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	Learn more about Role in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In sociology, a role or social role is a set of connected behaviours, as conceptualised by actors in a social situation.
		Roles are not limited to occupational status, of course, nor does the fact that one is cast in the role of "doctor" during working hours prevent one from taking other on other roles at other times: husband, golf club president, father, and so on.
		Notice that this everyday usage nearly always employs "role" in a normative way, to imply that "this is the proper behaviour" for a teacher or a parent, or even for an entire institution such as the government.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /r/ro/role.html (1024 words)

	Information and Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But if so, then an epistemic optimality theory's unpacking of what it is for a signal to have the content that p must advert to states that must be characterized by their contents.
		In addition to the theories discussed in the present essay, McLaughlin and Rey consider two-factor theories - those that construe the semantic value of expressions in terms of both a referential factor (given by an informational theory) and a sense factor (given by an inferential role theory).
		He argues that the theory does not suffer from the disjunction problem, contrary to what is claimed in [Fodor, 1984].
	aardvark.ucsd.edu /~joncohen/mind/informational_semantics.html (6731 words)

	Department of Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia - Faculty & Staff - Bruce J. Biddle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For some years I have worked on role theory as an integrated set of concepts, propositions, and evidence.
		Between 1958 and 1963 l led a team studying the teacher's role in Kansas City, and another study began in 1964 that compared teacher roles in Australia, England, New Zealand, and the United States.
		Other interests have included a study of schools as social systems, the semantic analysis of discourse, the impact of educational media on society, sex roles, the learning of values, and research methodology.
	sociology.missouri.edu /Faculty_and_Staff/Faculty/Bruce_Biddle.html (495 words)

	Blatner's References (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Role Theory, Archetypes, and Moreno's Philosophy Illuminated by the Kabbalistic Tree of Life.
		Blatner, A. New Role for Psychodramatists: Master of Ceremonies.
		Blatner, A. Role Dynamics: A Comprehensive Theory of Psychology.
	www.blatner.com /adam/level2/blatnerefs.htm (1086 words)

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