Up from Generality

Up from Generality
Author: Jay A. Labinger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642401201

In this brief, renowned inorganic chemist Jay Labinger tracks the development of his field from a forgotten specialism to the establishment of an independent, intellectually viable discipline. Inorganic chemistry, with a negation in its very name, was long regarded as that which was left behind when organic and physical chemistry emerged as specialist fields in the 19th century. Only by the middle of the 20th century had it begun to gain its current stature of equality to that of the other main branches of chemistry. The author discusses the evidence for this transition, both quantitative and anecdotal and includes consideration of the roles of local and personal factors, with particular focus on Caltech as an illustrative example. This brief is of interest both to historians of science and inorganic chemists who would like to find out how their field began.

Absolute Generality

Absolute Generality
Author: Agustín Rayo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2006-11-23
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199276420

Is it possible to quantify over absolutely all there is? Or must all of our quantifiers range over a less-than-all-inclusive domain? It has commonly been thought that the question of absolute generality is intimately connected with the set-theoretic antinomies. But the topic of absolute generality has enjoyed a surge of interest in recent years. It has become increasingly apparent that its ramifications extend well beyond the foundations of set theory. Connections include semanticindeterminacy, logical consequence, higher-order languages, and metaphysics.Rayo and Uzquiano present for the first time a collection of essays on absolute generality. These newly commissioned articles -- written by an impressive array of international scholars -- draw the reader into the forefront of contemporary research on the subject. The volume represents a variety of approaches to the problem, with some of the contributions arguing for the possibility of all-inclusive quantification and some of them arguing against it. An introduction by the editors draws ahelpful map of the philosophical terrain.

The Oxford Handbook of Generality in Mathematics and the Sciences

The Oxford Handbook of Generality in Mathematics and the Sciences
Author: Karine Chemla
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2016
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0198777264

This collection of original essays aims to inquire into the diversity of Generality. Through case studies taken from the history of mathematics, physics and the life sciences, the book provides evidence of different ways of understanding the general in various contexts.

Instructional Design Theories and Models

Instructional Design Theories and Models
Author: Charles M. Reigeluth
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 494
Release: 1983-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136778268

Instructional Design Theories and Models is a thorough yet concise overview of eight of the most comprehensive and best-known attempts to integrate knowledge about effective and appealing instruction. Chapters were written by the original theorists to provide a more accurate and behind-the-scenes look at the theories' development. Instructional Des

White Mythologies

White Mythologies
Author: Robert Young
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2004
Genre: Historiography
ISBN: 0415311810

Over a decade has passed since the author wrote this critical work. In the second edition Robert Young returns to the issues raised in the first but with a new perspective on how the Western world-view has overshadowed all others to the detriment of the truth and post-colonial theory.