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Author | : Olav Mueller-Reichau |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2013-05-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 3110323583 |
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The basic hypothesis of this book is that linguistic reference to kinds should be seen as reference to sortal concepts, i.e. cognitive categories for identifying and classifying objects. Viewed that way, kinds serve as the interface between the conceptual system and the grammatical system. Kind-level predicates differ as to whether they presuppose (e.g. to be extinct) or entail (e.g. to invent) the existence of objects, with crucial consequences for the interpretation of indefinite argument noun phrases. Moreover, object reference always involves underlying kind reference, but kind reference does not always involve object reference. This asymmetry, once recognized, proves useful in solving otherwise puzzling problems in semantic composition.
Author | : Geoffrey C. Bowker |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2000-08-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0262522950 |
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A revealing and surprising look at how classification systems can shape both worldviews and social interactions. What do a seventeenth-century mortality table (whose causes of death include "fainted in a bath," "frighted," and "itch"); the identification of South Africans during apartheid as European, Asian, colored, or black; and the separation of machine- from hand-washables have in common? All are examples of classification—the scaffolding of information infrastructures. In Sorting Things Out, Geoffrey C. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star explore the role of categories and standards in shaping the modern world. In a clear and lively style, they investigate a variety of classification systems, including the International Classification of Diseases, the Nursing Interventions Classification, race classification under apartheid in South Africa, and the classification of viruses and of tuberculosis. The authors emphasize the role of invisibility in the process by which classification orders human interaction. They examine how categories are made and kept invisible, and how people can change this invisibility when necessary. They also explore systems of classification as part of the built information environment. Much as an urban historian would review highway permits and zoning decisions to tell a city's story, the authors review archives of classification design to understand how decisions have been made. Sorting Things Out has a moral agenda, for each standard and category valorizes some point of view and silences another. Standards and classifications produce advantage or suffering. Jobs are made and lost; some regions benefit at the expense of others. How these choices are made and how we think about that process are at the moral and political core of this work. The book is an important empirical source for understanding the building of information infrastructures.
Author | : Richard Evershed |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2016-02-25 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1472911342 |
Download Sorting the Beef from the Bull Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Horsemeat in burgers was hard to swallow, but there are far more sinister culinary crimes afoot... Chicken eggs that haven't come from chickens, melamine in infants' milk in China, nut shells in spices – these are just some examples of the food fraud that has occurred in recent years. As our urban lifestyle takes us further and further away from our food sources, there are increasing opportunities for dishonesty, duplicity and profit-making short-cuts. Food adulteration, motivated by money, is an issue that has spanned the globe throughout human history. Whether it's a matter of making a good quality oil stretch a bit further by adding a little extra 'something' or labelling a food falsely to appeal to current consumer trends – it's all food fraud, and it costs the food industry billions of dollars each year. The price to consumers may be even higher, with some paying for these crimes with their health and, in some cases, their lives. Sorting the Beef from the Bull is a collection of food fraud tales from around the world. It explains the role of science in uncovering some of the century's biggest food scams, and explores the arms race between food forensics and fraudsters as new methods of detection spur more creative and sophisticated means of committing the crimes. This book equips us with the knowledge of what is possible in the world of food fraud and shines a light on the shady areas of our food supply system where these criminals lurk.
Author | : Kevin Prevost |
Publisher | : Trafford Publishing |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 2003-12-23 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1490752145 |
Download How Farmer Farley sort of Saved the World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
How many times have you saved the world? Learn how Farmer Farley sort of Saved the World. A colorful children's book that can be personalized by adding their own drawing. Also good as a classroom project.
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Total Pages | : 822 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Mineral industries |
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Author | : Olav Mueller-Reichau |
Publisher | : Ontos Verlag |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9783868381139 |
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The basic hypothesis of this book is that linguistic reference to kinds should be seen as reference to sortal concepts, i.e. cognitive categories for identifying and classifying objects. Viewed that way, kinds serve as the interface between the conceptual system and the grammatical system. Kind-level predicates differ as to whether they presuppose (e.g. to be extinct) or entail (e.g. to invent) the existence of objects, with crucial consequences for the interpretation of indefinite argument noun phrases. Moreover, object reference always involves underlying kind reference, but kind reference does not always involve object reference. This asymmetry, once recognized, proves useful in solving otherwise puzzling problems in semantic composition.
Author | : Nina Katchadourian |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2013-02-08 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1452126860 |
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A witty and thought-provoking collection of visual poems constructed from stacks of books. Delighting in the look and feel of books, conceptual artist Nina Katchadourian’s playful photographic series proves that books’ covers—or more specifically, their spines—can speak volumes. Over the past two decades, Katchadourian has perused libraries across the globe, selecting, stacking, and photographing groupings of two, three, four, or five books so that their titles can be read as sentences, creating whimsical narratives from the text found there. Thought-provoking, clever, and at times laugh-out-loud funny (one cluster of titles from the Akron Museum of Art’s research library consists of: Primitive Art /Just Imagine/Picasso/Raised by Wolves), Sorted Books is an enthralling collection of visual poems full of wry wit and bookish smarts. Praise for Sorted Books “Katchadourian’s project . . . takes on a weight beyond its initial novelty. It’s a love letter to books, book collecting and the act of reading.” —San Francisco Chronicle “As a longtime fan of [Katchadourian’s] long-running Sorted Books project I’m thrilled for the release of Sorted Books—a collection spanning nearly two decades of her witty and wise minimalist mediations on life by way of ingeniously arranged book spines. . . . In an era drowned in periodic death tolls for the future of the physical book, her project stands as a celebration of the spirit embedded in the magnificent materiality of the printed page.” —Brain Pickings “Katchadourian’s stacks possess an understated sophistication; they are true to the intimate nature of books and yet reveal their dramatic features and unexpected potential.” —Publishers Weekly
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Total Pages | : 826 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : American literature |
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A history of our time.
Author | : Luke Fallon |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2010-04-28 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1445756862 |
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Bringing together my three previous short collections of poems, lyrics, musings and general thoughts with the addition of a preview of future works
Author | : Jodie Shepherd |
Publisher | : Lerner Digital ™ |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2017-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1512484989 |
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Sorting by color, by shape, or by size—there are lots of ways to group similar things together! How do you sort the objects in your world? What can you create by sorting? Bright and colorful photos encourage young readers to think about how they can sort the objects around them.