Hence, ethical theories in applied ethics – more than in the "pure" philosophical realm – gain the character of "problem-serving tools".
In an open dialogue with the work of Lindblom and Simon, Melvin Webber introduced the idea of planning as a process which is intrinsically interactive and conflictual, emphasizing the partisan role of experts, the value of the ordinary knowledge, the "wicked" character of planning problems compared with the "tamed" problems of natural science and engineering.
The characters of "Problem" seem more passive, even in moments of high anxiety, and more abstract in their disconnectedness.
On the other hand, the general theory and methods of boundary value problems with continuous coefficients are highly developed, very little is known about a general character of similar problems with discontinuities.
In formulating our policies, we need to look to the medium and longer term and to have regard to the interrelated and structural character of current problems.
The speed and precision of automatic history matching are two critical considerations due to the undetermined character of inverse problems and the nonlinearity of the reservoir flow mechanism.
This course will concentrate on the distinctive philosophical character of the problems, on the conceptions of human perception, thought, belief, and knowledge that appear to be responsible for the 'sceptical' outcome in each case, and on how, if at all, these obstacles are to be overcome.
Support for the second assumption, i.e. that the authentic character of the problems results in higher levels of student interest, can be found in a study by Rotgans et al. (2010).
16, 17 The character of balance problems and dizziness was explored to categorize the often vague and imprecise symptoms expressed by the subjects into consistent and more precisely defined terms.
The taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships of these monkeys continue to challenge primatologists and are difficult to define on the basis of morphological characters because of problems in distinguishing homology and convergence [ 27].
