The Method of Bifurcatory Division in Plato’s Sophist

Elenchos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-260
Author(s):  
Colin C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Collective Inquiry ◽  
Naive Method ◽  
The Common ◽  
Level Of Understanding

Abstract The strange and challenging stretch of dialectic with which Plato’s Sophist begins and ends has confused and frustrated readers for generations, and despite receiving a fair amount of attention, there is no consensus regarding even basic issues concerning this method. Here I offer a new account of bifurcatory division as neither joke nor naïve method, but instead a valuable, propaedeutic method that Plato offers to us readers as a means of embarking upon the kind of mental gymnastics that will stretch us properly in preparation for further, more challenging dialectical work. Considering several interpretive issues, I argue that bifurcatory division is a process of collective inquiry into the common through which an account, both definitional and taxonomical, is discovered. Depending on the level of understanding exhibited by the inquirers, this account may or may not allow for noetic understanding of the object in the deepest sense.

Unjustified Enrichment in Comparative Perspective

2006 ◽  
pp. 968-1002
Author(s):  
Daniel Visser
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Common ◽  
English Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Unjustified Enrichment

Unjustified enrichment confronted both civil and common lawyers with thinking which was often completely outside the paradigm to which they had become accustomed. The recognition of unjustified enrichment as a cause of action in its own right in English law created a new arena of uncertainty between the systems. This article argues that comparative lawyers can make an important contribution to the future of the fractured and fractious world of unjustified enrichment. It may help to uncover the enormous wealth of learning of which both the common law and the civil law are the repositories, and so bring the same level of understanding to the law of unjustified enrichment which has, over the years, been achieved between the systems in regard to contract and tort.

An Sem and X-Ray Evaluation of Crystals in the Leaves of Rosa

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 150-151
Author(s):  
H. J. Arnott ◽  
M. L. Kelly ◽  
M. A. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Oxalate ◽  
Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate ◽  
Rosa Multiflora ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Broad Distribution ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Isolation Techniques ◽  
The Common ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
And Function

The common occurrence of calcium oxalate in plant tissues belies our level of understanding of these objects; broad distribution has not yet brought a comprehensive understanding of their development and function (see reviews 1 and 2). Using isolation techniques developed previously, we have examined the crystals present in the small and medium leaflets of Rosa multiflora Thumb. With powder x-ray diffraction we have identified the crystals as whewellite (calcium oxalate monohydrate). All of the major peaks present in the ASTM standard are also found in our diffractograms, however the intensity of the peaks varies from the standards. Examination of cleared leaves shows the crystals are broadly distributed through the leaflet lamina but tend to be more concentrated along veins (Fig. 1).

Unjustified Enrichment in Comparative Perspective

2019 ◽  
pp. 960-993
Author(s):  
Daniel Visser
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
The Other ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Unjust Enrichment ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Common ◽  
The One ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Unjustified Enrichment

The emergence of unjust enrichment as a cause of action in its own right in England and Australia sparked a remarkable debate between, on the one hand, civil and common lawyers, who were confronted with thinking which was often completely outside the paradigm to which they had become accustomed, and, on the other hand, between common lawyers inter se about the merits of the various ways in which unjust enrichment may be understood and organized. At the heart of this debate was the struggle of the common law to confront and deal with the deficit caused by its reliance solely on ‘unjust factors’ to make sense of enrichment liability without taking account of the notion of ‘absence of basis’. This chapter argues that comparative lawyers can make an important contribution to the future of the fractured and fractious world of unjustified enrichment by uncovering the enormous wealth of learning of which both the common law and the civil law are the repositories, and so bring the same level of understanding to the law of unjustified enrichment which has, over the years, been achieved between the systems in regard to contract and tort.

scholarly journals Informed consent in children and adolescents

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 329-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy J Morton ◽  
Michael Westwood
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Legal Action ◽  
The Common ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Consent To Medical Treatment ◽  
A Minor

Abstract Confusion persists about when a minor can give informed consent to medical treatment. Physicians may be hesitant to treat minors, even as adolescents, without first obtaining parental or guardian consent for fear of being sued for battery or negligence. However, the common law in Canada is clear that a minor can give informed consent to therapeutic medical treatment, provided heorshe can understand the information regarding the proposed treatment and can appreciate the attendant risks and possible consequences. Courts have accepted that there is no precise age at which a minor can be presumed to have the capacity to give informed consent. Each minor must be individually assessed to determine whether he or she possesses the requisite maturity and level of understanding to comprehend the nature, benefits and risks of the proposed treatment. The responsibility for determining a minor's capacity rests with the physician or another health care provider who is seeking to obtain the informed consent. In the event that legal action is taken against the physician on the grounds the minor lacked the capacity to give informed consent, the court must be satisfied that the minor did have sufficient capacity. Examples of cases where the physician was sued by either the minor or the minor's parents are included. In addition, an overview of existing provincial legislation dealing with minors and informed consent is provided.

scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING OF TEACHER IN PEKAN DISTRICT ON 21st CENTURY LEARNING

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-12
Author(s):  
Ji Xiang Huang ◽  
Zanaton Hj Iksan
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
21St Century Learning ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Common ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
One Way Anova

The purpose of the study is to identify the level of understanding of teachers in 21st Century Learning. 21st Century Learning is introduced and carried out by the Malaysia Education Ministry in schools. The study used a quantitative approach where questionnaires are used to collect data. The respondents consisted of 385 primary school teachers that were teaching in Pekan District. The data are analyzed by using Statistical Packages for The Social Science (SPSS) version 23. The descriptive data used are mean and standard deviation while the inferential data used are independent t-test and one-way ANOVA test. The data collected are analyzed by 6 constructs such as the common knowledge of 21st-century learning, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, positive values, and etiquette. The inferential data showed there are no significant differences between male and female teachers on the level of understanding of teachers on the 21st Century Learning. Meanwhile, there is a significant difference in the level of understanding of teachers on the 21st Century Learning by the experience of teaching. The study helps teachers and schools to carry on adaptation on their teaching to more toward 21st-century learning. The study also helps the Malaysia Education Ministry to identify the advantages and weaknesses of the 21st Century Learning Kit. The improvement done will help ensure the 21st Century Learning can be practiced by teachers in school.

scholarly journals FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE INVESTMENT DECISIONS OF WORKING WOMEN

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 554-561
Author(s):  
K Koti
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Financial Products ◽  
Bank Deposits ◽  
Gray Area ◽  
The Common ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Fund Investment ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose of the study: The study was conducted with the main objective of knowing the financial literacy of women in Dharwad District Methodology: For the research conducted totally of 100 women were interviewed to know their financial ability and proficiency. The statistical tools used where factor analysis, T-Test and One-way Anova. Main Findings: We could find 30 percent of them were comfortable and found that the gray area was mutual fund investment and return of it. The significant investment avenues which were important and not concentrated were bank deposits and gold markets. They are careful during investments; they know very well about the risk involved in markets and the volatility. They keep financial goals, targets and achieve them successfully. The investment is spread across various portfolios to lower the risk by them Applications of this study: The study is very important to know the literacy of women in Dharwad District. Based on the study we can create awareness among the women to make them more ease in financial abilities and usage in financial products Novelty/Originality of this study: The study is unique and researchers or the common person can analysis as to how women think about financial avenues and what is their level of understanding about financial opportunities. Financial institutions can even drive interest in women investing in markets and advisors can make them invest in mutual funds or banking products.

Catalogue reduction techniques

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 389-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chr. de Vegt
Keyword(s):  
Adjustment Process ◽  
Proper Motions ◽  
Measuring Process ◽  
Aerial Photogrammetry ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Observational Technique ◽  
The Common ◽  
Astrometric Data

AbstractReduction techniques as applied to astrometric data material tend to split up traditionally into at least two different classes according to the observational technique used, namely transit circle observations and photographic observations. Although it is not realized fully in practice at present, the application of a blockadjustment technique for all kind of catalogue reductions is suggested. The term blockadjustment shall denote in this context the common adjustment of the principal unknowns which are the positions, proper motions and certain reduction parameters modelling the systematic properties of the observational process. Especially for old epoch catalogue data we frequently meet the situation that no independent detailed information on the telescope properties and other instrumental parameters, describing for example the measuring process, is available from special calibration observations or measurements; therefore the adjustment process should be highly self-calibrating, that means: all necessary information has to be extracted from the catalogue data themselves. Successful applications of this concept have been made already in the field of aerial photogrammetry.

Renilla Bioluminescence: A Morphologic Approach to the Location of Photocytes

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 208-209
Author(s):  
Ben O. Spurlock ◽  
Milton J. Cormier
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Molecular Basis ◽  
Light Emission ◽  
Chemical Basis ◽  
Electronic Excited State ◽  
Colonial Form ◽  
The Common ◽  
Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries ◽  
Catalyzed Oxidation

The phenomenon of bioluminescence has fascinated layman and scientist alike for many centuries. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a number of observations were reported on the physiology of bioluminescence in Renilla, the common sea pansy. More recently biochemists have directed their attention to the molecular basis of luminosity in this colonial form. These studies have centered primarily on defining the chemical basis for bioluminescence and its control. It is now established that bioluminescence in Renilla arises due to the luciferase-catalyzed oxidation of luciferin. This results in the creation of a product (oxyluciferin) in an electronic excited state. The transition of oxyluciferin from its excited state to the ground state leads to light emission.

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