of participants had been involved in some way in the development of NAPAs, NAPs and other strategies. About half of these were involved in parts of the process of developing any plan (e.g. stakeholder meetings, comments on documents, membership of advisory committee) while the rest ...
... About two fifths of participants had been involved in some way in the development of NAPAs, NAPs and other strategies. About half of these were involved in parts of the process of developing any plan (e.g. stakeholder meetings, comments on documents, membership of advisory committee) while the rest ...
contextual marketing and the new marketing contract
... mediumism: the inordinate investment marketers make in tools, platforms, and content over context and personal (customer) value. Technology now can help you understand a customer’s context and then respond with even greater context. The result is relevance. Automation is also made possible by techno ...
... mediumism: the inordinate investment marketers make in tools, platforms, and content over context and personal (customer) value. Technology now can help you understand a customer’s context and then respond with even greater context. The result is relevance. Automation is also made possible by techno ...
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... the paradigm that the old paradigm’s credibility is called into question. In addition to that, there must be a rival paradigm that is possibly more effective in solving the scientific ‘puzzles’ that the old paradigm could not solve. When a complete replacement, also called paradigm-shift occurs, thi ...
... the paradigm that the old paradigm’s credibility is called into question. In addition to that, there must be a rival paradigm that is possibly more effective in solving the scientific ‘puzzles’ that the old paradigm could not solve. When a complete replacement, also called paradigm-shift occurs, thi ...
Unmeasured Information and the Methodology of Social Scientific
... is that change in the world of human beings has a different flavor, including far less foreseeable regularity, than change in the physical world. Here the deliberative actions and reactions of sentient individuals taking place amid the uncertainties created by change are of paramount importance. And ...
... is that change in the world of human beings has a different flavor, including far less foreseeable regularity, than change in the physical world. Here the deliberative actions and reactions of sentient individuals taking place amid the uncertainties created by change are of paramount importance. And ...
Philosophy of Science: Values in science
... needs of society because both the market model and the political model (and the hybrid model) have their shortcomings. Scientists should not be expected to take at face value the “needs” that are expressed in the market or articulated by politicians, policy makers, and nongovernmental organizations. ...
... needs of society because both the market model and the political model (and the hybrid model) have their shortcomings. Scientists should not be expected to take at face value the “needs” that are expressed in the market or articulated by politicians, policy makers, and nongovernmental organizations. ...
How to value socio-economic impacts?
... • Three approaches to the link between research, innovation and growth – Linear model: basic research leads to applied research and to inventions, that are transformed into innovations, which lead to greater growth (link between R&D and patents) – Systems of innovation: study of territorially-embedd ...
... • Three approaches to the link between research, innovation and growth – Linear model: basic research leads to applied research and to inventions, that are transformed into innovations, which lead to greater growth (link between R&D and patents) – Systems of innovation: study of territorially-embedd ...
Chapter 1: Issues in Comparative Politics
... such as political parties. Note that associational groups can occasionally wield sufficient resources to become contenders in their own right. Example: the Labour Party historically rested on the unions’ ability to develop coherent policy positions and mobilize the votes of their members (who were f ...
... such as political parties. Note that associational groups can occasionally wield sufficient resources to become contenders in their own right. Example: the Labour Party historically rested on the unions’ ability to develop coherent policy positions and mobilize the votes of their members (who were f ...
1 Background Frameworks in Science and Technology Studies
... scientific knowledge. Their role can involve differences of scale. For example, Kuhn’s emphasis was on the importance of the broad paradigm, which establishes fundamental definitions, methods, and problem areas within which empirical research occurs. Others might focus on smaller units of bundles of ...
... scientific knowledge. Their role can involve differences of scale. For example, Kuhn’s emphasis was on the importance of the broad paradigm, which establishes fundamental definitions, methods, and problem areas within which empirical research occurs. Others might focus on smaller units of bundles of ...
empirical and realistic approaches of research
... observation, which provided a method of verification for any empirical statement. Metaphysics could be rejected as meaningless because there was no way in which its statements could be verified. Caldwell (1984) reported the verifiability definition of Hempel as follows: “… a sentence had empirical m ...
... observation, which provided a method of verification for any empirical statement. Metaphysics could be rejected as meaningless because there was no way in which its statements could be verified. Caldwell (1984) reported the verifiability definition of Hempel as follows: “… a sentence had empirical m ...
The (Surplus) Value of Scientific Communication Gerhard Fröhlich
... acting people: Interest or illusio, the economic and psychic occupation of the respective game are simultaneously prerequisites ("insofar as it 'drives people', makes them run, compete, fight" Bourdieu 1992, 112) and products of the functioning field. Capital (in the sense of accumulated work, both ...
... acting people: Interest or illusio, the economic and psychic occupation of the respective game are simultaneously prerequisites ("insofar as it 'drives people', makes them run, compete, fight" Bourdieu 1992, 112) and products of the functioning field. Capital (in the sense of accumulated work, both ...
Studying society - Social Sciences
... within families during which babies and infants acquire the basic norms, values, behaviour patterns and language needed for later life Secondary socialisation= During secondary socialisation individuals learn more complex norms and values. This occurs in later childhood e.g. in school and develops t ...
... within families during which babies and infants acquire the basic norms, values, behaviour patterns and language needed for later life Secondary socialisation= During secondary socialisation individuals learn more complex norms and values. This occurs in later childhood e.g. in school and develops t ...
how should knowledge in the management sciences
... to win approval and legitimacy among colleagues in the university outside the school of management. The creation and testing of theories is the way the university in general operates, at least those fields that think of themselves as sciences. And management is often viewed as applied social science ...
... to win approval and legitimacy among colleagues in the university outside the school of management. The creation and testing of theories is the way the university in general operates, at least those fields that think of themselves as sciences. And management is often viewed as applied social science ...
SEESHOP 2 abstracts - Cardiff University
... contributory experts due to years of immersion in the community sharing conversations and experiences. We will present new revealing data Selinger, Evan (with Paul Thompson and Harry Collins): Expertise, Genetically Modified Food, and World Hunger Given the recent global food crisis, there is an eme ...
... contributory experts due to years of immersion in the community sharing conversations and experiences. We will present new revealing data Selinger, Evan (with Paul Thompson and Harry Collins): Expertise, Genetically Modified Food, and World Hunger Given the recent global food crisis, there is an eme ...
Week 7: Sandel in theory: the two liberalisms and public policy
... ‘Epistemology’: The methodology and epistemology of the ‘social and human sciences’ The first part of this two-part unit, weeks 1-6, focusses on understanding and explaining social actions and processes. These actions and processes are the subject matter of ‘the human sciences’: political science, s ...
... ‘Epistemology’: The methodology and epistemology of the ‘social and human sciences’ The first part of this two-part unit, weeks 1-6, focusses on understanding and explaining social actions and processes. These actions and processes are the subject matter of ‘the human sciences’: political science, s ...
4:1 Part 4 Public Meetings and Freedom of Information Act § 4
... prior to the meeting. If rules were not adopted prior to the meeting, broadcasting must be permitted (Section 1-226). § 4-7. Definition of “Meeting.” A. The definition of “meeting” under the Freedom of Information Act is relatively broad. A meeting is defined, in addition to the obvious meanings, as ...
... prior to the meeting. If rules were not adopted prior to the meeting, broadcasting must be permitted (Section 1-226). § 4-7. Definition of “Meeting.” A. The definition of “meeting” under the Freedom of Information Act is relatively broad. A meeting is defined, in addition to the obvious meanings, as ...
Chapter 34 Public Participation in Biosafety Issues
... public to participate once an NBF has been developed. What is needed is also public input into the determination of the proper scope of an NBF. Questions such as what should be addressed within the NBF and who gets to frame the framework all need to link with the relation to society’s needs, problem ...
... public to participate once an NBF has been developed. What is needed is also public input into the determination of the proper scope of an NBF. Questions such as what should be addressed within the NBF and who gets to frame the framework all need to link with the relation to society’s needs, problem ...
The West Africa Forest-Farm Interface Project (WAFFI)
... while maintaining environmental and social sustainability. The project uses the following approaches: • participatory action research to increased village-level engagement with social learning, problem solving and dialogue; • multidisciplinary applied research to generate greater understanding of ...
... while maintaining environmental and social sustainability. The project uses the following approaches: • participatory action research to increased village-level engagement with social learning, problem solving and dialogue; • multidisciplinary applied research to generate greater understanding of ...
Social Science and Social Struggle: Understanding the Necessary
... that perceptions must be “transformed into observation reports before it can begin to enter into scientific knowledge” (ix) - before they become meaningful as scientific data. Observation reports - reports on what we have perceived - they argue, are always laden with assumptions, most derived from p ...
... that perceptions must be “transformed into observation reports before it can begin to enter into scientific knowledge” (ix) - before they become meaningful as scientific data. Observation reports - reports on what we have perceived - they argue, are always laden with assumptions, most derived from p ...
5 - PhilPapers
... From the past we have inherited a kind of academic inquiry that seeks to help promote human welfare by, in the first instance, acquiring knowledge and technological know-how. First, knowledge is to be acquired; then it can be applied to help solve social problems. Inquiry of this type is still domin ...
... From the past we have inherited a kind of academic inquiry that seeks to help promote human welfare by, in the first instance, acquiring knowledge and technological know-how. First, knowledge is to be acquired; then it can be applied to help solve social problems. Inquiry of this type is still domin ...
Chapter 1: The sociological perspective - Assets
... is often imposed by powerful groups using resources such as the police, the military and various means of ideological control. Ideological control refers to the ability that powerful groups have to shape important ideas and ways of thinking in a society. This can include control over religious ideas ...
... is often imposed by powerful groups using resources such as the police, the military and various means of ideological control. Ideological control refers to the ability that powerful groups have to shape important ideas and ways of thinking in a society. This can include control over religious ideas ...
Beyond Empiricism (Word 97/98) - Center for Digital Discourse and
... This essay contributes to the growing critique of policy science‘s dominant neopositivist methodologies. Not only is neopositivist policy science seen to have failed in its effort to develop a usable body of predictive generalizations, it has been unable to supply effective solutions to social probl ...
... This essay contributes to the growing critique of policy science‘s dominant neopositivist methodologies. Not only is neopositivist policy science seen to have failed in its effort to develop a usable body of predictive generalizations, it has been unable to supply effective solutions to social probl ...
here - Yanis Varoufakis
... rights whose purpose would be to shield civil society from State interference. In their eyes, the two were indistinguishable.16 It is this coincidence of the political sphere with economic life, but also culture, military affairs etc. that made it possible ...
... rights whose purpose would be to shield civil society from State interference. In their eyes, the two were indistinguishable.16 It is this coincidence of the political sphere with economic life, but also culture, military affairs etc. that made it possible ...
insight`s periodic table of b2b digital marketing metrics
... Facebook page like rate. The number of page likes divided by number of impressions per ad. Marketing-qualified lead. This is a lead that Marketing has vetted and passes on to Sales. Raw lead. This is a lead that has not yet been vetted and accepted by Marketing. Sales-qualified lead. This is a lead ...
... Facebook page like rate. The number of page likes divided by number of impressions per ad. Marketing-qualified lead. This is a lead that Marketing has vetted and passes on to Sales. Raw lead. This is a lead that has not yet been vetted and accepted by Marketing. Sales-qualified lead. This is a lead ...