What Can it Mean to Say that the Individual is Social through and through?

What Can It Mean to Say That the Individual is Social Through and Through ? By Ralph Stacey

What Does it Mean to Say that Economics is Performative?

"L'homo oeconomicus n'est pas derrière nous, il est devant nous ; comme l'homme de la morale et du devoir ; comme l'homme de la science et de la raison. L'homme a été très longtemps autre chose ; et il n'y a pas bien longtemps qu'il est une machine, compliquée d'une machine à calculer" 1 (Mauss 1960, p.272) "Economists have long recognized the importance of technological innovation for economic...

What does it mean to say that a physical system implements a computation?

When we are concerned with the logical form of a computation and its formal properties, then it can be theoretically described in terms of mathematical and logical functions and relations between abstract entities. However, actual computation is realised by some physical process, and the latter is of course subject to physical laws and the laws of thermodynamics in particular. An issue that has...

we say what we mean and we mean what we say

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Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say-Communication Techniques to Enhance Your Library

Think Often we make half-hearted requests of our child, and when he doesnÕt respond we just drop it. Usually, this happens over little issues, and we drop it because itÕs not worth fighting over. The problem is, a child gets in the habit of ignoring you, on both little issues and big ones. When you take a breath, take a minute and think first, you can then be clear about your request and willin...