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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"holism"”.
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Toward Ecological Holism: Discerning Pattern, Process and Scale Across the Productivity Landscape
Life is self-regulating because it is productive; capturing, storing, and passing energy through trophic compartments of the food web. Our current measurement frameworks for biological productivity rely heavily on measuring biomass in relation to first-order climatic factors, but this approach is …
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Why Interpersonal Ties are Important for People: An Analysis of the Concept of Social Capital and Its Dimensions of Holism, Convertibility, and Conductibility
… with an emphasis on its three dimensions: holism, convertibility, and conductibility. In three separate studies, this dissertation examines each dimension of the concept respectively with a critical approach, discusses what their main components are, presents who their most prominent …
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HOLISTIC EXPERT SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
… to drive data and actions using metadata. Thus a holism of data, information and knowledge has been achieved. Also, a technological holism has been proved through the effective classification of landforms on the rapidly eroding Holderness coast. A holism across disciplines and CZM institutions has …
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The idea of holistic man : an inquiry into the educational possibilities
… reductionist trend is the balancing notion of holism. This thesis examines the suitability and necessity of a holistic educational paradigm, particularly in this country. It explores the emerging holistic world view in two important areas of human endeavour - science and religion. Furthermore, …
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Rethinking Environment: The Ethics of a Constructionist View of Our Relation to Nature
… used to criticize exemplars of individualism and holism in ethics and to criticize the idea that individualism and holism are incompatible. In Chapter 4 I turn to climate change and geoengineering, arguing that a class of objection to geoengineering cannot be sustained in light of the theory of …
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Re-presenting Māori and Indigenous understandings of Being: Deconstructing the notion of mental illness
… an exploration of Māori and indigenous (complex) holism, I seek to re-turn to the influence of things in the world that exist outside of the self-contained individual - that is, beyond the cognitive rational agent. Doing so shifts the concept of well-being to reside not simply within the person …
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The Ontopolitics of Complexity: Toward Agonistic Democracy and Ecological Political Economy
… ontological commitments relating to complexity, holism, organicism, and environmental determinism, in the intellectual history of systems theory, cybernetics, and theoretical ecology. I critique key interlocutors in the pluralism debate within ecological economics to illustrate how …
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The (im)materiality of Goethe's geology
… date. In light of Goethe’s explicit emphasis on holism in his studies of the natural sciences, I contend that research on his geological writings (and, indeed, on the rest of his scientific output) should approach questions of materiality and immateriality with an eye to the same holism. In so …
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MUSIC THERAPY AMONG THE ELDERLY: WHAT SOCIAL WORKERS NEED TO KNOW
… guidance of systems theory and the concept of holism, spiritual benefits and challenges were also introduced.</p>
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Interpreting Alaminos : the cultural context of form
… this thesis examines the interactional role of holism - and its underlying mechanisms - between Pilipino architecture and culture. Given this approach, I base my design of a community center for Alaminos, a medium-sized town in Pangasinan, the Philippines, on three levels of analysis: language, …
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A Comparative Analysis of Theological Anthropologies in Selected Christian Counseling Models
… for what I call theo-anthropological holism. The epistemology of the three counseling models is summarized to establish background context in examining their anthropology in chapters 2 through 4. Chapter 2 highlights the anthropological framework of Christian psychology. Specifically, …
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William H. Sheldon and the culture of the somatotype
… overpopulation, medical and psychological holism, "aristocracy", nobility) was another means of defending conservative values against the onslaught of modernism. The German romantic, holistic, tradition (the "Goethean vision") in the physical and biological sciences that has been treated …
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An examination of three approaches to the study of the politics of interdependence
… of the politics of interdependence: realism, holism, and the state-based approach. To facilitate this analysis effort will be directed into three areas. First, the definitional clarity of each theory will be examined to determine if the concept of interdependence and related notions have been …
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Cultural Influences and Negotiation: Chinese Conflict Resolution Preferences and Negotiation Behavior
… include harmony, collectivism, conformity, holism-contextualism, time, face, shame, reciprocity, high context, friendship, and Guanxi. The author suggests that traditional Chinese cultural values influence Chinese people to be less openly assertive and emotional in conflict situations, which …
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Weaving feminism, pragmatism, and distance education
… the main unifying theme of the tool is organic holism where the world as a dynamic system connects with culture, biology, history, and context. It draws heavily on the work of John Dewey, Charlene Haddock Seigfried, Timothy Kaufman-Osborn, Shannon Sullivan, Nancy Fraser, Donna Haraway, Sandra …
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It will rain if god wills it : local perceptions of climate change in the Futa Tooro of northern Senegal
… are consistently attributed to ideas of holism and the fatalism of Allah's will. Most interviews did not reference CCV as a cause for locally experienced environment changes. Local efforts in CCV adaptation strategies and environmental education were equally unheard of, indicating high …
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Among the Giants: Resituating the Environmental Philosophy of John Steinbeck
… Steinbeck develops a view of intellectual holism that encourages (perhaps even enables) us to dovetail science and ethics as we attempt to construct a new environmental paradigm. Viewing the world through his holistic lens, Steinbeck was able to see the global ecosystem, local environments, …
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Sexuality and considering motherhood after an HIV diagnosis : an IPA exploration of the experiences of European, childless women
… motherhood. Despite adopting a philosophy of holism and valuing the creation of environments that sustain mental well-being, Counselling Psychology literature is relatively silent on women’s adaptation to HIV. This qualitative study explores how European, childless women who have been …
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The essence of stroke rehabilitation experience across two settings
… on the difference between person-centredness and holism. The better understanding gained regarding stroke rehabilitation experience across the two settings was then used to make recommendations regarding what could constitute a holistic approach to stroke rehabilitation. Finally, the researcher's …
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