Object relations theory

Aristotle’s Categories: An Analysis The Categories is a framework of Aristotle’s outlook in philosophy. It is the prologue to Aristotle’s works and sets the tone towards his philosophy. The Categories centres on the nature of a being—what it means to be a being. The idea that Aristotle is trying to present in chapter two is dividing the forms of speech in order to make the basic distinctions of them. In chapter two of the text, Aristotle identifies the four types of being. They are as followed:…

Agenda Setting theory was developed by Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw. According to Griffin (2011), McCombs and Shaw believe that the mass media have the ability to transfer the salience of items on their news agendas to the public agenda. This theory refers to mass communications effects which hold that news media, through the editorial selection process, transmit to the public the salience of political objects, which affects the relative importance of these objects to the public. (Kaid &…

International relations present a subfield of political science that examines the international politics of the world. International relations study the behaviors and interactions among various actors in forming international political processes. Theories are developed to better understand the events that occur in international relations every day in order to answer the questions in this area. Theories depict a domain within an organization and specifically tie together a field of inquiry in…

pieces of paper which I taped to the wall next to my desk. As an object, it can be interpreted as an icon, in accordance with Peirce’s categories, which defines an icon as a sign that “resembles its conceptual object in certain ways”, duplicating this properties and principles (Huhtamo, “Basic Concepts” 258). It acts as an icon representing days of the month and time passing, both of which are concepts rather than physical objects. It shows how the days are organized and how I have planned my…

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In his speech given for the UN on January 18, 2017, Xi Jinping presents a number of points that represent a specific view from one of the following political theories: neo-realism, neo-liberalism, constructivism, and power transition theory. He seems to focus heavily on globalization, the international community, and international organizations, while attempting to acknowledge the fact that individual countries should have their own governments and be allowed to remain individualized. According…

Erving Goffman first defined Framing Theory in an essay titled “Frame Analysis” in 1974 in order to provide a context for understanding and interpreting information that enables people to define and label ideas. This theory helps communicators define the scope of a situation or argument and transmit meaning. The goal of framing is to focus the audience’s attention on a particular part of a message or aspect in order to achieve a specific reaction (Hallahan, 2008). Frames help define problems,…

focuses around the anti-positivist philosophy of science established by Roy Bhaskar and has challenged some of the core theories associated with political explanation and science. One of the main contributions of critical realism is its focus on causal analysis, which as a contested concept, has challenged twentieth-century thoughts about political science and further International Relations, thus challenging the positivist thinking associated with the era. Critical realism challenges…

what a research is (APUS, 2017). Research is more than a collection of information from a source. Research must project “subjective processes, social relations, and artifacts (including research instruments and methods) enable researchers to objectively comprehend phenomena” (Ratner, 2002). However, the postmodernist contention that the process, relations, and artifacts interfere with objectivity (Ratner, 2002). Many people view science as a subject that only encompasses physics, chemistry, and…

human life. Albert Einstein was the mastermind behind producing formulae in regards to disproving some of Isaac Newton’s theories on how gravity affected large and distant objects, especially that in relation to mass and energy. Although receiving a Nobel Prize for his work in the photoelectric effect, arguably his greatest development was the area of relativity. The basis of the theory of relativity is that the speed of light is the same for all observers whether they are in motion relative to…