CCAT is comprised of fourteen major constructs. Twenty-three practice-proven propositions relate to the various constructs. Each of these constructs and the literature that relates to them will be addressed in the following sections. The CCAT constructs and propositions provide an underlying framework for understanding the processes, structures, and outcomes experienced by effective community c...

In neo-classical economics it is assumed that individuals, as separate economic agents whose 'preferences' or 'tastes' are already given, make selfish cost-benefit type analyses in order to maximise their personal utility. People act, in other words, as 'rational economic man'. While on occasion the 'taste' for 'leisure', 'welfare' or 'pleasure' more generally is included in the definition of u...

As historically acknowledged in the Reasoning about Actions and Change community, intuitiveness of a logical domain description cannot be fully automated. Moreover, like any other logical theory, action theories may also evolve, and thus knowledge engineers need revision methods to help in accommodating new incoming information about the behavior of actions in an adequate manner. The present wo...

Although the motivation for ECI was an accepted body of research demonstrating the long-term benefits of particular kinds of ECE programs, the way in which the initiative was intended to operate was novel in two important ways. First, ECI aimed to create a countywide system of high-quality ECE services rather than just a small-scale pilot program. Second, it aimed to put the various ECE program...

In any generation there are relatively few people who make major original contributions to even a single area of philosophy. But the man whose work is the topic of this conference has made such contributions not only in a single field, but in several. This morning and afternoon we have devoted our attention to Chisholm's epistemology, the breadth and significance of which is evident. Equally de...

Grounded theory has been evolving methodologically since Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss first described it in the late 1960s. Initially underpinned by modernist philosophy, grounded theory has had recent turns including the adoption of both constructivism and postmodernism. This article explores ontological offerings of critical realism as a basis for transformational grounded theory informed...