The Criticism of Concepts and the Concept of Criticism

1972 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-145
Author(s):  
C. B. Macpherson
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Reverse Order ◽  
Conceptual Scheme ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus

I am grateful to Professor Wand for devoting so much space to my “conceptual apparatus.” I should have been more grateful if he had got it more nearly right. His criticism of my concepts, particularly of the central concept of powers, is so wide of the mark that one wonders about his concept of criticism. The puzzle is how he can pronounce with such assurance his “grave charges” that my thought is confused and misleading. The answer I shall suggest is partly (a) that he has not paid attention to my definitions, and partly (b) that he has tried to fit my argument into a conceptual framework – his own – which he assumes has some absolute validity. Perhaps (b) accounts for (a): he was perhaps unable to read what I wrote because it does not fit his conceptual scheme. Let me take in reverse order his criticisms of the three concepts he deals with.

scholarly journals On some Aspects of the Conceptual Framework of the Integration Policy

2015 ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
T N Dmitrieva
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Informational Support ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Public Discussion ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Integration Project

In the context of realization the Russian Federation national policy, public discussion demonstrates insufficiency of conceptual apparatus for effective informational support of Russian integration project. In this connection, elaboration of interethnic harmony concept is the urgent question.

scholarly journals Conceptual apparatus of treatment of safe waste in the field of their disposal and within the framework of implementation of EU legislation in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Petrovych ◽  
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T. Yevsiukov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Theoretical Method ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
Eu Legislation ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus ◽  
The Past ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
The Eu

In Ukraine, the conceptual apparatus of municipal waste management in the field of their disposal has shortcomings, and in the framework of the implementation of EU legislation in Ukraine, new terms appear, which make their adjustments. This leads to uncertainty, ambiguity, discrepancy and misuse of concepts by waste actors, scientists, authors and more. To begin reforming the waste system, it is necessary to clarify the shortcomings of the past conceptual framework and clearly form an understanding of the new. This study is designed to analyze the conceptual apparatus of safe waste management in the field of disposal and in the implementation of EU legislation in Ukraine, namely the terminology before and after waste management reform, finding common and divergent, identifying shortcomings in interpretations and own vision of such definitions. In writing this article used a theoretical method, a method of studying regulatory and instructional documents, synthesis, analysis, comparison, grouping. The theoretical basis was the work of Ukrainian scientists, graduate students, the regulatory framework of Ukraine and the EU in the field of waste. At the end of the study, four groups of terms were formed, each of which clarifies the pros and cons of defining the terms, as well as suggested ways to improve the conceptual framework for safe waste in the field of disposal and implementation of EU legislation in Ukraine.

scholarly journals Ajdukiewicz and the Notion of Conceptual Apparatus

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 226-229
Author(s):  
Marsonet Michele
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Donald Davidson ◽  
Conceptual Scheme ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus ◽  
Nicholas Rescher

The Polish philosopher Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz adopted the notion of “conceptual apparatus”, which is very similar to the idea of “conceptual scheme” put forward by Donald Davidson, Willard V. Quine, Nicholas Rescher and others. Ajdukiewicz’s theses are, in this regard, very important although less known, and he treated cognitive processes as inseparably connected with language.

Agents of social change in a crisis society: variants of problematization and contours of conceptual framework of research

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-132
Author(s):  
Liubov Bevzenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Conceptual Scheme ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Deterministic Models ◽  
The Social ◽  
Institutional Order

In view of the permanent crisis of the social situation in our country, the question of agents of social change acting in these crisis moments is actualized. Two variants of scientific problematization of this issue are proposed. The first is on the platform of the theoretical vision of social change, proposed by P. Sztompka, which provides a descriptive and ascertaining study of the movements, leaders, ideas and revolutions which change our society. The second option addresses the dilemma of agents and structure, which has been debated for many years in the search for a compromise between micro- and macro-deterministic models of social change. It is emphasized that the terms social transformation, transition, and crisis are not identical; namely, the crisis is characterized by unpredictable consequences of social changes. The search for theoretical micro-macro-compromise for the situation of social crisis is suggested to be searched within the paradigm combination — the paradigm of complexity, the paradigm of practices and network theory. Social changes are specified by a change in the institutional order, which is analytically divided into formal (organizational) and informal (self- organizational) constituents. Тhe difference between the manifestations of agency within these institutional constituents is emphasized. The conceptual series and outline of a possible conceptual scheme of the study of the problem are proposed.

scholarly journals THE DELICATE OF THE LETTER «I» OR AGAIN ABOUT THE ESSENCE OF CULTURE

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
А.V. Medvedev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Scientific Practice ◽  
Religious Culture ◽  
Scientific Concept ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Consciousness

Culturology is a young science, however, it claims to be integrative in the system of humanitarian knowledge. One of the reasons for this is the development of our own conceptual framework, creation of its own thesaurus. The central concept of science is the concept of «culture». Today, there are several hundreds of culture definitions, which is a consequence of the variety of research methods. The term «culture» is widely used both as a word of everyday speech, and as a scientific concept. The article analyzes the practice of using the word «culture» in everyday speech, in journalism, which makes it possible to understand how the term is perceived by the public consciousness, which in turn acts as an empirical basis for a theoretical understanding of the essence of culture. For the extra-scientific practice of using the word «culture», two fundamental meanings are characteristic. Firstly, culture is understood as a certain individual integrity (national culture, art culture, religious culture, etc.); secondly, the word culture expresses the level of development of something (a culture of behavior, a culture of thinking, etc.). Moreover, the first meaning, as a rule, is limited to the field of art. The purpose of the article is to characterize the phenomenon of culture as a border separating natural being and social being. Culture is the essence of human, not natural being, it is the noumenon of society, which is a system of phenomena, each of which is a specific side of its own human being. In light of this, to consider culture only the level of positive values seems incorrect, since negative values also apply to society. Culture as a border separating the two spheres of being is the interior and exterior sides, but these are sides of a single whole, which allows us to see the unity of the natural and social in culture, and this allows us to abandon the opposition «nature — culture».

scholarly journals Concepts of religion in debates on secularization

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Zielińska
Keyword(s):  
Social Reality ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
The Core ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus ◽  
The Social ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
The Subject

Defining the concept of religion is a recurring theme in the sociology of religion. Yet the constant attempts to determine the subject of the study do not necessarily indicate the immaturity of the discipline. The ongoing discussions are rather part of a broader problem, as the acceptance or rejection of certain understandings of the core concepts determines the scope of the discipline’s field. More importantly, it also permits other concepts to be understood, along with the social reality beyond them. Since the social reality is changing under the influence of various dynamics taking place in the contemporary globalised world, so should the conceptual apparatus aiming at describing those dynamics. This paper aims to grasp this changing nature of the central concept – that of religion. This is done through analysis of the debate on secularisation theories.

scholarly journals A conceptual framework to facilitate the mental health of student nurses working with persons with intellectual disabilities

Curationis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsie S. Janse van Rensburg ◽  
Marie Poggenpoel ◽  
Chris Myburgh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Model Case ◽  
Contextual Design

Background: Student nurses (SNs) experience emotional discomfort during placement in the clinical psychiatric learning environment. This may negatively influence their mental health. Limited support is available to assist both SNs working with persons with intellectual disabilities and nurse educators during clinical accompaniment.Objectives: This article aims to discuss the generation of this framework to enhance student support.Method: A theory-generative, qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, contextual design was utilised to develop the framework by applying four steps. In step 1 concept analysis identified the central concept through field work. Data were collected from 13 SNs purposively selected from a specific higher educational institution in Gauteng through two focus group interviews, reflective journals, a reflective letter, naïve sketches, drawings and field notes and analysed with thematic coding. The central concept was identified from the results, supported by a literature review and defined by essential attributes. The central concept was classified through a survey list and demonstrated in a model case. In step 2 the central concepts were placed into relationships with each other. The conceptual framework was described and evaluated in step 3 and guidelines for implementation were described in step 4. The focus of this article will be on generating the conceptual framework.Results: The central concept was ‘the facilitation of engagement on a deeper emotional level of SNs’. The conceptual framework was described and evaluated.Conclusion: The conceptual framework can enhance the educational practices of nurse educators and can SN’s practices of care for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Memes, genes, and signs: Semiotics in the conceptual interface of evolutionary biology and memetics

Semiotica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (230) ◽  
pp. 327-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Fomin
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Richard Dawkins ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus ◽  
Similar Principle

AbstractIn 1976, Richard Dawkins coined the term meme as a way to metaphorically project bio-evolutionary principles upon the processes of cultural and social development. The works of Dawkins and of some other enthusiasts had contributed to a rise in popularity of the concept of memetics (“study of memes”), but the interest to this new field started to decline quite soon. The conceptual apparatus of memetics was based on a number of quasi-biological terms, but the emerging discipline failed to go beyond those initial metaphors. This article is an attempt to rebuild the toolkit of memetics with the help of the more fundamental concepts taken from semiotics and to propose a synthetic conceptual framework connecting genetics and memetics, in which semiotics is used as the transdisciplinary methodology for both disciplines. The concept of sign is used as the meta-lingual equivalent for both the concepts of gene and meme. In the most general understanding, sign is a thing which stands for another thing. In genetics, this translates into gene that is a section of DNA that stands for the algorithm of how a particular biomolecule is built. In memetics, the similar principle works in meme that is a thing that stands for the rules of how a particular cultural practice is performed.

scholarly journals A Conceptual Framework for Eco-Industrial Parks

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas M. Hein ◽  
Marija Jankovic ◽  
Romain Farel ◽  
Bernard Yannou
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Industrial Park ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Stakeholder Relationships ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
Development Context ◽  
Case Part

An eco-industrial park is a set of businesses that share resources in order to increase profitability and reduce environmental impact. The implementation of eco-industrial parks may significantly contribute to the creation of a sustainable economy. Despite this prospect, the actual development of eco-industrial parks is challenging, as a variety of factors must be considered. Not only technical, economic, and environmental factors are relevant but numerous stakeholder relationships as well, such as between firms, governmental bodies, and local communities. This paper presents a conceptual framework that is used to capture these diverse aspects and the relationships between them. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is used for modeling its concepts and relationships. First, based on a literature survey, relevant concepts of eco-industrial parks are identified. One central concept is “industrial symbiosis”. A novel value-based interpretation of industrial symbiosis is presented. Second, the park’s economic, local and regional development context, as well as its internal technical components and their relationships are modeled. Finally, the framework is used for modeling a concrete eco-industrial park, in this case part of the Kalundborg eco-industrial park.

scholarly journals Paradoxes of Rationalisation: Openness and Control in Critical Theory and Luhmann's Systems Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-148
Author(s):  
Jan Overwijk
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Frankfurt School ◽  
Sociotechnical Systems ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Technical Reason ◽  
Political Reason ◽  
And Control

For the Critical Theory tradition of the Frankfurt School, rationalisation is a central concept that refers to the socio-cultural closure of capitalist modernity due to the proliferation of technical, ‘instrumental’ rationality at the expense of some form of political reason. This picture of rationalisation, however, hinges on a separation of technology and politics that is both empirically and philosophically problematic. This article aims to re-conceptualise the rationalisation thesis through a survey of research from science and technology studies and the conceptual framework of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory. It argues that rationalisation indeed exhibits a logic of closure, namely the ‘operational closure’ of sociotechnical systems of measurement, but that this closure in fact produces the historical logics of technical reason and, paradoxically, also generates spaces of critical-political openness. This opens up the theoretical and practical opportunity of connecting the politically just to the technically efficient.

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