The Role of Pre-Experimental Set in Adult Concept Formation

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack G. Thompson ◽  
Joanne H. Cornell ◽  
Charmaine Kirkpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Concept Formation

Sense-Perception, Reasoning and Forms in Plotinus

Phronesis ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Eyjólfur K. Emilsson
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Concept Formation ◽  
Sense Perception ◽  
Human Beings

Abstract This paper discusses the role of innate concepts derived from Intellect in Plotinus’ account of cognition of the sensible realm. Several passages have been claimed as evidence for such innateness, but an analysis of them shows that they do not support this claim. It is tentatively suggested that, nevertheless, some very general concepts such as difference, sameness and being are integral to the faculty of sense and play a crucial role in concept formation. It is further argued that reasoning about the sensible realm takes place to a large extent without the involvement of the higher realms of Plotinus’ hierarchy of being. Clearly, however, for value concepts such as those of goodness, justice and beauty human beings are dependent upon an illumination from Intellect.

The Development of Social Capital in Different life Cycles of Tunisian Agritourism Entrepreneur

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nesrine Khazami ◽  
Zoltan Lakner
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Concept Formation ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Phases Of Development ◽  
Early Phases

Abstract The role of social capital in the early phases of development of a family business is well documented, but the dynamism of the entrepreneur's social capital in the agritourism business remains is relatively lesser studied area. The current research on an inductive, exploratory, and qualitative base aims to uncover the place and role of social capital in the establishment of agritourism enterprise, from concept formation to stabilisation. Results of the study highlight the importance of governmental help in financial and networking help for launching the enterprise especially in remote areas, where these additional activities are relatively lesser known. The role of the network is relatively weak in the risk analysis of the business. This fact enhances the vulnerability of enterprises.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF AGE AND INTELLIGENCE IN CONCEPT FORMATION OF CHILDREN

1966 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
JIRO MISHIMA ◽  
MAYUMI TANAKA
Keyword(s):  
Concept Formation

scholarly journals Sacrality and worldmaking: new categorial perspectives

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Paden
Keyword(s):  
Concept Formation ◽  
Single Model ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Transcendent Reality

The category of the sacred in particular and the role of transcultural concept-formation in general have undergone an obvious crisis. For the most part, "the sacred," if not an empty label, has been linked with theologism, and transcultural concepts have been condemned for their general non-comparability and colonialist intent. The author approaches the matter of transcultural templates through an analysis of certain concepts of sacrality. With some exceptions, the discourse of sacrality has indeed been dominated by a single model, where "the sacred" became a reified noun—a substantive term for a supernatural reality, a label for the transcendent, or even an epithet for divinity, mystery, the wholly other. As such, the expression has functioned to bestow a sense of unity to the diversity of cultures, link that unity with a transcendent reality, and offer a simple way of making sense of otherwise foreign beliefs and practices by giving them a familiar, generic referent.

scholarly journals Hegel and the Peircean ‘object’

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-124
Author(s):  
Chris Barnham
Keyword(s):  
Concept Formation ◽  
Medieval Philosophy ◽  
Dialectical Method ◽  
Duns Scotus ◽  
Sign Structure

Peirce’s semiotics is well known for advocating a triadic, rather than a dyadic, sign structure, but interpretations of how such a structure works in practice have varied considerably. This paper argues that the Peircean ‘object’ is central to understanding Peirce’s philosophical intent and that this element should be construed as a mediating element within the sign rather than as an originating source of it. This interpretation resonates with the fundamentally anti-dualist character of Peirce’s philosophy and it creates potential convergences with the medieval philosophy of Duns Scotus – which was so influential in Peirce’s thinking. Moreover, construal of the ‘object’ as a mediating entity within the sign highlights important parallels with Hegelian thought and the role of the ‘essence’ in the latter’s dialectics. It is argued, indeed, that Peirce’s triadic template for the sign has strong Hegelian roots. This substantially repositions Peirce’s semiotics; it becomes, as in Hegel’s dialectics, an account of concept formation. The over-arching framework in which this takes place, however, retains an adherence to Peirce’s empiricist background and so avoids the reliance on logic which is the defining characteristic of Hegel’s dialectical method.

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