... Realism and essentialism about kinds 1.1 kinds of things We are a classifying species We recognize not just individuals but kinds of things, and we sort individuals into kinds Among the myriad kinds ... zoomed in to the cells inthe man’s hand, to the molecules and atoms constituting them, and eventually to the quarks inside the protons and neutrons inthe nuclei of the atoms It was bracing to ... explored in this chapter, and I argue in each case that they give us no grounds for thinking that biologicalandsocialkinds cannot be natural kinds I consider the view that biologicalkinds are...
... finding hospitals (the points in Figure 1.3a), streams (the line segments in Figure 1.3b), and parks (the continuous-line polygons in Figure 1.3c) in a given area (the broken-line polygon in Figures ... studied inthe humanities andsocialsciences occur in geographical space This implies that, in principle, studies inthe humanities andsocialsciences can be enhanced by the use of geographical information ... within 200 meters, or the distance to the nearest point on a stream, as shown in Figure 1.7a The operation A1 AND A2 is shown in Figure 1.7b, and A2 NOT A1 is shown in Figure 1.7c Combining these...
... viewpoint implies that the meaning of data is not inherent inthe data itself, but rather resides inthe structures into which the data is incorporated Data is, in itself, only useful when set into ... specifies the same feature or area in two photos by drawing a rectangle or polygon on each of the two photos Inthe example shown in Figure 2.10, the same building appears in two photos, andthe user ... Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciences a record of places, people, life, and atmosphere in a target area because they provide a rich source of information about spaces or places inthe real...
... Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciences Introduction Excavation in archaeology is conducted to acquire and collect information on archaeological remains and relics in a systematic way using ... estimated using the corresponding points Since Cyrax 2500 data, as shown in Figure 3.10, has relatively high accuracy and higher density of points, it is rather easy to find corresponding points Inthe ... Acquiring Archaeological Data 49 processing The same kinds of issues may arise, especially in connecting a number of laser-scanner data andin making interpolation of surfaces in places where point-cloud...
... foot swings by, pivoting on the other foot The two feet interchange inthe step by landing and then shifting in a rhythmic pattern According to the ballistic walking model proposed by Mochon and ... an initial position and velocity of the feet at the beginning half of the swing phase, then remain inactive throughout the rest half of the swing phase Here the initial position refers to the ... all the client computers and integrates them into the global coordinate system to make a frame (Step 4.3.1) Since there may be many points impinging upon the same foot, where the number of points...
... points included inthe area of buildings to the population data The relationship between the actual population of each village P, andthe number of sample points within the mapped buildings in ... Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciences Derivation of the Historical Population-Grid Data for Around 1890 inthe Kanto Plain The method used above for estimating HPD in East Biwa is rather ... Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciences 100 200 m Circles represent sample points FIGURE 5.1 An example of point-sampling maps cover the whole area at a scale of 1/20,000, and these show the...
... for being an outlying area of the other municipality, the one with the lowest commuting ratio is inthe core, andthe other is its outlying area An outlying municipality is included inthe core ... for being in a core and also satisfies the commuting-ratio requirement for being an outlying area of the other municipality, the one with the lowest commuting ratio is inthe core, andthe other ... which was in use inthe 1960s and 1970s However, inthe U.S., two major changes have occurred since then, which reflect changes inthe population distribution and activity patterns First, inthe 1980s,...
... Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciences enables the management and searching of a single database containing archaeological information collected in Japan, Britain, andthe U.S.A The object-oriented ... integrating notations and semantics (Worboys, 1994) This chapter introduces the research findings inthe data modeling of archaeological information with the aim of effective information sharing and ... inthe Humanities andSocialSciences Power supply Name: String Power station Network facility ID: Integer Name: String ID: Integer Telegraph pole Power line ID: Integer Shape: GM_Point ID: Integer...
... characteristics of a surface in terms of the configuration of “peaks,” “col,” and “bottoms,” (Figure 8.12) They vary, in that the rules for joining these critical points (the continuous lines in Figure 8.12) ... the site social- science data archives for spatial tools of spatial-analysis literature inthesocialsciences All of these search engines are useful for studies inthe humanities andsocial sciences, ... points inthe region (the points in Figure 8.11), and so we have to estimate the surface (the surface in Figure 8.11) In this case, we click on “Estimation of a surface” (Section 4.1), which includes...
... for the result We put inthe names of these file, andin a few seconds, a display, such as the one in Table 9.2, is shown As stated inthe hypothesis H’o, if the hypothesis Ho was valid, the observed ... measure the area of R( d i , d i+1 ) Clicking on “Areas of buffer rings” inthe “SAINF-Tools” menu, the dialog box appears, where we enter the names of the buffer layer, an input file showing ring intervals, ... Examining the Effect We consider an example of how to use SAINF by examining thein uence of three infrastructural elements on the location of luxury apartment buildings in Kohtoh, Tokyo These...
... Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciences 10.3 Software and Data Setting The software SANET consists of two components: the main program, andthe interface between this and a GIS viewer The main ... Okabe and Yamada (2002) Figure 10.10 shows the observed cross K function (the black line) andthe expected cross K function (the gray line) for the churches and stations in Shibuya-Shinjuku The ... performs the geometric and algebraic computation needed for running the tools mentioned in Section This program works independently, and can, in theory, be interfaced with any GIS viewer The interface...
... analysis, for the starting point andthe destination of the route, as well as most of buildings appearing in this description cannot be identified by the analysis of the text, and hence the route ... is judged by the coincidence of building use inthe 1920s, the reliability of this judgment is rather low, and hence is given for the weight On the other hand, a road branching off and a description ... “within the neighborhood” inthe following Chardin reported that the size of the Royal Square was 440 steps in length and 160 steps in width The Royal Square still exists as it was then, and hence,...
... limited, the region being known more for fishing and other marine products (Figure 12.1) The southern half of the area is mostly hills, with the highest at 699 m and others more than 400 m dotting the ... estimated from landforms will enable further understanding of ironworking and other crafts in addition to the fishing discussed here, and also will enable estimates of the roles of other economic ... GIS-based Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciences 12.3 The Reconstruction of Agricultural Productivity andthe Extent of GO With the exception of Hokkaido and Okinawa (Figure 12.2), the representative...
... the historical understanding of a site by interpreting the physical remains in a social context For example, even if the shell mound of a site was large and remains of residence were small, the ... Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciences Indruszewski, G., Reconstructing the seascape at the mouth of the Oder: Elaboration of a DBM–model based on 1912-soundings, in Archaeological Informatics: ... contained within a certain time radius of walking We conclude inthe historical interpretation that the two distinctive characteristics of the Sannai-Maruyama site are a very large and long-lasting...
... Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciences Digitizing and coding each building to form new polygon shape files, and overlaying these on the block map of CAPMAS Attributing the building data ... representing a building Digitizing and coding each household to form a new dot shape file, and overlaying these on building polygons Attributing the household data to each dot representing the household ... as a free-standing building in open land and then develops haphazardly into attached houses or scattered buildings Building heights vary, destroying the uniform relationship between the very narrow...
... yen in 2000 Given these possibly in ated and fluctuating land-price estimates andthe inability to get good land-rent data, instead of testing the Henry George Theorem directly, we compute the ... with the agglomeration externalities, andthe latter is the total differential urban rent Using the estimates of agglomeration economies obtained inthe preceding section, we examine whether the ... Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciencesThe second issue is whether firms pay for the services of social- overhead capital In many cases, firms pay at least part of the costs of these services, including...
... (broken lines) The figures on the left-hand axis indicate the average and longest distances, while those on the right-hand axis are the largest number of students of one school inthe other case, ... of GIS in educational administration are threefold: analysis, planning, and evaluation We discuss these subjects in turn inthe following sections We then show a methodology for treating school ... GIS-based Studies inthe Humanities andSocialSciences GIS, we can easily examine whether the students of the charter school are distributed uniformly over its district, that is, whether the program...
... between the castle andthe bay was reclaimed at the beginning of the period The canals inthe plain lying on the right side of the figure were developed for shipping andthe reclamation of the waterfront ... 18.3 shows the results, together with some of the Tokyo GIS data inthe areas surrounding Tameike inthe Minato Ward, Tokyo The Japanese word Tameike means “reservoir” in English, andinthe Edo ... shrines, parts of castles, and similar substantial landmarks Forming a TIN over all the control points on both the historical andthe modern map Checking whether the relationship between both TINs...
... of industrial arterial roads in Tokyo The separation of the outer and inner sides by median strips makes site A inaccessible in turning right directly on Circle Road Then the customer approaching ... within a city The first stage selects a residential district inthe city, andthe second selects a site within the district Therefore, it is necessary to position the accessibility at an individual ... also shows the zones of km and km at sites A and B, defined by road distance using the “Find service area” tool inthe network analysis of ArcView In comparison with the areas of km and km zones...
... 20.1 User interface of the system system in terms of 1) operability of user interface and 2) agreement between the image that they have in mind and that visualized by the system The user interface ... (20.3) Parameters g and k determine the scale of smoothing The former g is an ordinary smoothing parameter; a large g yields smooth surfaces The latter k, on the other hand, gives the spatial variation ... construction and, consequently, extends the applicability of the system The Spatial Data are Generated from the Information Available on the Internet The Internet is rapidly growing as an inexhaustible...