David Braun
Biographic Data
| ID | 3693858 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Braun |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Braun |
| SIGNATURE | BRAUN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rochester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0839-0934 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
On the current psychotherapeutic situation for persons with pornography use disorder in Germany
Assessing sustainability knowledge for undergraduate students in different academic programs and settings
Purpose As sustainability teaching and learning rises in importance, an increasing number of higher education institutions (HEIs) are assessing the effectiveness of their approach to sustainability education. However, most assessments fall short in determining the impacts of curriculum plans on learning outcomes. Therefore, this study aims to assess the impact of curricula on undergraduate sustainability knowledge and assess opportunities for imp…
Hydration in relation to water insecurity, heat index, and lactation status in two small‐scale populations in hot‐humid and hot‐arid environments
These results suggest that heat stress and reproductive status may have a greater impact on hydration status than water insecurity across diverse ecological contexts
Researching the Nature of Fire at 1.5 Mya on the Site of FxJj20 AB, Koobi Fora, Kenya, Using High-Resolution Spatial Analysis and FTIR Spectrometry
Some scholars explain the major anatomical characteristics that differentiate Homo erectus from its predecessor, Homo habilis, as the result of Homo erectus being adapted to use fire for cooking and other tasks. However, many scholars contend that the evidence of fire in Homo erectus sites is very scant and is not convincingly anthropogenic. This study presents a methodology to evaluate the evidence of fire associated with the 1.5-million-year-ol…
The Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan
The Archaeology of the West Coast of South Africa
This work presents contributions from South African, European, and North American authors working in academic and governmental institutions. Chapters provide latest regional syntheses and discuss diverse topics, such as Acheulean hominin behaviour, Holocene hunter-gatherer subsistence, settlement patterns and land use patterns, human impact on marine environments and resource intensification, herder/ forager culture contact, physical anthropologi…
On the Utility and Economization of Unretouched Flakes
In recent years, lithic studies have emphasized the role of technology in the overall adaptation of past societies to their environments, including the economization of lithic resources. This paper explores how particular characteristics of individual, unretouched flakes can be altered in ways that increase their economy, as reflected in the ratio of edge length to mass. Results of controlled laboratory experiments are presented that identify ext…
Teaching Sustainability Analysis in Electrical Engineering Lab Courses
Laboratory courses represent an incompletely tapped opportunity to teach sustainability concepts. This work introduces and evaluates a simple strategy used to teach sustainability concepts in electrical engineering laboratory courses. The technique would readily adapt to other disciplines. The paper presents assessment data and a wiki containing student sustainability analyses
Consciousness and Cognition
Coming to Our Senses
Understanding Belief Reports
In this paper, I defend a well-known theory of belief reports from an important objection. The theory is Russellianism, sometimes also called neo-Russellianism, Millianism, direct reference theory, 'Fido'-Fido theory, or naive theory. The objection concerns substitution of co-referring names in belief sentences. Russellianism implies that any two belief sentences that differ only in containing distinct co-referring names express the same proposit…
What is character?
Causally Relevant Properties
Katz on Names Without Bearers
Since the name 'Santa Claus' does not refer, Millian theories seem to imply that (1) is not meaningful. But (1) is not only meaningful-it is true. This problem, and other problems with Millian theories, have led some philosophers to accept description theories of proper names. These theories say (roughly) that proper names are synonymous with definite descriptions; thus they can allow proper names to be meaningful even when they fail to refer. Bu…
The Reality of Meaning and the Meaning of `Reality
On the Utility and Economization of Unretouched Flakes
In recent years, lithic studies have emphasized the role of technology in the overall adaptation of past societies to their environments, including the economization of lithic resources. This paper explores how particular characteristics of individual, unretouched flakes can be altered in ways that increase their economy, as reflected in the ratio of edge length to mass. Results of controlled laboratory experiments are presented that identify ext…
Understanding Belief Reports
In this paper, I defend a well-known theory of belief reports from an important objection. The theory is Russellianism, sometimes also called neo-Russellianism, Millianism, direct reference theory, 'Fido'-Fido theory, or naive theory. The objection concerns substitution of co-referring names in belief sentences. Russellianism implies that any two belief sentences that differ only in containing distinct co-referring names express the same proposit…
Consciousness and Cognition
Causally Relevant Properties
Coming to Our Senses
The Reality of Meaning and the Meaning of `Reality
What is character?
Causally Relevant Properties
Katz on Names Without Bearers
Since the name 'Santa Claus' does not refer, Millian theories seem to imply that (1) is not meaningful. But (1) is not only meaningful-it is true. This problem, and other problems with Millian theories, have led some philosophers to accept description theories of proper names. These theories say (roughly) that proper names are synonymous with definite descriptions; thus they can allow proper names to be meaningful even when they fail to refer. Bu…
Understanding Belief Reports
In this paper, I defend a well-known theory of belief reports from an important objection. The theory is Russellianism, sometimes also called neo-Russellianism, Millianism, direct reference theory, 'Fido'-Fido theory, or naive theory. The objection concerns substitution of co-referring names in belief sentences. Russellianism implies that any two belief sentences that differ only in containing distinct co-referring names express the same proposit…
Coming to Our Senses
Consciousness and Cognition
Teaching Sustainability Analysis in Electrical Engineering Lab Courses
Laboratory courses represent an incompletely tapped opportunity to teach sustainability concepts. This work introduces and evaluates a simple strategy used to teach sustainability concepts in electrical engineering laboratory courses. The technique would readily adapt to other disciplines. The paper presents assessment data and a wiki containing student sustainability analyses
The Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan
The Archaeology of the West Coast of South Africa
This work presents contributions from South African, European, and North American authors working in academic and governmental institutions. Chapters provide latest regional syntheses and discuss diverse topics, such as Acheulean hominin behaviour, Holocene hunter-gatherer subsistence, settlement patterns and land use patterns, human impact on marine environments and resource intensification, herder/ forager culture contact, physical anthropologi…
On the Utility and Economization of Unretouched Flakes
In recent years, lithic studies have emphasized the role of technology in the overall adaptation of past societies to their environments, including the economization of lithic resources. This paper explores how particular characteristics of individual, unretouched flakes can be altered in ways that increase their economy, as reflected in the ratio of edge length to mass. Results of controlled laboratory experiments are presented that identify ext…
Researching the Nature of Fire at 1.5 Mya on the Site of FxJj20 AB, Koobi Fora, Kenya, Using High-Resolution Spatial Analysis and FTIR Spectrometry
Some scholars explain the major anatomical characteristics that differentiate Homo erectus from its predecessor, Homo habilis, as the result of Homo erectus being adapted to use fire for cooking and other tasks. However, many scholars contend that the evidence of fire in Homo erectus sites is very scant and is not convincingly anthropogenic. This study presents a methodology to evaluate the evidence of fire associated with the 1.5-million-year-ol…
Hydration in relation to water insecurity, heat index, and lactation status in two small‐scale populations in hot‐humid and hot‐arid environments
These results suggest that heat stress and reproductive status may have a greater impact on hydration status than water insecurity across diverse ecological contexts
On the current psychotherapeutic situation for persons with pornography use disorder in Germany
Assessing sustainability knowledge for undergraduate students in different academic programs and settings
Purpose As sustainability teaching and learning rises in importance, an increasing number of higher education institutions (HEIs) are assessing the effectiveness of their approach to sustainability education. However, most assessments fall short in determining the impacts of curriculum plans on learning outcomes. Therefore, this study aims to assess the impact of curricula on undergraduate sustainability knowledge and assess opportunities for imp…
Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 works)