This important study of semantic change examines how new meanings arise through language use, especially the various ways in which speakers and writers experiment with uses of words and constructions in the flow of strategic interaction with addressees. There has been growing interest in exploring systemicities in semantic change from a number of perspectives including theories...(展开全部)

Semantic externalism is the view that the meanings of referring terms, and the contents of beliefs that are expressed by those terms, are not fully determined by factors internal to the speaker but are instead bound up with the environment. The debate about semantic externalism is one of the most important but difficult topics in philosophy of mind and language, and has consequ...(展开全部)

Semantic externalism is the view that the meanings of referring terms, and the contents of beliefs that are expressed by those terms, are not fully determined by factors internal to the speaker but are instead bound up with the environment. The debate about semantic externalism is one of the most important but difficult topics in philosophy of mind and language, and has consequ...(展开全部)

Semantic externalism is the view that the meanings of referring terms, and the contents of beliefs that are expressed by those terms, are not fully determined by factors internal to the speaker but are instead bound up with the environment. The debate about semantic externalism is one of the most important but difficult topics in philosophy of mind and language, and has consequ...(展开全部)

You might describe Richard Saul Wurman as a provocateur, a pioneer, a creative genius. Inspirational, innovative, larger-than-life ... legendary, even. Others have. But the most apt description of this singular individual -- this architect, designer, creator of the celebrated TED Conference, and prolific author -- is storyteller. Springing to life from the mind of the world's o...(展开全部)

Since 1994, the Boston Change Process Study Group (BCPSG) has published articles on the most fundamental of therapeutic concepts: change. However, the BCPSG s evolving interests and points of focus have been wide-ranging, if always thematically linked by a connection to change. With Change in Psychotherapy: A Unifying Paradigm, the evolution of the group s thinking and work has...(展开全部)

In this bold, sweeping study of the development of Western economies, Douglass C. North sets forth a new view of societal change. At the core of Professor North's investigation is the question of property rights, the arrangements individuals and groups have made through history to deal with the fundamental economic problem of scarce resources. In six theoretical chapters, Profe...(展开全部)

War and Change in World Politics introduces the reader to an important new theory of international political change. Arguing that the fundamental nature of international relations has not changed over the millennia, Professor Gilpin uses history, sociology, and economic theory to identify the forces causing change in the world order. The discussion focuses on the differential g...(展开全部)

约翰 P. 科特（John P. Kotter） 举世闻名的领导力专家，世界顶级企业领导与变革领域最权威的代言人。他的核心思想是领导与变革。曾服务过的客户包括高级微型设备公司（AMD）、美国运通（American Express）、ARCO、雅芳（Avon）、通用电气（General Electric）、IBM、摩托罗拉（Motorola）、壳牌石油（Shell Oil）、索尼（Sony）等。科特1947年出生于美国圣迭哥，早年先后就读于麻省理工学院及哈佛大学，1972年开始执教于哈佛商学院，1980年，年仅33岁的科特成为哈佛商学院的终身教授，他和“竞争战略之父”迈克尔•波特是哈佛历史上获此项殊荣的最年轻得主。 科特已经出版了18种书籍，其中12种都在畅销书榜中名列前茅。他的书籍和文章被翻译成超过150种外文版本。