Tag: Conceptual

The Species Problem: A Conceptual History by Igor Ya. Pavlinov
English | February 24th, 2023 | ISBN: 1032386819 | 274 pages | True EPUB | 0.74 MB
The general notion of species is one of the most fundamental in biology. But an idea of species is also one of the most persistent unresolved obsessions of biologists, philosophers and theoreticians. This new book investigates the multifaceted problem species as a "conceptual envelope" of that notion. Contemporary conceptualists and evolutionary epistemology allow for a fresh look by analyzing the framework of history viewed as changes ordered by changing philosophical-scientific contexts. In this analysis, the species problem is characterized in a pluralistic non-trivial manner, in contrast to a more monistic "accepted view."

Jeffrey A. Barrett, "The Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics"
English | 2020 | pages: 268 | ISBN: 0198844697, 0198844689 | PDF | 2,2 mb
In this book Jeffrey A. Barrett provides an introduction to the history and conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics. He begins with a description of classical mechanics and a discussion of the quantum phenomena that radically undermine our common-sense classical intuitions about how the physical world works. He then considers the physical and conceptual arguments that led to the standard von Neumann-Dirac formulation of quantum mechanics and how the standard theory explains quantum phenomena. This includes a discussion of how the theory’s two dynamical laws work with the standard interpretation of states to explain determinate measurement records, quantum statistics, interference effects, entanglement, decoherence, and quantum nonlocality.

Rhiannon Stephens, "Poverty and Wealth in East Africa: A Conceptual History"
English | ISBN: 1478016191 | 2022 | 312 pages | PDF | 8 MB
In Poverty and Wealth in East Africa Rhiannon Stephens offers a conceptual history of how people living in eastern Uganda have sustained and changed their ways of thinking about wealth and poverty over the past two thousand years. This history serves as a powerful reminder that colonialism and capitalism did not introduce economic thought to this region and demonstrates that even in contexts of relative material equality between households, people invested intellectual energy in creating new ways to talk about the poor and the rich. Stephens uses an interdisciplinary approach to write this history for societies without written records before the nineteenth century. She reconstructs the words people spoke in different eras using the methods of comparative historical linguistics, overlaid with evidence from archaeology, climate science, oral traditions, and ethnography. Demonstrating the dynamism of people’s thinking about poverty and wealth in East Africa long before colonial conquest, Stephens challenges much of the received wisdom about the nature and existence of economic and social inequality in the region’s deeper past.

Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives on the Modern Law of Treaties
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1107100526 | 1171 Pages | PDF (True) | 6.4 MB
In recent years there has been a flourishing body of work on the Law of Treaties, crucial for all fields within international law. However, scholarship on modern treaty law falls into two distinct strands which have not previously been effectively synthesized. One concerns the investigation of concepts which are fundamental to or inherent in the law of treaties generally – such as consent, object and purpose, breach of obligation and provisional application – while the other focuses upon the application of treaties and of treaty law in particular substantive (e.g. human rights, international humanitarian law, investment protection, environmental regulation) or institutional contexts (including the Security Council, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the World Trade Organization). This volume represents the culmination of a series of collaborative explorations by leading experts into the operation, development and effectiveness of the modern law of treaties, as viewed through these contrasting perspectives.

Jolita Ralyté, "Conceptual Modeling: 41st International Conference, ER 2022, Hyderabad, India, October 17-20, 2022, Proceedings "
English | ISBN: 3031179943 | 2022 | 456 pages | PDF | 31 MB
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2022, held in Hyderabad, India, in October 2022.

Barbara Schmenk, "Sloganization in Language Education Discourse: Conceptual Thinking in the Age of Academic Marketization"
English | ISBN: 1788921860 | 2018 | 370 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This volume focuses (self-)critically on sloganization as an emergent phenomenon in language education discourse. Motivated by an increasing uneasiness with a number of widespread concepts in current language education research that have become sloganized, this volume comprises a collection of chapters by international scholars that scrutinize the discourse of language education, identify popular slogans and reconstruct the sloganization processes. It promotes critical self-reflection of scholars and professionals in the field of language education – a field that has widely been dominated by the need to develop innovative approaches and practices, at the expense of self-critical work that attempts to situate the field and its approaches within wider historical, cultural and conceptual contexts.

Toward a Conceptual Network for the Private Law of Artificial Intelligence
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031194462 | 543 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 3.2 MB
This book provides a set of proposals for the new conceptual network required in order to establish civil law rules for a world permeated by Artificial Intelligence. These proposals are intended by their authors to push the debate on the new civil law forward. In spite of the natural conservatism of jurists, some innovative or even futuristic ideas are called for, also because the future, even this not-so-distant one, is difficult to foresee. Paradoxically, and unlike in the past, this lack of knowledge must not stop us from planning. If it does, humankind may, as some pessimists already claim, lose its chance to win the battle for control of the world.

Sharon M. Ravitch, J. Matthew Riggan, "Reason & Rigor: How Conceptual Frameworks Guide Research"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1483340406 | PDF | pages: 293 | 2.2 mb
Designed for novice as well as more experienced researchers, Reason & Rigor by Sharon M. Ravitch and Matthew Riggan presents conceptual frameworks as a mechanism for aligning literature review, research design, and methodology. The book explores the conceptual framework-defined as both a process and a product-that helps to direct and ground researchers as they work through common research challenges. Focusing on published studies on a range of topics and employing both quantitative and qualitative methods, the updated Second Edition features two new chapters and clearly communicates the processes of developing and defining conceptual frameworks.

Albert B Bennett Professor, "Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Conceptual Approach"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0078035651 | PDF | pages: 1004 | 102.1 mb
Does not contain an access card. Mathematics for Elementary Teachers places an emphasis on learning via specific, realistic examples and the extensive use of visual aids, hands-on activities, problem-solving strategies and active classroom participation. Prospective teachers will gain a deeper understanding of the mathematical concepts and a better sense of the connections between their college math courses and their future teaching experiences.

The Species Problem: A Conceptual History
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781003346296 | 275 pages | True PDF | 9.94 MB
The general notion of species is one of the most fundamental in biology. But an idea of species is also one of the most persistent unresolved obsessions of biologists, philosophers and theoreticians. This new book investigates the multifaceted problem species as a "conceptual envelope" of that notion. Contemporary conceptualists and evolutionary epistemology allow for a fresh look by analyzing the framework of history viewed as changes ordered by changing philosophical-scientific contexts. In this analysis, the species problem is characterized in a pluralistic non-trivial manner, in contrast to a more monistic "accepted view."