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Author: Heather Stuart Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199797633 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 241
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Paradigms Lost challenges key paradigms currently held about the prevention or reduction of stigma attached to mental illness using evidence and the experience the authors gathered during the many years of their work in this field. Each chapter examines one currently held paradigm and presents reasons why it should be replaced with a new perspective. The book argues for enlightened opportunism (using every opportunity to fight stigma), rather than more time consuming planning, and emphasizes that the best way to approach anti-stigma work is to select targets jointly with those who are most concerned. The most radical change of paradigms concerns the evaluation of outcome for anti-stigma activities. Previously, changes in stigmatizing attitudes were used as the best indicator of success. Paradigms Lost and its authors argue that it is now necessary to measure changes in behaviors (both from the perspective of those stigmatized and those who stigmatize) to obtain a more valid measure of a program's success. Other myths to be challenged: providing knowledge about mental illness will reduce stigma; community care will de-stigmatize mental illness and psychiatry; people with a mental illness are less discriminated against in developing countries. Paradigms Lost concludes by describing key elements in successful anti stigma work including the recommended duration of anti-stigma programmes, the involvement of those with mental illness in designing programmes, and the definition of programmes in accordance with local circumstances. A summary of weaknesses of currently held paradigms and corresponding lists of best practice principles to guide future anti-stigma action and research bring this insightful volume to an apt conclusion.
Author: Heather Stuart Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199797633 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 241
Book Description
Paradigms Lost challenges key paradigms currently held about the prevention or reduction of stigma attached to mental illness using evidence and the experience the authors gathered during the many years of their work in this field. Each chapter examines one currently held paradigm and presents reasons why it should be replaced with a new perspective. The book argues for enlightened opportunism (using every opportunity to fight stigma), rather than more time consuming planning, and emphasizes that the best way to approach anti-stigma work is to select targets jointly with those who are most concerned. The most radical change of paradigms concerns the evaluation of outcome for anti-stigma activities. Previously, changes in stigmatizing attitudes were used as the best indicator of success. Paradigms Lost and its authors argue that it is now necessary to measure changes in behaviors (both from the perspective of those stigmatized and those who stigmatize) to obtain a more valid measure of a program's success. Other myths to be challenged: providing knowledge about mental illness will reduce stigma; community care will de-stigmatize mental illness and psychiatry; people with a mental illness are less discriminated against in developing countries. Paradigms Lost concludes by describing key elements in successful anti stigma work including the recommended duration of anti-stigma programmes, the involvement of those with mental illness in designing programmes, and the definition of programmes in accordance with local circumstances. A summary of weaknesses of currently held paradigms and corresponding lists of best practice principles to guide future anti-stigma action and research bring this insightful volume to an apt conclusion.
Author: John L. Casti Publisher: ISBN: 9780349105444 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 565
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Intended for both the layman and the scientist, this book presents an overview of some of today's great scientific questions, from the way in which we acquire language and the fundamental nature of our thinking processes, to the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe. Each chapter is constructed in the form of a trial, with the conventional scientific wisdom presented by the prosecution and alternative views put forward by the defence . The author, who aims to be both informative and entertaining, subsequently steps in to act as juror , offering explanations of his verdicts.
Author: Joanna Radwańska-Williams Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing ISBN: 9027276595 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 200
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The general theory of language of Mikołaj Kruszweski (1851-1887) is, this book argues, a “lost paradigm” in the history of linguistics. The concept of 'paradigm' is understood in a broadly construed Kuhnian sense, and its applicability to linguistics as a science is examined. It is argued that Kruszewski's theory was a covert paradigm in that his major work, Ocerk nauki o jazyke ('An Outline of the Science of Language', 1883), had the potential to be seminal in the history of linguistics, i.e. to achieve the status of a 'classical text', or 'exemplar'. This potential was not realized because Kruszewski's influence was hindered by various historical factors, including his early death and the simultaneous consolidation of the Neogrammarian paradigm, with its emphasis on phonology and language change. The book examines the intellectual background of Kruszweski's thought, which was rooted, in part, in the tradition of British empiricism. It also discusses Kruszewski's relationship to his teacher Jean Baudouin de Courtenay (1845-1929), his attitude towards the Neogrammarian movement in linguistics, the ambivalent reception of his theory by his contemporaries, and the influence of his work on the linguistic theory of Roman Jakobson (1896-1982).
Author: Stanley Aronowitz Publisher: U of Minnesota Press ISBN: 9780816632947 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 332
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With increasing globalization, the meaning and role of the nation-state are in flux. At the same time, state theory, which might help to explain such a trend, has fallen victim to the general decline of radical movements, particularly the crisis in Marxism. This volume seeks to enrich and complicate current political debates by bringing state theory back to the fore and assessing its relevance to the social phenomena and thought of our day. Throughout, it becomes clear that, whether confronting the challenges of postmodern and neo-institutionalist theory or the crisis of the welfare state and globalization, state theory still has great analytical and strategic value.
Author: Beatrix Beisner Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 9780080457864 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 464
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This edited volume in the Theoretical Ecology series addresses the historical development and evolution of theoretical ideas in the field of ecology. Not only does Ecological Paradigms Lost recount the history of the discipline by practitioners of the science of ecology, it includes commentary on these historical reflections by philosophers of science. Even though the theories discussed are, in many cases, are at the forefront of research, the language and approach make this material accessible to non-theoreticians. The book is structured in 5 major sections including population ecology, epidemiology, community ecology, evolutionary biology and ecosystem ecology. In each section a chapter by an eminent, experienced ecologist is complemented by analysis from a newer, cutting-edge researcher. Reflection on the past and future of ecology A historical overview of major ideas in the field of ecology Pairing of historical views by ecologists along with a philosophical commentary directed at the practicing scientists' views by a philosopher of science Historical analysis by practicing ecologists including anectodal experiences that are rarely recorded Based on a very popular symposium at the 2002 Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Tucson, AZ
Author: J. L. Casti Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0380731711 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 303
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John L. Casti's Paradigms Lost framed each Big Question as a mock jury trial with prosecution, defense, and verdict rendered. Now Paradigms Regained reexamines each of these questions as an appellate brief and decides whether or not the previous verdict still holds based on a decade's worth of new evidence from the scientific world's top minds. In Paradigms Regained, noted mathematician and researcher John Casti boldly tackles the Big Questions of science and sets our sights on a thrilling new millennium of discovery. Exploring the extraordinary "what ifs" of the natural world -- the origins of Life, the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence, our genetic destiny, the roots of Language and Learning, the limits of knowtedge -- he debates, with penetrating insight, the diverse and competing theories that exist today. Brilliant, accessible, and totally engrossing, Paradigms Regained offers important new insight into contemporary scientific thought.
Author: J. L. Casti Publisher: William Morrow ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 600
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A mathematician presents the great problems of modern science with a unique twist--in the form of a jury trial. Casti argues for the prosecution and the defense, and then renders a verdict on the Origin of Life, Sociobiology, Language Acquisition and more.
Author: Ryk E. Spoor Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises ISBN: 1625793359 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 544
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Being an expert in information searches, image processing and enhancement, pattern matching, and data forensics earned Jason Wood a lot of money _ from private contracts and working with the police. And it was a nice, comfortable job most of the time. But then an informant showed up dead on his doorstep, a photograph didn't show someone who'd been in the viewfinder when the picture was taken, and Jason's world is suddenly turned upside-down. Against things that violate the very reality he thought he understood, Jason has only three weapons: his best friend Sylvie, his talent for seeing patternsã and his ability to think_beyond_the pattern and see a solution that no one else imagined. Against the darkness of the unknown, the greatest weapon is the light of reason. A vastly expanded and revised edition of_Digital Knight, Ryk E. Spoor's first published novel,_Paradigms Lost_adds two brand new adventures for Jason and includes many chapters of additional material within the originals. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Ryk E. Spoor's Spheres of Influence: _Fast and entertaining action and a world that has the feel of Asimovs Foundation series.Ó¾Sarah A. Hoyt, author of the Darkship saga About Ryk E. Spoors Grand Central Arena: _ãan imaginative piece of space opera thats set on a near-future Earth where artificial intelligence is taken for granted.Ó¾Shiny Reviews _Grand Central Arena is space opera in the grand old tradition . . . but with modern sensibilities and awareness of current speculations in cutting edge physics.Ó¾Fantasy Book Critic About the Threshold Series by Ryk E. Spoor and Eric Flint _. . . fast-paced sci-fi. . . light in tone and hard on science . . .Ó ¾Publishers Weekly _. . . [the series is filled with] linguistics, biology, physics, and evolution further the story, as well as wacky humor, academic rivalries, and even some sweet romances.Ó ¾School Library Journal About Ryk E. Spoor's Phoenix Rising: _A winner! Great characters, and thrilling adventure. I want more!Ó¾Ed Greenwood, best-selling author of the Forgotten Realms series _[E]xciting adventure, scary monsters, strange gods, and wondrous magic.Ó¾Lawrence Watt-Evans
Author: Heather Stuart
Author: Heather Stuart
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Author: J. L. Casti
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