Knowledge and Action.
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| Superior document: | Knowledge and Space Series ; v.9 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2017. ©2017. |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Knowledge and Space Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (299 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Knowledge, Action, and Space: An Introduction
- Open and Contested Research Questions
- The Neglected Spatial Dimension in Modern Social Theory
- The Problematic Legacy of Homo Oeconomicus and Rational Choice Theories
- Recent Developments in Decision-Making Theories and Geographies of Science: Improvements in the Understanding of Relations Between Knowledge, Action, and Space
- Collective Action
- Aims, Claims, and Content of this Volume
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2: Action, Knowledge, and Social Relations of Space
- The Relevance of the Spatial Dimension and the Spatial Turn
- The Gaps in Social Theory
- Social Conditions of Scientific Research and the History of Space
- Different Spaces for Different Worlds
- Action, Knowledge, and Space-Space, Knowledge, and Action
- Incorporation of the World and the Construction of Geographical Realities
- Regionalizations and Regions of Meaningful Geographical Realities
- Social Relations of Space
- The Times They Are a-Changing: From Territorial to Digital Social Realities
- Implications: From Space to Action and from Action to the Spatiality of Action
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3: Rationality and Discursive Articulation in Place-Making
- Late-Modern Action-Theoretic Approaches and "Rational" Interventions
- Poststructuralist Theories of Practice and "Critical" Interventions
- Discursive Articulations and the Return of "Rational" Interventions
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: Thought-in-Action/Action-in-Thought
- References
- Chapter 5: Perverse Expertise and the Social Unconscious in the Making of Crisis
- Neoliberalism, Finance Capitalism, and Crisis
- Buying the State
- Finance Capitalism and Environmental Crisis
- Social Unconsciousness
- References.
- Chapter 6: How Much Knowledge Is Necessary for Action?
- Definitions of Knowledge and Action
- Knowledge and Belief
- Types of Knowledge
- Action
- Is Action Possible Without Knowledge?
- Is Action Possible Against One's Better Knowledge?
- Can Knowledge Impede Action?
- The Relation Between Knowledge and Action
- The Theory of Planned Behavior
- The Theory of Unconscious Thought
- The Option-Generation Framework
- Evidence From Problem-Solving Research
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7: Knowing and Not Knowing
- Freud and Hayek: Why Quit?
- The Excess Boom in Non-knowledge
- Knowledge as a Societal Construct
- Information and Knowledge
- Observing Non-knowledge, and Some of the Questions I Ask Myself in the Process
- Asymmetric Information/Knowledge
- On the Virtues (Advantages?) of Non-knowledge
- The Societal-Cognitive Functional Differentiation Between Non-knowledge and Societally Determined Knowledge Gaps
- Outlook
- References
- Chapter 8: How Representations of Knowledge Shape Actions
- The Description-Experience Gap
- What Causes the Description-Experience Gap?
- Small Samples
- Recency
- Estimation Error
- Contingent Sampling
- Spatial Search Policies
- Cognitive Strategies in Decisions from Experience
- Neo-Bernoullian Models
- Associative Learning Models
- Heuristics
- Decisions from Experience: A Key to Otherwise Puzzling Human Behavior
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9: Reflection and Impulse as Determinants of Human Behavior
- The Missing Link Between Knowledge and Action
- A Short Overview of Reflective and Impulsive Styles of Thinking
- Theories of Reflection
- Theories of Impulse
- Bridging the Gap: The Reflective-Impulsive Model
- The Reflective System
- The Impulsive System
- Interaction of Systems
- Common Pathway to Behavior.
- Knowledge and Action: Bidirectional Connections
- Determinants of Systematic Behavioral Control
- Motivation and Opportunity
- Self-Regulatory Resources
- Implications of the RIM
- Thinking Is Tough!
- Sometimes No Means Yes If I Can't Process It
- Improving Implicit Self-Esteem
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10: Planning and the Control of Action
- Controlling Actions by Goals and Implementation Intentions
- The Role of Knowledge Accessibility in Planning and in the Control of Action
- Spontaneous Use of Incidentally Presented Goal-Relevant Information
- Strategic Use of Goal-Relevant Knowledge with MCII
- Strategic Planning of the Automatic Activation of Goal-Relevant Knowledge
- Conclusion and Outlook
- References
- Chapter 11: Pragmatic Philosophy and the Social Function of Knowledge
- How to Define and How to Obscure Knowledge
- Knowledge as Practice: Keeping Information Available
- Social Epistemology and Spatial Difference
- Delocalized and Resituated Knowledge in the Information Age
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12: Semantic Knowledge, Domains of Meaning and Conceptual Spaces
- What Is Semantic Knowledge?
- Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces
- Semantic Domains Involved in Children's Development
- Levels of Intersubjectivity
- Emotive Domain
- Visual and Physical Domains
- Category Domain
- Value Domain
- Action Domain
- Goal Domain
- Event Domain
- Some Linguistic Evidence of Semantic Domain Knowledge
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13: So What Do You Do? Experimenting with Space for Social Creativity
- Theoretical Framework
- Context: The Studio for Social Creativity
- Method: Action Experiments
- Data Analysis
- Configurations in Spaces of Social Creativity
- Looking Closely at a Sample Session
- Comparative Analysis Across Sessions
- Orientation
- Meeting Mode
- Expansion.
- Creation Configuration
- Reflection
- Exhibition
- Rehearsal
- Discussion
- Orientation in Undifferentiated Space
- Orientation in Unencrusted Space
- Qualifying Spaces of Possibility
- Constructing Spaces Conducive to Newness
- The Relationship Between Talking and Doing
- Methodological Reflection
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14: The Decision to Move: Being Mobile and Being Rational in Comparative Anthropological Perspective
- Small Places, Big Issues
- State of the Art: Rational Choice Models of Mobility
- State of the Art: Decision-Making Probability
- The Pragmatics of Decision-Making
- Variation in Reasoning
- References
- Chapter 15: Continuity and Change in Older Adults' Out-of-Home Mobility Over Ten Years: A Qualitative-Quantitative Approach
- Method
- Study Design
- Sample Description and Drop-Out
- Instruments
- Data Analyses
- Results
- Overview
- Subjective Meaning of Out-of-Home Mobility Over Time
- Perceived Changes in Out-of-Home Mobility Over Time and Perceived Reasons for Such Change
- Satisfaction with Key Areas of Mobility and Satisfaction with Life in General Over Time
- Out-of-Home Mobility
- Public Transport
- Out-of-Home Leisure Activities and Travel
- Life in General
- Exploration of Interindividual Variability Over Time in a Case Contrast Approach
- Discussion
- References
- The Klaus Tschira Stiftung
- Index.