This chapter advocates a cognitively realistic approach to social simulation. based on a model for capturing the growth of academic science. Gilbert’s (1997) model, which was equation based, is replaced in this work by an agent-based model, with the cognitive architecture CLARION providing greater cognitive realism. Using this agent model, results comparable to human data are obtained. It is fo...

This paper is concerned with characterizing psych-predicates in Korean and possibly in Japanese in the GL spirit. We focus on the the status of the Experiencer (or ‘judge’) in relation to other arguments and examine the firstperson subjectivity data (constraint). The relevant cause and effect relation and consequent coerced event function is postulated for coherent interpretation.

DESCRIPTION A 65-year-old woman comes for headache management. Few years ago, she was diagnosed with a ‘single benign tumour of the anterior part of the brain’. A new contrast CT brain scan was done (figures 1 and 2); as she was claustrophobic, brain MRI was not ordered. The mass they have referred to was most likely a falcine meningioma. In addition, there is an oval hyperdense mass at the rig...

The traditional view of management, back in 1977 when Abraham Zaleznik wrote this article, centered on organizational structure and processes. Managerial development at the time focused exclusively on building competence, control, and the appropriate balance of power. That view, Zaleznik argued, omitted the essential leadership elements of inspiration, vision, and human passion which drive corp...

This article defines social resilience as the ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses and disturbances as a result of social, political and environmental change. This definition highlights social resilience in relation to the concept of ecological resilience which is a characteristic of ecosystems to maintain themselves in the face of disturbance. There is a clear link b...