scholarly journals Understanding needs embodiment: A theory-guided reanalysis of the role of metaphors and analogies in understanding science

2012 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. 849-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Niebert ◽  
Sabine Marsch ◽  
David F. Treagust
Keyword(s):  
Understanding Science

The Role of 'Values' in Understanding Science

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernan McMullin ◽  
Loren R. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Understanding Science

Einstein's Discourse Networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimena Carnales
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Relativity Theory ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Speed Of Light ◽  
Transmission Of Information ◽  
Light Signals ◽  
Theoretical Science ◽  
Understanding Science

This paper situates Einstein’s theory of relativity within broader networks of communication.The speed of light, explained Einstein, was an unsurpassable velocity if, and only if, it was considered in terms of »arbitrary« and »voluntary« signals. Light signals in physics belong within a broader set of signs and symbols that include communication and military signals, understood by reference to Helmholtz, Saussure, media philosophies from WWII to ‘68 (Lavelle, Ong, McLuhan) and Derrida. Once light signals in physics are considered in relation to semaphore, print, telegraph, radio, computers and tape recorders, Kittler and Habermas provide us with conflicting ways for understanding science and technology, rationality and consensus.We conclude with a study of »flash and bang« in popular accounts of relativity theory to understand the role of theoretical science in the transmission of information and violence.

scholarly journals Assimilation, Accommodation and Appropriation: Three attitudes to truth in science and religion

Holiness ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
James Garnett
Keyword(s):  
Science And Religion ◽  
Spiritual Belief ◽  
Secular Humanism ◽  
Belief Structures ◽  
Metaphysical Belief ◽  
Taking Action ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Understanding Science

AbstractThis article addresses the relationship between experience and belief, focusing on the role of science in the debate between secular Humanism and Christianity. It suggests that the possibility of appropriating experience to belief – taking action to bring experience into line with belief – distinguishes spiritual belief from systematic belief (in which the object is independent of beliefs about it); but that the boundary between these two forms of belief is itself a matter of (metaphysical) belief. Understanding science and religion, Humanism and Christianity in relationship to systematic and spiritual belief-structures helps to bring clarity to the debate.

Telegraphic Reviews

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 425-426
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Liberal Education ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Curricular Reform ◽  
College Level ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Project Director ◽  
Understanding Science

This report from the AAAS Project on Liberal Education and the Sciences focuses on the need for curricular reform at the college Level. It sets an agenda and recommends standards for the science curriculum that nicely parallel recent publications in mathematics education. The role of mathematical concepts in understanding science receives considerable attention. Examples of courses and programs that illustrate the recommendations are included in the appendices. The project director was Audrey Champagne.

Role of dactinomycin in the improved survival of children with Wilms' tumor

JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 195 (12) ◽  
pp. 1005-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Fernbach
Keyword(s):  
Wilms Tumor

Role of the allergist in diagnosis and management of patients with uveitis

JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 195 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Van Metre
Keyword(s):  
Diagnosis And Management

The power of norms to sway fused group members

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnifred R. Louis ◽  
Craig McGarty ◽  
Emma F. Thomas ◽  
Catherine E. Amiot ◽  
Fathali M. Moghaddam
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Anthropology ◽  
Normative Systems ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
Identity Fusion ◽  
Group Members

AbstractWhitehouse adapts insights from evolutionary anthropology to interpret extreme self-sacrifice through the concept of identity fusion. The model neglects the role of normative systems in shaping behaviors, especially in relation to violent extremism. In peaceful groups, increasing fusion will actually decrease extremism. Groups collectively appraise threats and opportunities, actively debate action options, and rarely choose violence toward self or others.

Elaborating the role of reflection and individual differences in the study of folk-economic beliefs

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Arceneaux
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economic Beliefs

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.

The role of affect in feelings of obligation

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefen Beeler-Duden ◽  
Meltem Yucel ◽  
Amrisha Vaish
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Sense Of Obligation

Abstract Tomasello offers a compelling account of the emergence of humans’ sense of obligation. We suggest that more needs to be said about the role of affect in the creation of obligations. We also argue that positive emotions such as gratitude evolved to encourage individuals to fulfill cooperative obligations without the negative quality that Tomasello proposes is inherent in obligations.

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