PPT-Problems for the Idea Theory

Review from last time Metasemantics Theories of Meaning The Conformal Theory The Idea Theory The Resemblance Theory Berkeley General terms Abstract ideas Locke on General Terms It is not enough for the perfection of language that sounds can be made signs of ideas unless those signs can be so made use of as to comprehend several particular . Outline. Metasemantics. The Conformal Theory. The Idea Theory. Problems for the Idea Theory. Summary. 1. metasemantics. The Meaningless World. Most things in the world don’t have meanings. Rivers and lakes and trees and rocks and planets and black holes and electrons… none of these things have meanings. . The Conformal Theory. Aristotle. Lived in Greece . 384-322 BCE. Student of Plato at the Academy. Taught Alexander the Great. Started his own school, the Lyceum. Towering figure in Western philosophy and Christianity. 1. 2. Text book Pages 187– 199. Reducibility. A . reduction. . is a way of converting one problem to another problem in such . a way . that a solution to the second problem can be used to solve the first problem. Describing Inverse Problems. Syllabus. Lecture 01 Describing Inverse Problems. Lecture 02 Probability and Measurement Error, Part 1. Lecture 03 Probability and Measurement Error, Part 2 . Lecture 04 The L. Part I. Vehicle vs. Content. Small [horse picture]. [Small horse] picture. Vehicle vs. Content. Representational vehicles are the things that represent (we can just call them representations: words, maps, photos, beliefs.. The Practice of Social Research. Nicholas Gane. The purpose of this session is to think about the status of theory and method within your own doctoral research. Regardless of all disciplinary backgrounds, all PhDs contain elements of theory and method to greater or lesser degree. Adapted from Michael Smith. Eldon Academy. What is Science?. ‘Science’ can be defined simply as a methodology of testing knowledge claims through empirical observation (experimentation). Hypothesis. And the Origin of the Universe. 3. 3. The Big Bang—Observation or Speculation?. Scientific Process. Get an idea. Perform. experiments. Create theory. Scientific Process. Get an idea. Perform. experiments. Pg. 718. In “walking cities”, people had to live as closely together as possible. Infectious diseases were far deadlier than in rural areas. Urban centers had negative birth to death ratios. The only way to maintain populations was through migration. Aging. Sociological Theories and Social Problems. Theory:. A statement about how and why specific facts are related.. A theory provides a framework for organizing facts, and in so doing, provides a way of interpreting reality.. Outline. Metasemantics. The Conformal Theory. The Idea . Theory. Primary and Secondary Qualities. General Terms/ Abstract Ideas. The Tribunal of Experience. Summary. 1. metasemantics. The Meaningless World. Nina Pavlin, mag. Rosana Dular. What's your name?. Where do you come from?. What are you good at?. INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. What did you . miss. on this mobility?. or. 2. What did you . like. on this mobility?. Date Monday June 17 2013 till Thursday June 20 2013TimeVenue Included 2 Co31ee Breaks and a Lunch EE Short CourseTopics to be CoveredDue to the limited space RSVP is required byemailing the local coo Alan Dennis. ardennis@indiana.edu. November, 2011. Agenda. What is Theory. What is . Interesting. Theory. Variance Theory versus Process Theory. A Process for Theory Construction. Testing and Generalizing Theory.