Word: conceptions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Caesar' is said to mean Caesar, this involves the assumption of much historical knowledge. It might be possible to trace back the noises which the Romans made when thew saw the conqueror coming, and which were used in acclamation of the emperor by the Roman mobs. Though the whole concept of meaning is vague, the meaning of a word lies largely in its ability to produce an effect, as when we call someone by name...
...would be hard to say what the reflex to some abstract word such as 'incompatibility' would be. Yet here again I think conditioned reflexes would be involved. Meaning is therefore a psychological, or a physiological concept...
Brinser's "The Respectability of Mr. Bernard Shaw", was characterized by Professor Sprague yesterday as "a brilliant attack upon the popular concept of Bernard Shaw." The Harvard Press summarizes Brinser's book with "Time was when Mr. Bernard Shaw was con- sidered a highly dangerous youth derisively leveling the shafts of his Socialistic ridicule at the respectability of tht Victorian generation. Now Mr. Shaw is himself old and must in turn submit of an examination of his work at the hands of other young men provided with a new variety of wit and insight. Mr. Briuser speaks for the readers...
This type of thing becomes even more serious as students progress into the so-called higher mathematics which is the fundamental tool through which an engineering manurance is wrought. The same abstract treatment with enormously increasing demand upon memory rather than a procedure which would develop a true physical concept of the matters handled is continued and, indeed, the algebraic complication, the rapidity with which the subject is presented and the enormous amount of matter covered make it virtually impossible for men without excellent memories to pass their mathematics examination...
...program conformed to this concept of youthful intelligence. In trite partisan speeches, Democrats and Progressives were flayed, the Republican tariff extolled, the Depression minimized, the Hoover policies lauded. Prohibition was silenced as an issue. Little or no effort was made by the oldsters who ran the meetings to freshen up political thought for the youngsters...