A thinker with a method has already decided how to proceed, is unable to give him or herself up to the matter of thought in hand, is a functionary of the criteria which structure his or her conceptual gestures.

Charles Cros, a French poet and amateur scientist, is the first person known to have made the conceptual leaps from recording sound as a traced line to the theoretical possibility of reproducing the sound from the tracing and then to a definite method for accomplishing the reproduction.

In short, some philosophers feel strongly that the analytic method ( especially conceptual analysis ) is essential to and defines philosophy — e. g. Jackson ( 1998 ), Chalmers ( 1996 ), and Bealer ( 1998 ).

But its method, conceptual apparatus, and analytics " are derived, essentially, from the discipline that has as its subject the economic organization of such a society.

It has come to be used as a general method for conceptual description or modeling of information that is implemented in web resources, using a variety of syntax formats.

Critics of this ethics-driven approach to language tend to accept that idioms reflect underlying conceptual metaphors, but that actual grammar, and the more basic cross-cultural concepts of scientific method and mathematical practice tend to minimize the impact of metaphors.

Lakoff's reliance on empirical scientific evidence, i. e. specifically falsifiable predictions, in the 1987 work and in Philosophy in the Flesh ( 1999 ) suggests that the cognitive-metaphor position has no objections to the scientific method, but instead considers the scientific method a finely developed reasoning system used to discover phenomena which are subsequently understood in terms of new conceptual metaphors ( such as the metaphor of fluid motion for conducted electricity, which is described in terms of " current " " flowing " against " impedance ," or the gravitational metaphor for static-electric phenomena, or the " planetary orbit " model of the atomic nucleus and electrons, as used by Niels Bohr ).

that employs the cut-up method made popular by William Burroughs and conceptual art methods.

His pragmatism is a method for fruitfully sorting out conceptual confusions caused, for example, by distinctions that make ( sometimes needful ) formal yet not practical differences.

* Object Role Modeling ( ORM ) in the field of software engineering is a method for conceptual modeling, and can be used as a tool for information and rules analysis.

Ethnographic studies of the naming and classification of animals and plants in non-Western societies have revealed some general principles that indicate pre-scientific man ’ s conceptual and linguistic method of organising the biological world in a hierarchical way.

The dual concern model of conflict resolution is a conceptual perspective that assumes individuals ’ preferred method of dealing with conflict is based on two underlying themes or dimensions:

The IDEF5 method has three main components: A graphical language to support conceptual ontology analysis, a structured text language for detailed ontology characterization, and a systematic procedure that provides guidelines for effective ontology capture.

IDEF6 will be a method that possesses the conceptual resources and linguistic capabilities needed ( i ) to represent the nature and structure of the information that constitutes design rationale within a given system, and ( ii )

A title sequence is the method by which cinematic films or television programs present their title, key production and cast members, or both, utilizing conceptual visuals and sound.

With his doctoral thesis Halpin ( 1989 ) formalized Object Role Modeling ( ORM ), a " method for designing and querying database models at the conceptual level, where the application is described in terms easily understood by non-technical users ".

System dynamics is both a conceptual tool and a powerful modeling method.

Entity-relationship modeling is a relational schema database modeling method, used in software engineering to produce a type of conceptual data model ( or semantic data model ) of a system, often a relational database, and its requirements in a top-down fashion.

The innovative Brisk, or " conceptual " style of Talmudic analysis is described in the Brisker method article.

The zombie argument is difficult to assess because it brings to light fundamental disagreements about the method and scope of philosophy itself and the nature and abilities of conceptual analysis.

While he was a mystic inspired by the opaque imagery of the Zohar, Cordoverian Kabbalah utilised the conceptual framework of evolving cause and effect from the Infinite to the Finite in systemising Kabbalah, the method of philosophical style discourse he held most effective in describing a process that reflects sequential logic and coherence.

Electromagnets of similar conceptual design ( called quadrupole magnets ) are commonly used to focus beams of charged particles in particle accelerators and beam transport lines, a method known as strong focusing.

The CREWS-L ’ Ecritoire method represents a methodical approach for Requirements Engineering, “ the part of the IS development that involves investigating problems and requirements of the users community and developing a specification of the future system, the so-called conceptual schema .”.

The treatment seems unnecessarily loose-jointed and complex, largely because the method is lax and the analysis seems never to be pushed to a satisfactory or even a consistent stopping-point.

Mr. Alexander H. Wheelan's Study Helps In Point And Figure Technique tells the readers: `` We assure you that the total number of people using this method of market analysis is a very small portion of the sum total of those operating in the securities and commodities markets ''.

* Fundamental analysis – a stock valuation method that uses financial analysis

In statistics, the term analysis may refer to any method used

* Boolean analysis – a method to find deterministic dependencies between variables in a sample, mostly used in exploratory data analysis

* Factor analysis – a method to construct models describing a data set of observed variables in terms of a smaller set of unobserved variables ( called factors )

* Aura analysis – a technique in which supporters of the method claim that the body's aura, or energy field is analyzed

In strict analysis, abbreviations should not be confused with contractions or acronyms ( including initialisms ), with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term " abbreviation " in loose parlance. An abbreviation is a shortening by any method ; a contraction is a reduction of size by the drawing together of the parts.

This text clarified the concept of an element as a substance that could not be broken down by any known method of chemical analysis, and presented Lavoisier's theory of the formation of chemical compounds from elements.

A general method for analysis of concentration involves the creation of a calibration curve.

The method of standard addition is used in instrumental analysis to determine concentration of a substance ( analyte ) in an unknown sample by comparison to a set of samples of known concentration, similar to using a calibration curve.

Both the first method for cladistic analysis and the school of taxonomy originated in the work of the German entomologist Willi Hennig, who referred to it as " phylogenetic systematics " ( also the title of his 1966 book ); the use of the terms cladistics and clade was popularized by other researchers.

This method improves on the use of Mulliken population analysis.

Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry is a method of chemical analysis in which the sample is heated to decomposition to produce smaller molecules that are separated by gas chromatography and detected using mass spectrometry.

The book is couched in traditional grammatical terms as Doke had not yet established his innovative method of analysis and description for the Bantu languages.

During his tenure Doke developed and promoted a method of linguistic analysis and description of the Bantu languages that was based upon the structure of these languages.

In finance, discounted cash flow ( DCF ) analysis is a method of valuing a project, company, or asset using the concepts of the time value of money.

Following the stock market crash of 1929, discounted cash flow analysis gained popularity as a valuation method for stocks.

This method of analysis is known as partial-equilibrium analysis ( supply and demand ).

The EP report concluded that it seemed likely that ECHELON is a method of sorting captured signal traffic, rather than a comprehensive analysis tool.

The Eightfold Path is a method of policy analysis assembled by Eugene Bardach, a professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.

The environmental impact method of analysis is generally the main mode for determining what issues the environmental movement is involved in.