C'est dans cet ouvrage classique que William James (1842-1910) affirme sa célèbre théorie selon laquelle l'émotion ne serait "rien autre que la sensation des effets corporels réflexes de ce que nous appelons son objet" : grossièrement, nous sommes tristes parce que nous pleurons, et non parce que nous sommes envahis par une immense affliction. Cette tentative de donner corps, littéralement, aux vécus psychiques, a été contestée par différents mouvements neuropsychologiques, mais trouve aussi des partisans parmi certains psychophysiologistes actuels.
En 1878, Williams James s'était engagé à écrire un manuel de psychologie. Après la publication de deux gros volumes, James entreprend d'en rédiger un résumé plus accessible. Il parut aux Etats-Unis en 1892. Conçu pour des élèves, tout ce qui a trait à l'histoire, à l'examen critique des doctrines, aux discussions métaphysiques fut supprimé.
Pourquoi l'homme est plus intelligent que les animaux ? Le thème de l'intelligence fut traité par William James (1842-1910) au tout début de sa carrière de philosophe et de psychologue. Il publie en 1878 un article dont l'objectif est de s'interroger sur la caractéristique intellectuelle de l'homme et de la comparer à celle des animaux. L'ouvrage rassemble pour la première fois la traduction française de l'article original de James sur l'intelligence et le chapitre sur le raisonnement des "Principles of Psychology" (1890).
New Media for a New China is a timely introduction to the current state of the mass media in China and it's growing role in the 21st Century global communication system Brings together an international cast of scholars to analyse the diverse roles of China's media, covering all the major industries (advertising, newspapers, broadcasting, magazines, film, TV, PR) Considers the position of China's media in the middle of the country's tremendous social, economic and political changes Explores the concept of the 21st century as "China's Century" because of the nation's unprecedented growth
Packed with more than 300 sample scripts and an extensive collection of library functions, this essential scripting book is the most thorough guide to Windows scripting and PowerShell on the market. You'll examine how Windows scripting is changing the face of system and network administration by giving everyday users, developers, and administrators the ability to automate repetitive tasks. Plus, this is the first time that VBScript, Jscript, and Powershell are all covered in a single resource.
Ecologists are increasingly tackling difficult issues like global change, loss of biodiversity and sustainability of ecosystem services. These and related topics are enormously challenging, requiring unprecedented multidisciplinary collaboration and rapid synthesis of large amounts of diverse data into information and ultimately knowledge. New sensors, computers, data collection and storage devices and analytical and statistical methods provide a powerful tool kit to support analyses, graphics and visualizations that were unthinkable even a few years ago. New and increased emphasis on accessibility, management, processing and sharing of high-quality, well-maintained and understandable data represents a significant change in how scientists view and treat data. These issues are complex and despite their importance, are typically not addressed in database, ecological and statistical textbooks.
This book addresses these issues, providing a much needed resource for those involved in designing and implementing ecological research, as well as students who are entering the environmental sciences. Chapters focus on the design of ecological studies, data management principles, scientific databases, data quality assurance, data documentation, archiving ecological data and information and processing data into information and knowledge. The book stops short of a detailed treatment of data analysis, but does provide pointers to the relevant literature in graphics, statistics and knowledge discovery. The central thesis of the book is that high quality data management systems are critical for addressing future environmental challenges. This requires a new approach to how we conduct ecological research, that views data as a resource and promotes stewardship, recycling and sharing of data.
Ecological Data will be particularly useful to those ecologists and information specialists that actively design, manage and analyze environmental databases. However, it will also benefit a wider audience of scientists and students in the ecological and environmental sciences.
For over forty years, Robert Gilmer's numerous articles and books have had a tremendous impact on research in commutative algebra. It is not an exaggeration to say that most articles published today in non-Noetherian ring theory, and some in Noetherian ring theory as well, originated in a topic that Gilmer either initiated or enriched by his work. This volume, a tribute to his work, consists of twenty-four articles authored by Robert Gilmer's most prominent students and followers. These articles combine surveys of past work by Gilmer and others, recent results which have never before seen print, open problems, and extensive bibliographies. In a concluding article, Robert Gilmer points out directions for future research, highlighting the open problems in the areas he considers of importance. Robert Gilmer's article is followed by the complete list of his published works, his mathematical genealogical tree, information on the writing of his four books, and reminiscences about Robert Gilmer's contributions to the stimulating research environment in commutative algebra at Florida State in the middle 1960s. The entire collection provides an in-depth overview of the topics of research in a significant and large area of commutative algebra.
Coverage is accessible to practitioners and academic readers alike.
* Features end-of-chapter problems with answers provided in an appendix.
* Includes discussions of rule-based systems not available in any other book.
* Includes problem sets and tutorial programs available on the Wiley ftp site.
