Classifying Reality

Classifying Reality
Author: David S. Oderberg
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2013-02-25
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1118508335

Distinguished metaphysicians examine issues central to the high-profile debate between philosophers over how to classify the natural world, and discuss issues in applied ontology such as the classification of diseases. Leading metaphysicians explore fundamental questions related to the classification and structure of the natural world An essential commentary on issues at the heart of the contemporary debate between philosophy and science Interweaves discussion of overarching themes with detailed material on applied ontology

Conceptual Categories and the Structure of Reality: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches

Conceptual Categories and the Structure of Reality: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches
Author: Paul M.W. Hackett
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2019-01-21
Genre:
ISBN: 2889457311

In this eBook, Conceptual Categories and the Structure of Reality, the title very well describes the book's content. Within the book's pages a selection of academics from a variety of human behaviour, human/social science and humanities disciplines write about their research all of which can be typified by their consideration of how categories are used to structure understanding of phenomena. These authors have considered how reality may be understood through notions such as categorial and structural ontologies, part-whole relatoinships (mereology), the qualitative, quantitative and philosophical use of the facet theory approach to research, mapping sentences and declarative mapping sentence, hermeneutics, concepts and constructs, similarities and differences. The resulting collection presents the foregoing conceptual and empirical approaches to knowledge development in general (chapter 1&3 Hackett); Phillips and Wislons' review of compositional syntax in bird calls (chapter 2); neurobehavioral decision systems (chapter 4 Foxall); representations of human psychological processes (chapter 5 Juan-Miguel López-Gil; Rosa Gil; Roberto García); free associations mirroring and its relation to self- and world-related concepts (chapter 6 Martin Kuška; Radek Trnka; Aleš Antonín Kuběna; Jiří Růžička); local knowledge and going beyond the data (chapter 7 Steven Phillips); categorical etiologies of speech sound disorders (chapter 8 Kelly Farquharson); similarity of visual appearance (chapter 9 Nao Nakatsuji; Hisayasu Ihara; Takeharu Seno; Hiroshi Ito); and a consideration of the seminal writing of David Oderberg's on the categorial classification of reality (chapter 10 Hackett).

What Is Reality?

What Is Reality?
Author: Ross Inman
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2024-10-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1514006812

In this introduction to metaphysics, Ross Inman introduces us to the tradition of metaphysics in Western philosophy, what it means to do metaphysics as a Christian, and considers timeless and universal inquiries into central topics of metaphysics: identity, necessity and possibility, properties, universals, substances, and parts and wholes.

Classifying Science

Classifying Science
Author: Rick Szostak
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2007-11-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402030959

Classification is the essential first step in science. The study of science, as well as the practice of science, will thus benefit from a detailed classification of different types of science. In this book, science - defined broadly to include the social sciences and humanities - is first unpacked into its constituent elements: the phenomena studied, the data used, the theories employed, the methods applied, and the practices of scientists. These five elements are then classified in turn. Notably, the classifications of both theory types and methods allow the key strengths and weaknesses of different theories and methods to be readily discerned and compared. Connections across classifications are explored: should certain theories or phenomena be investigated only with certain methods? What is the proper function and form of scientific paradigms? Are certain common errors and biases in scientific practice associated with particular phenomena, data, theories, or methods? The classifications point to several ways of improving both specialized and interdisciplinary research and teaching, and especially of enhancing communication across communities of scholars. The classifications also support a superior system of document classification that would allow searches by theory and method used as well as causal links investigated.

Proof and Other Dilemmas

Proof and Other Dilemmas
Author: Bonnie Gold
Publisher: MAA
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2008
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780883855676

Sixteen original essays exploring recent developments in the philosophy of mathematics, written in a way mathematicians will understand.

Foundations of Tʻien-Tʻai Philosophy

Foundations of Tʻien-Tʻai Philosophy
Author: Paul Loren Swanson
Publisher: Jain Publishing Company
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1989
Genre: T\ien-t\ati Buddhism
ISBN: 0895819198

A chronological account of the development of the Two-Truth theory which forms the foundation of T'ien T'ai philosophy, the teaching of the Threefold Truth, and includes an annotated translation of Chih-i's Fa hua hsuan i."...a "must" for all major libraries..." Choice"...a "must" for all Buddhist collections..." Religious Studies Review

How Real Is Race?

How Real Is Race?
Author: Carol C. Mukhopadhyay
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2013-12-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0759122741

How real is race? What is biological fact, what is fiction, and where does culture enter? What do we mean by a “colorblind” or “postracial” society, or when we say that race is a “social construction”? If race is an invention, can we eliminate it? This book, now in its second edition, employs an activity-oriented approach to address these questions and engage readers in unraveling—and rethinking—the contradictory messages we so often hear about race. The authors systematically cover the myth of race as biology and the reality of race as a cultural invention, drawing on biocultural and cross-cultural perspectives. They then extend the discussion to hot-button issues that arise in tandem with the concept of race, such as educational inequalities; slurs and racialized labels; and interracial relationships. In so doing, they shed light on the intricate, dynamic interplay among race, culture, and biology. For an online supplement to How Real Is Race? Second Edition, click here.

Crime Types and Criminals

Crime Types and Criminals
Author: Frank E. Hagan
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1412964792

A good introduction to crime types and criminology to provide students with a grounding to the start of their studies.

Classification in Social Research

Classification in Social Research
Author: Ramkrishna Mukherjee
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1984-06-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1438413785

This important work is addressed to all researchers concerned with classification. It shows the serious limits of the traditional form of analytical classification. The solution it proposes, the inductive population approach, considers all possible cross-classifications in regard to attributes of the phenomena. This approach is theoretically grounded, avoids the tendency to generate excessively abstract constructs, and provides a clear way of linking empirical data with theoretically meaningful attributes of social systems. The last section of the book applies the method to kinship structures.

The Micropolitics of Knowledge

The Micropolitics of Knowledge
Author: Emmanuel Lazega
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2024-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1040280420

For many years Emmanuel Lazega has explored communication behavior and decision-making processes of small workgroups within larger organizations. To account for the knowledge claims of members of those groups, and for the ways in which such claims are legitimated collectively and translated into action, he presents a theory of the interactive elaboration of information on which decisions are based.