Extensional definition Essays

  • What Defines a Game?

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    never both (p. 11). One of those categories being regulative rules, which can be defined as any rule that invokes a penalty (p. 11). The other category, constitutive rules, are simply the set of rules that define a game (p. 11). Given these definitions, D’Agostino argues that through the dichotomization thesis, formalism does not provide a proper account of games (p. 12). D’Agostino begins supporting his conclusion by making an assumption through the dichotomization thesis. The main premise in

  • Defining Community

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    Community has always been a big part of our lives and it has been here since the day we were born. We might even live on the same street, but we grow up in different households and this results in many different views on communities. The many definitions of our community may include our home, our heritage, and even our religion. First, community is our “home.” We have been living in a community ever since we were just little babies and it has always influenced us. Communities have played a big

  • The Essence Of Strength

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    and spiritual aspects of strength. Strength is often overlooked as simply pertaining to the first pillar, which defines it as physical force. However, to uncover the genuine essence of strength it is fundamental to search beyond the superficial definition of the word to reveal an intricately complex connotation. Too often strength is solely characterized by its first pillar, while the rest are disregarded.

  • The Portrait Of A Lady Analysis

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    also agree with Madame Merle that what we chose to surround ourselves with is an extension of oneself. Madame Merle states, “There’s no such thing as an isolated man or woman; we’re each made up of some cluster of appurtenances.” Madam Merle’s definition of the self takes into count one’s actions, hobbies, and belongings. We see examples of this in everyday life. For example, there could be hundreds of teachers in a school and every single one of their

  • Children Literature Essay

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    There are many different definitions of children’s literature and even varying definitions for literature and children! Before the nineteenth century, very few books were especially written for children. Since then, changing attitudes towards childhood and children’s development, along with the increased sophistication of print technology, have led to the development of children’s literature as a major industry. There is, however, no simple, straightforward definition of children’s literature that

  • Slaughter's Essay 'Why Women Still Can' T Have It All

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    family value. However, it should really about individual’s contentment. Many are struggling to find a satisfying career and hoping to get by day by day; so to have it all by society’s definition is nearly impossible. But with individual’s contentment, it is a contingency that anyone can have it all. Society’s definition is conflicting when it comes to who can have it all. By balancing work and family, Slaughter believes both men and women can have it all. However, she argues that it is impossible with

  • Child Pornography Essay

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    The very definition of child pornography is difficult in a legal sense. Material that classifies as child pornography is subjective to many variables that are to be considered including what defines a “child”, the mode of material, and the way in which the material is used (Gillespie, 2010). The article Legal Definition of Child Pornography by Alisdair Gillespie discusses how difficult it is in this day and age to put parameters around a concise definition of child pornography. We live in a world

  • Mental Toughness Essay

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    (2004), were among the first to challenge Jones et al’s 2002 definition on grounds that the definition didn’t succintly define the construct, but rather it explaned what a mentally tough individual is capcable of. In contrast to Jones et al., they defined mental toughness as “an unshakeable perserverance and conviction toward a commmon goal despite pressure or adversity” (p. 6). The researchers argue that their definition is a better representation of mental toughness because it encompasses

  • Definitions of Tourism and Tourists

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    the English language for over two centuries, there is still no universally acknowledged effective definition for either. For over many decades, researchers and practitioners have produced many precise definitions for both ‘tourist’ and ‘tourism’ but no definition of either term has become widely recognised. According to Smith (1988), he suggests that there “probably never will be a single definition of tourism” as economists, psychologists and geographers perceive certain things about tourism in

  • Evil in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

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    " morally bad; wicked" (Funk & Wagnalls 220). But is the definition of evil really as simple as that? Many would say that there is more to defining evil than just a few words. Evil can also be defined by a culture. If one were to study various cultures around the world, he or she would discover that each culture has a different way of defining evil. Even world politics sometimes plays a role in defining evil. But one's personal definition seems to have the most impact on what one thinks is evil.

  • What is Wisdom?

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    Expanded Webster’s Dictionary defines wisdom as “sound judgement and sagacity; prudence; learning or erudition (pg 378)” What exactly does this definition mean? Some fallacies about wisdom include: confusing wisdom with intelligence, having a college degree, having common sense, or simply having life experiences. In order to prove these fallacies wrong, the definition of wisdom needs to be explored. The dictionary meaning of wisdom included the words sagacity and erudition. Sagacity, according to the dictionary

  • High Fidelity and Music

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    it alive and in turmoil, you’ve got to pick at it and unravel it until it all comes apart and you’re compelled to start all over again” (169). When music was at Rob’s center, when he was using it to define himself, it was a destructive force. The definition was an illusion, and this strained his relationships. But when he realized he was the one who needed to define himself, music became a symbol of understanding of himself and of his relationship with Laura.

  • Mindfulness Essay

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    both were researched as separate constructs. Langer’s (2012) study defined mindfulness as a process of actively making novel distinctions about objects in one’s awareness. This act of actively making novel distinctions is one part of the overall definition of mindfulness. Langer and Moldoveaunu (2000) have previously defined mindfulness as a mindset of openness to novelty in which the individual actively constructs novel categories and distinctions. Mindfulness thus can be seen as an active mindset

  • Huizinga

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    of the magic circle and that “play” is not either “ordinary” or “real” life. These two characteristics within Huizinga’s play culture helps the reader define the idea of play, but rather puts it into question of whether or not “play” can have a definition or not. Play culture is reinforced with characteristics by Huizinga, but can be further argued that play inherit the characteristics, but does not fully define what “play” really is; especially not through the magic circle or having play being ordinary

  • abc

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    relationship with the groups. After determining the ground truth communities, a comparison is performed between the network communities and the ground truth communities to find out difference of result in 13 chosen structural definitions of network communities. These 13 structural definitions gets partitioned into four classes and tested on the basis of three parameters: sensitivity, reliability and performance to determine the ground truth. Besides this, author also tries to find the network communities in

  • Extended Definition Of Success Essay

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    the times of the BC era, wealth had defined success (Definition of Success). A wealthy person of those times would be looked at as a superior being, they would be someone you’d show respect for. They were successful. Although that's the definition of success back then, does it mean something different now? Like every human being, and every past structure of society, the definition evolves with time because society's’ values change. The definition of the word “success” was often considered as the achievement

  • What is Success About: Defining Success

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    Watching an acquaintance or friend achieve a goal they set for themselves is very rewarding. When the goal is achieved, you would consider them successful. Success is a term with many definitions. Many people think that success is determined by the amount of money one makes, or how many people they boss around each day. This is the opposite of how success is defined. Success is about being happy with an outcome and doing something correctly. It is about feeling accomplished when something is finished

  • Participation In Social Development

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    concerned with the organized efforts to increase control over resources and regulative institutions in given social situations of the part of groups and movements of those hitherto excluded from such control” Pearse and Stifel statement was the working definition of the United Nation Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) enquiry into participation. Here participation not seen as input into development projects but as process which should be at the core of all development interventions. People

  • Essay On Community And Crime Prevention

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    prevention (Crawford, 1995) is the theme of community – which sees several definitions and applications throughout the article. The paper engages in the numerous ways in which ‘community’ can be defined, all of which are reasonable but also hold widely differing ideals to each other. For example, the definition of ‘community as a defence against outsiders’ (Crawford, 1995, p.106) – in an ‘us vs. them’ manner – is a legitimate definition of what community could be, but at the same time it is widely different

  • The True Meaning of Intelligence

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    problem with the definition of intelligence is that people relate intelligence to words like “genius” which require intelligence but do not have the same definition as intelligence. Often, people try to use related words to define intelligence, but these words are unable to define intelligence since many are only different levels of intelligence. While many definitions try to encompass the meaning of intelligence and various definitions describe a small part of intelligence, no definition completely