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Ascription
Ascription, in sociology, is a way to acquire status, along with achievement or chance."The Sociology of Gender: Theoretical Perspectives and Feminist Frameworks" in Lindsey, L. ''Gender Roles: a Sociological Perspective'', Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2005 In philosophy, it is related to belief ascription. It is also a concept in linguistics, refer to Predicate (grammar) The term predicate is used in one of two ways in linguistics and its subfields. The first defines a predicate as everything in a standard declarative sentence except the subject, and the other views it as just the main content verb or associated .... See also * Ascriptive inequality References External links Sociological terminology {{sociology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascriptive Inequality
Ascription occurs when social class or stratum placement is primarily hereditary. In other words, people are placed in positions in a stratification system because of qualities beyond their control. Race, sex, age, class at birth, religion, ethnicity, species, and residence are all good examples of these qualities. Ascription is one way sociologists explain why stratification occurs. History Ralph Linton This idea was first introduced into Sociology by anthropologist Ralph Linton in 1936 when he described it in his work ''The Study of Man'' . His coined terms of ''role'' and '' ascribed status'' and ''achieved status'' are the three terms that gained him the most sociological acceptance. Although ''role'' has become bothersome, “ascription and achievement have such strong face validity that they are rarely challenged or examined”. According to Linton, the conventional view of ascription provides three different explanations for the practice of ascription: (1) It facilitates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belief Ascription
A belief is an attitude that something is the case, or that some proposition is true. In epistemology, philosophers use the term "belief" to refer to attitudes about the world which can be either true or false. To believe something is to take it to be true; for instance, to believe that snow is white is comparable to accepting the truth of the proposition "snow is white". However, holding a belief does not require active introspection. For example, few carefully consider whether or not the sun will rise tomorrow, simply assuming that it will. Moreover, beliefs need not be ''occurrent'' (e.g. a person actively thinking "snow is white"), but can instead be ''dispositional'' (e.g. a person who if asked about the color of snow would assert "snow is white"). There are various different ways that contemporary philosophers have tried to describe beliefs, including as representations of ways that the world could be (Jerry Fodor), as dispositions to act as if certain things are true (Rod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predicate (grammar)
The term predicate is used in one of two ways in linguistics and its subfields. The first defines a predicate as everything in a standard declarative sentence except the subject, and the other views it as just the main content verb or associated predicative expression of a clause. Thus, by the first definition the predicate of the sentence ''Frank likes cake'' is ''likes cake''. By the second definition, the predicate of the same sentence is just the content verb ''likes'', whereby ''Frank'' and ''cake'' are the arguments of this predicate. Differences between these two definitions can lead to confusion. Syntax Traditional grammar The notion of a predicate in traditional grammar traces back to Aristotelian logic. A predicate is seen as a property that a subject has or is characterized by. A predicate is therefore an expression that can be ''true of'' something. Thus, the expression "is moving" is true of anything that is moving. This classical understanding of predicates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
