The theory would not fit the facts. Or I might assume that the restaurant had
hygiene problems and so avoid that one place. We learn to identify the features
that define a particular phenomenon as exceptional rather than as a part of a
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Author: Alan Sears

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

ISBN: 9781442606685

Category: Social Science

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This brief and engagingly written book provides a unique introduction to the process of social inquiry and the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry, offering a strong foundation in critical thinking that is rooted in the social sciences but maintains relevance across the disciplines.

The new edition offers coverage of post-modernism and Indigenous ways of knowing, as well as a discussion of the research process and how to communicate arguments effectively.

Author: Alan Sears

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

ISBN: 9781442600973

Category: Social Science

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This highly original and compelling book offers an introduction to the art and science of social inquiry, including the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry. The new edition offers coverage of post-modernism and Indigenous ways of knowing, as well as a discussion of the research process and how to communicate arguments effectively. The result is a book that blends the best of earlier editions with updates that provide a strong foundation in critical thinking, rooted in the social sciences but relevant across disciplines.

Author: Alan Sears

Publisher: Broadview Press

ISBN: 1551115360

Category: Social Science

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This book is designed to introduce readers to the joys and challenges of theoretical thinking. It begins by encouraging reflection of informal everyday theorizing, showing that theoretical thinking is an important feature of human activity. A focus on key themes'the politics of the classroom, the notion of what is "real," what is "natural," and how time is measured'allows Sears to draw out important elements of social theory in a way that makes it relevant and interesting to students. Creative exercises bring the issues to life and help hone critical thinking and writing skills. In the process, Sears offers an engaging and accessible guide through the complex world of social theory and lays a solid foundation for further study. Special Combined Price: A Good Book, In Theory: A Guide to Theoretical Thinking may be ordered together with Social Theory: Continuity and Confrontation, second edition at a special discounted price. In order to secure the package price, the following ISBN must be used when ordering: 978-1-55402-291-5. Academics please note that this is a title classified as having a restricted allocation of complimentary copies. Restricted titles remain available to adopters and to academics very likely to adopt in the coming semester. When adoption possibilities are less strong and/or further in the future, academics are requested to purchase the title, with the proviso that UTP Higher Education will happily refund the purchase price if the book is indeed adopted.

The volume is divided into three parts. The first segment clarifies social capital as a concept and explores its theoretical and operational bases.

Author: Nan Lin

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

ISBN: 0202368947

Category: Social Science

Page: 333

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Leading scholars in the field of social networks from diverse disciplines present the first systematic and comprehensive collection of current theories and empirical research on the informal connections that individuals have for support, help, and information from other people. Expanding on concepts originally formulated by Pierre Bourdieu and James Coleman, this seminal work will find an essential place with educators and students in the fields of social networks, rational choice theory, institutions, and the socioeconomics of poverty, labor markets, social psychology, and race. The volume is divided into three parts. The first segment clarifies social capital as a concept and explores its theoretical and operational bases. Additional segments provide brief accounts that place the development of social capital in the context of the family of capital theorists, and identify some critical but controversial perspectives and statements regarding social capital in the literature. The editors then make the argument for the network perspective, why and how such a perspective can clarify controversies and advance our understanding of a whole range of instrumental and expressive outcomes. Social Capital further provides a forum for ongoing research programs initiated by social scientists working at the crossroads of formal theory and new methods. These scholars and programs share certain understandings and approaches in their analyses of social capital. They argue that social networks are the foundation of social capital. Social networks simultaneously capture individuals and social structure, thus serving as a vital conceptual link between actions and structural constraints, between micro- and macro-level analyses, and between relational and collective dynamic processes. They are further cognizant of the dual significance of the "structural" features of the social networks and the "resources" embedded in the networks as defining elements of social capital. Nan Lin is professor of sociology, Duke University. Karen Cook is Ray Lyman Wilber Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Stanford University. Ronald S. Burt is Hobart W. Williams Professor of Sociology and Strategy, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Contents: Meaning, Nature and Scope of Education, Objectives and Aims of Education, Definition, Nature and Scope of Philosophy, Major Philosophies, Role of Elders, Different Theories, Role of Education in Democracy, Role of Education in ...

Author: A.R. Rather

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

ISBN: 8171418171

Category: Education

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Contents: Meaning, Nature and Scope of Education, Objectives and Aims of Education, Definition, Nature and Scope of Philosophy, Major Philosophies, Role of Elders, Different Theories, Role of Education in Democracy, Role of Education in Socialism, Role of Education in Secularism, Education and Culture Development, Social Change and Role of Education, National and Emotional Integration by Education.

Samuel Fleischacker offers a powerful defence of revealed religion, and reconciles it with science and liberal morality.

Author: Samuel Fleischacker

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780198733072

Category: Philosophy

Page: 164

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Religions that centre around a revelation - or a 'good book', which is seen as God's word - are widely regarded as irrational and dangerous, based on outdated science and conducive to illiberal, inhumane moral attitudes. Samuel Fleischacker offers a powerful defence of revealed religion, and reconciles it with science and liberal morality.

This is the 2001 volume in the series emanating from successive International Conferences organised by the British Dyslexia Association.

Author: Angela Fawcett

Publisher: Wiley

ISBN: 1861562101

Category: Education

Page: 300

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This is the 2001 volume in the series emanating from successive International Conferences organised by the British Dyslexia Association. Considerable progress has been made in identifying the causes of dyslexia and providing intervention to break into the cycle of failure. This selection of papers, from the 5th International Conference of the British Dyslexia Association in 2001, brings together perspectives on aspects of theory and practice. A key feature is the inclusion of a series of chapters on good practice from infancy to adulthood, in addition to themes on biological bases, cognitive processes and intervention. The research reported covers all the major theories of dyslexia and reflects state-of-the-art knowledge in developing areas such as genetics and infancy research. Authors include not only keynote speakers Maryanne Wolf, Joe Torgesen and John Stein, but also many other major international players. A particular highlight is the call from Rod Nicolson to consider targets for dyslexia research for the next decade, in terms of unity of purpose.

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Publisher: Academic Publishers

ISBN: 9789380599267

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This work explores the role of the literary in theory, with wide-ranging analysis of key concepts and disciplinary practices.

Author: Jonathan D. Culler

Publisher: Stanford University Press

ISBN: 0804753741

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 276

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This work explores the role of the literary in theory, with wide-ranging analysis of key concepts and disciplinary practices.

The Second Edition features: Chapters reorganized to improve teaching 200 new problems New material on source coding, portfolio theory, and feedback capacity Updated references Now current and enhanced, the Second Edition of Elements of ...

Author: Thomas M. Cover

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 9781118585771

Category: Computers

Page: 776

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The latest edition of this classic is updated with new problem sets and material The Second Edition of this fundamental textbook maintains the book's tradition of clear, thought-provoking instruction. Readers are provided once again with an instructive mix of mathematics, physics, statistics, and information theory. All the essential topics in information theory are covered in detail, including entropy, data compression, channel capacity, rate distortion, network information theory, and hypothesis testing. The authors provide readers with a solid understanding of the underlying theory and applications. Problem sets and a telegraphic summary at the end of each chapter further assist readers. The historical notes that follow each chapter recap the main points. The Second Edition features: * Chapters reorganized to improve teaching * 200 new problems * New material on source coding, portfolio theory, and feedback capacity * Updated references Now current and enhanced, the Second Edition of Elements of Information Theory remains the ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering, statistics, and telecommunications.

Author: Anand Sharma

Publisher: Firewall Media

ISBN: 8170089492

Category:

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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Publisher:

ISBN: OXFORD:N11510867

Category: Color

Page: 423

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This handbook provides a comprehensive and state-of-art overview of the debate in value theory.

Author: Iwao Hirose

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780199959303

Category: Philosophy

Page: 448

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Questions about value are important in many contexts. Value theory, or axiology, studies which things are good or bad, how good or bad they are, and, most fundamentally, what it is for a thing to be good or bad. This handbook provides a comprehensive and state-of-art overview of the debate in value theory.

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Publisher: Technical Publications

ISBN: 8184314477

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Good City Form is both a summation and an extension of his vision, ahigh point from which he views cities past and possible.First published in hardcover under the titleA Theory of Good City Form Lynch looks at connections between human ...

Author: Kevin Lynch

Publisher: MIT Press

ISBN: 0262620464

Category: Architecture

Page: 514

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With the publication of The Image of the City in 1959, Kevin Lynch embarked upon theprocess of exploring city form. Good City Form is both a summation and an extension of his vision, ahigh point from which he views cities past and possible.First published in hardcover under the titleA Theory of Good City Form

Author: D. N. Dwivedi

Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill Education

ISBN: 0070588414

Category: Macroeconomics

Page: 603

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Author: Nikhilendu Bandyopadhyay

Publisher: Academic Publishers

ISBN: 8186358528

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Social Theory: Power and Identity in the Global Era offers students substantial selections from the classic and standard texts alongside unusual and thought-provoking examples of theory in action.

Author: Roberta Garner

Publisher: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press

ISBN: 1551116642

Category: Social Science

Page: 318

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Social Theory: Power and Identity in the Global Era offers students substantial selections from the classic and standard texts alongside unusual and thought-provoking examples of theory in action.

And a theory of instruction - and this book is a series of exercises in such a theory - is in effect a theory of how growth and development are assisted by diverse means.

Author: Jerome Seymour Bruner

Publisher: Harvard University Press

ISBN: 0674897013

Category: Education

Page: 176

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Instruction is an effort to assist or to shape growth. In devising instruction for the young, one would be ill advised indeed to ignore what is known about growth, its constraints and opportunities. And a theory of instruction - and this book is a series of exercises in such a theory - is in effect a theory of how growth and development are assisted by diverse means.

Author: Dilip Kumar Adhwarjee

Publisher: Firewall Media

ISBN: 8131801004

Category:

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