The Problem of Apodictic Proof in Early Seventeenth-Century Mechanics. Galileo, Guevara, and the Jesuits

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Mathematical Physics ◽  
The Real ◽  
Catholic Faith ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Subject ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Ideal

The ArgumentThe argument developed herein, a countertheme to the Merton thesis, is that the ideal of science pursued by Galileo and his contemporaries in Italy would be unaffected by their Catholic faith if it could achieve apodictic proof in the subject of its investigations, in which case it would attain truth – the very goal sought by that faith. Unfortunately such proof was hard to come by in early seventeenth-century mechanics. A case study is proposed to show Galileo's difficulty demonstrating the tensile strength of columns in mathematical physics on the basis of improper suppositions, contrasting these with the suppositions of a contemporary, Giovanni de Guevara. The case study casts new light on the subject of Galileo's atomism and its relation to the Eucharist, refuting Redondi's claim that this was the real motive behind Galileo's trial in 1633. A further lesson relating to the Merton thesis can also be drawn, namely, that while challenges to science from religious orthodoxy may appear as temporary obstacles, in the long run they are an aid to science in its efforts to bring mankind closer to the truth.

scholarly journals EXPERIMENTAL ONLINE CASE STUDY FOR A BREAKTHROUGH IN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: FOCUS GROUP RESULTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Theroux ◽  
Cari Carpenter ◽  
Clare Kilbane
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Real ◽  
Building Process ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Subject

A new type of case study, called the real-time case (RTC), was produced in the fall of 2001 and distributed via the Internet to business classes at four universities in the US and Canada. The real-time case presented the story of one company's growth and development throughout a 14-week semester. A case writer stationed full-time at the subject company published case installments weekly on the Web, allowing students to view the company-building process as it happened. The 14-week coverage of RTC enabled students to study the subject company in unprecedented depth and detail. RTC's real-time interactivity allowed students to share their analyses and best thinking with the company leadership during the company’s decision-making process.A major objective in producing the case was to heighten student engagement with the case material. To evaluate whether this objective was achieved, a survey and a focus group discussion were conducted with one of the participating MBA classes. Results from the survey and the focus group showed a high degree of engagement, plus many other benefits from the new type of case study.

scholarly journals KONSEP DIRI ANAK PEKERJA SEKS KOMERSIAL YANG TINGGAL DITENGAH MASYARAKAT

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Fatchun Nikmah
Keyword(s):  
Physical Condition ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Ideal Self ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Ideal Situation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract  Stigma in today's society considers more sex workers as the dregs of society who only regarded as an immoral person who violates the norms of religion and society, so they are not appreciated. A prostitute is almost the majority have families, both parents, brother, husband or child. Communities usually negative view sex workers family and those views may influence the psychological development of child prostitutes. This study aims to determine the child's self-concept of prostitutes who live in the community.This study uses a qualitative case study approach, which is a special phenomenon that is present in a limited context, although the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not entirely clear. Determination techniques are the subject of the researchers used snowball sampling or chain sampling. The research was conducted in two villages that are within the scope of the district in one district on the island of Java. The subject of this study were children and adolescents aged prostitute who is still undergoing formal schooling.This study found that the first subject has a good self concept. There is not much of a gap between the basic self-concept and ideal self-concept on the subject. The first subject has a perceptual self-concept is not good because the subject is not satisfied with the current physical condition and there are gaps in the basic perceptual components and ideal self-concept. As for the conceptual and attitudinal self concept self concept can be considered a good subject because there is no gap between the conceptual and attitudinal components of the basic categories and ideal self-concept. While the second subject has a poor self-concept, as there are many gaps between the basic self-concept and ideal self concept on the subject. The subject has a perceptual selfconcept is not good, because the subject was not satisfied with his physical condition and his subjects make the situation as a benchmark of the ideal situation for him. In addition, the subject has attitudinal poor self concept.  Keywords: Self-concept, children, sex workers, society, qualitative

Federal Theology and the ‘National Covenant’: An Elizabethan Presbyterian Case Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore Dwight Bozeman
Keyword(s):  
Extensive Analysis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
To Come ◽  
Secondary Category

Inquiry into puritan “federal” doctrine established decades ago the now standard distinction between the covenant of grace and the national covenant. Perry Miller provided the first extensive analysis of the gracious covenant, and apparently it was he, too, who first found—or emphasized—in puritan sources the idea that “a nation as well as an individual can be in covenant with God.” His basic proposal, that ”the ‘covenant of grace’ … refer[red] to individuals and personal salvation in the life to come, [whereas the national covenant] applied to nations and governed their temporal success in this world,” has become a virtual article of faith in puritanist scholarship, although few recent historians have shared his profound interest in the latter covenant. Indeed, relegation of communal and this-worldly themes to a separate and inevitably secondary category has narrowed dramatically the focus of inquiry. It suffices to note that the three most recent monographs on the subject in English virtually equate “federal theology” with a gracious individualized contract exclusive to the elect (and its antithesis, the “covenant of works”).

scholarly journals Manchester and Salford Politics and the Early Development of the Independent Labour Party

1981 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Hill
Keyword(s):  
Labour Party ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
The Past ◽  
Trade Unionism ◽  
Local Strategy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
To Come ◽  
The One

The grass-roots activities of the Independent Labour Party have been the subject of increased scrutiny from historians over the past few years, especially in the pages of this journal. Consequently we can now be a little surer about the contribution of the party to the development of an independent labour movement in Britain at the end of the nineteenth century, though with every fresh case-study a different local strategy seems to come to light. The one outstanding profile in this field is the closely observed account of the ILP in Bradford by J. Reynolds and K. Laybourn, who identify several key features in the party's growth in that city, notably the reformist nature of ILP socialism and the close associations with local trade unionism. “From the outset”, they tell us, “Bradford trade unionism and the Bradford ILP were seen as two aspects of a single homogeneous labour movement aimed at the emancipation of the working class from poverty and exploitation.”

scholarly journals Behaviors, Cognitions, and Affects of Catholic School Students and Teachers on Capiz Aswang Phenomenon (C.A.P.)

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rev. Fr. Glenn Bermejo Baes
Keyword(s):  
Group Discussion ◽  
Catholic School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Catholic Faith ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Poor Treatment ◽  
Stratified Sample ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Ideal

It is alleged that Capiz has evolved to be the subject of many aswangs and other mythological ghosts, goblins, ghouls, manananggal and other monster stories. As views, opinions, and questions are ignored or receive a poor treatment – varying beliefs about the aswang phenomenon in Capiz will just lead to rising ignorance, persistent stereotyping, and deeper confusion that may continue to afflict Capiz and dehumanize Capisnon undeservedly. Hence, this study was conducted to probe the perception of Capisnon to the said phenomenon; elicit change in their conceptual, personal/social behaviors and dispositions vis-à-vis their practice of the Catholic faith. The research employed a descriptive qualitative design using a researcher-made questionnaire to a stratified sample of respondents.  Also, a Focus Group Discussion with non-probable sample from Dumarao’s Tag-aw Ati Minority and the Guban-Tapaz Tribe Panayanon Bukidnon was conducted to enrich the data and inferences of the study. Results acknowledged that the past colonial masters are the reasons for wrongly imputing the word aswang to Capiz and Capisnon and the contemporary detractors who take Capiz Aswang Phenomenon or C.A.P. out of their proper historical and cultural contexts. With or without the presence of C.A.P., the ideal circumstances in upholding the real identity and self-worth of Capisnon are: a well-informed insight about the phenomenon, a conscious discernment of its history and real meaning, and a growing diligence in character to be good and to do good in the community.

scholarly journals A Corporate Case Study: The Application of Rokeach’s Value System to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farcane ◽  
Deliu ◽  
Bureană
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Corporate Identity ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Corporate Values ◽  
Value System ◽  
The Real ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Ideal

Starting from the research assumption that corporate social responsibility (CSR) values cannot be communicated efficiently, if they do not belong naturally to a company’s identity, this paper debates the prospect of applying Rokeach’s Value System (1973) to Continental corporation’s CSR values. Rokeach’s Value System (1973) is used to compare Continental data provided online and establish whether the ideal corporate values presented by the company are similar to the real values, with respect to the CSR values. We base our assessment of the level of integration of CSR into corporate identity on Maon et al.’s integrated model of CSR development (2010). Our analysis reveals that although the Continental corporation works with the CSR concept in a strategic and systematic manner, the set CSR values do not correspond to the real corporate values.

‘Not even semblance’: exploring the interruption of identification with Lacan

Organization ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casper Hoedemaekers
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Ideal

This article explores the question of identification through a Lacanian lens, paying specific attention to the interruption of identification in the self-presentation of employees. Jacques Lacan’s notion of the Real is taken up here as a conceptualization of the limits inherent in representation, and the unexpected effects of signification that go beyond the meaning effects engendered in the process of speaking. Identification is viewed here as an iterative condensation and simplification of recurrent significations within a local organizational context, aiming to displace and repress the indeterminacy of meaning and the failure of intentionality in discourse. Interview material from a public sector case study is used to analyse identifications with images of the ‘ideal employee’, which can be interpreted through interviewees’ moves to demarcate themselves from images of the ‘non-ideal’. The analysis then turns to examine interruptions in this self-presentation in the form of slips, contradictions and breakdowns of the narrative. The article concludes that the examined interruptions indicate considerable space for resistance and re-signification in identifications.

Virtual Environments Psychotherapy: A Case Study of Fear of Flying Disorder

1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max M. North ◽  
Sarah M. North ◽  
Joseph R. Coble
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Real World ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Fear Of Flying ◽  
The Real ◽  
Display Technology ◽  
The Subject

Current computer and display technology allows the creation of virtual environment scenes that can be utilized for treating a variety of psychological disorders. This case study demonstrates the effectiveness of virtual environment desensitization (VED) in the treatment of a subject who suffered from fear of flying, a disorder that affects a large number of people. The subject, accompanied by a virtual therapist, was placed in the cockpit of a virtual helicopter and flown over a simulated city for five sessions. The VED treatment resulted in both a significant reduction of anxiety symptoms and the ability to face the phobic situations in the real world.

scholarly journals The Case Study of the Big Latvian Energy Companies’ Compliance with the Principles of Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Raja Kočanova ◽  
Ineta Geipele ◽  
Kārlis Ketners
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
To Come ◽  
Energy Companies

The rationale of the study is connected with the fact that society has increasingly begun to discuss its responsibility to the generation to come. Without economic aspects, social and environmental issues have become increasingly apparent because there is more and more relevant question whether the natural system will be able to withstand the increasing loading associated with human activities. In Latvia there have been made attempts to promote the principle of sustainable development, its adoption and implementation. On the basis of the above stated rationale of the subject, the objective of the study is to estimate the big Latvian energy companies’ compliance with the principles of sustainable development. The reduction of energy sources and their capacity, greenhouse gas emission caused by energy production, and features of the energy market put forward branch enterprises in front of the principle of sustainable development and the idea of its implementation. To determine the big Latvian energy companies’ contribution to sustainable development, in the survey of representatives of the business environment there have been included questions about the big Latvian energy companies’ compliance with the principles of sustainable development. In the research paper there have been used the statistical analysis of data and the processing method.

scholarly journals BUILDING A GREEN COMMERCIAL COMPLEX USING GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS AND USING SUSTAINABLE AND SMART RESOURCES- A CASE STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rameez ut Tauheed ◽  
Ankit Chawla ◽  
Kartik Chauhan ◽  
Mohit Tewatia ◽  
Vishal Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Green Building Materials ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Green Structure

— Lately there has been a change in perspective in development ventures towards eco agreeable and manageable development and advancement. On account of which numerous structures are planned as eco cordial and reasonable called green structures by alteration of building materials and current innovation through which we will be equipped for diminishing harm to the nature. In the long run, the green structure manages the cost of a significant degree of financial and designing execution, which drives us to the improvement of group of people yet to come.

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