On a currently popular reading of Locke, an idea represents its cause, or what God intended to be its cause. Against Martha Bolton and my former self (among others), I argue that Locke cannot hold such a view, since it sins against his epistemology and theory of abstraction. I argue ...
As such, privateproperty rightsare fundamental to capitalism. Most modern concepts of private property stem from John Locke's theory of homesteading, in which human beings claim ownership by mixing their labor with unclaimed resources. Once owned, the only legitimate means of transferring property are...
'I Know You are, But What Am I?' Locke's Consciousness Theory of Personal Identity: Can it Be Explicated from Charges of Incoherence and Vicious Circularity? 来自 SSRN 喜欢 0 阅读量: 13 作者: SA Corlew 摘要: John Locke's conception of personal identity has been widely criticized almost ...
Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (2004). What should we do about motiva- tion theory? Six recommendations for the twenty-first century. Academy of Management Review, 29, 388 - 403.Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (2004). What should we do about motivation theory? Six ...
Murphy’s Law states that if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong. Murphy’s Law was named after aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy. During his time working at Edwards Air Force Base in 1949, Murphy cursed a technician who had improperly wired an electrical component and said, “If ...
(4) Study subconscious as well as conscious motivation. (5) Use introspection explicitly in theory building. (6) Acknowledge the role of volition in human action when formulating theories. PUBLICATION ABSTRACTLockeLatham
This predominating school of thought was challenged by writers such asAdam Smith, commonly known as the father of modern economics. Smith’s ideas, along with those of Rousseau andJohn Locke, promoted the idea of a self-regulating economy and introduced the concept of what is known asclassical...
The law of unintended consequences was first mentioned by British philosopher John Locke when writing to parliament about the unintended effects of interest rate rises. However, it was popularized in 1936 by American sociologist Robert K. Merton who looked at unexpected, unanticipated, and unintended ...
His intention was to describe everything that UX comprises. While we consider the history of modern UX to have started around that time, the way we think about how we interact with our environment began well before that. For example, the ancient Chinese philosophy of Feng Shui looks at how...
The law of unintended consequences was first mentioned by British philosopher John Locke when writing to parliament about the unintended effects of interest rate rises. However, it was popularized in 1936 by American sociologist Robert K. Merton who looked at unexpected, unanticipated, and unintended ...