Building with Nature perspectives

Unit 1: Nature and Perspectives

Microparacrystals - the Building Material in Nature

Nicholas Spitzer “ Building the Brain : Nature and

“Dr. Nathan Zvaifler who was head of the Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Medicine at UCSD from 1970 to 1990 is internationally recognized as a master clinician and skilled researcher. Already known in 1970 for his research on central nervous system involvement in an autoimmune disease (lupus erythematosis), Dr. Zvaifler built an outstanding clinical and research program in the Div...

The Nature of Marketing Relationships: Perspectives from Providers and Clients

Over the past 2 decades, relationship marketing has become and increasingly important focus for research activity. However, practical knowledge of the nature and benefits of long-term relationships remains ambiguous with evidence of different findings from different sides of the dyad. This paper reports on the results of an exploratory study of hotels and their corporate clients, using data fro...

Teleological reasoning about nature: intentional design or relational perspectives?

According to the theory of 'promiscuous teleology', humans are naturally biased to (mistakenly) construe natural kinds as if they (like artifacts) were intentionally designed 'for a purpose'. However, this theory introduces two paradoxes. First, if infants readily distinguish natural kinds from artifacts, as evidence suggests, why do school-aged children erroneously conflate this distinction? S...