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Freedom and Neurobiology: Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
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Freedom and Neurobiology: Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political PowerWe might agree or not, but that's what the author says:
(1) All political power is a matter of social functions, and for that reason all political power is deontic power (2) Because all political power is a matter of status functions, all political power, though exercised from above, comes from below (3) Even though the individual is the source of all political power, by his or her ability to engage in collective intentionality; all the same, the individual, typically, feels powerless (4) The system of political status functions works at least in part because recognized deontic powers provide desire-independent reasons for action (5) It is a consequence...that there is a distinction between political power and political leadership (6) Because political powers are matters of status functions they are, in large part, linguistically constituted (7) In order for a society to have a political reality it needs several other distinguishing features:...a distinction between the public and the private sphere with the political as part of the public sphere,...the existence of nonviolent group conflicts, and...group conflicts must be over social goods within a structure of deontology (8) A monopoly on armed violence is an essential presupposition of government.
 
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Tags: political, power, functions, status, distinction
Things and Places: How the Mind Connects with the World (Jean Nicod Lectures)
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Things and Places: How the Mind Connects with the World (Jean Nicod Lectures) Problems in linking representation and perceived things in the world are discussed in light of the role played by a preconceptual indexing mechanism that functions to identify, reidentify, and track objects.
 
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Tags: track, reidentify, identify, functions, objectsThings
Handbook of Special Functions: Derivatives, Integrals, Series and Other Formulas
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Handbook of Special Functions: Derivatives, Integrals, Series and Other Formulas
Because of the numerous applications involved in this field, the theory of special functions is under permanent development, especially regarding the requirements for modern computer algebra methods. The Handbook of Special Functions provides in-depth coverage of special functions, which are used to help solve many of the most difficult problems in physics, engineering, and mathematics. The book presents new results along with well-known formulas used in many of the most important mathematical methods in order to solve a wide variety of problems. It also discusses formulas of connection and conversion for elementary and special functions, such as hypergeometric and Meijer G functions.
 
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Tags: functions, special, Special, methods, Functions
Learning & Memory
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Learning & MemoryИзучение проблемы памяти и способности к обучению является основной в нейропсихологии. Данная тема тесно связана со многими областями самых различных наук. И полученные на сегодня результаты исследований в этой области могут коренным образом изменить наше представление о мире и о том, как мы его воспринимаем.

The study of Learning and Memory is a central topic in Neuroscience and Psychology. It is also a very good example of a field that has come into maturity on all levels - in the protein chemistry and molecular biology of the cellular events underlying learning and memory, the properties and functions of neuronal networks, the psychology and behavioural neuroscience of learning and memory. Many of the basic research findings are directly applicable in the treatment of diseases and aging phenomena, and have found their way into educational theory and praxis. Learning and Memory - A comprehensive reference.

 
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Tags: memory, Memory, learning, Learning, comprehensive, memory, functions, Memory
Program Evaluation in Language Education
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Program Evaluation in Language EducationEvaluation is a way of understanding and developing language programs: the thematic and background section sets out the decision-making, quality management, and learning functions of evaluation. Case studies illustrate the diversity of evaluation contexts, functions and approaches, documenting the ways in which evaluation processes and outcomes inform and facilitate program development, and contribute to explaining how language and teacher education programs constitute opportunities for learning. The ways in which evaluation practice can be researched and developed to maximize policy, institutional and program effectiveness is included, and a comprehensive set of resources for those commissioning, undertaking or researching language program evaluations concludes the text.
 
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Tags: evaluation, language, program, functions, which