In "I'll Go On," Barry McGovern and Gerry Dukes have adapted three of Mr. Beckett's novels -- "Molloy," "Malone Dies," and "The Unnamable," often considered to be a trilogy -- into a play of sardonic observations and grim humor.
All the examples in this series play on the combination of observation and interpretation at the heart of realistic painting.
This is just one of the many fascinating studies described in Alison Gopnik's latest book The Gardener and the Carpenter, which makes a compelling case that parents should get out of the way of children's natural drive to learn through play and observation of the world.
Although the theory-dependence of observation plays a significant role in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, neither it nor methodological incommensurability could account for all the phenomena that Kuhn wanted to capture with the notion of incommensurability.
We know that the population under study and the length of observation time play important roles in interpreting this measure.
These assessment conditions are comprised of the setting (e.g., time of observation; free play situation vs. structured task), characteristics of the observer/rater (degree of experience with preschoolers with mental health problems), the rated criteria, and the integration of additional clinical information.
Knowing the highly dynamic nature of epigenetics, with some marks being furtive and others durable, timing of observation surely plays a critical role in how we interpret data; hence the need to be cautious about the causality of pathological changes that might only be temporary.
I was hoping for a chance to play detective, to use my powers of observation and deduction to arrive at the brilliant solution to a dark and obscure mystery.
Airy as it may appear, the play's observations of greed, pettiness, and, of course, marriage, are psychologically grounded.
Rangers Coach Glen Sather called Purinton's observation "the play of the game".
