Sunday, December 27, 2009

THE POWER OF CATEGORY AND NETWORKING

A. ABSTRACT

In Kant's philosophy, a category is a pure concept of the understanding. A Kantian category is a characteristic of the appearance of any object in general, before it has been experienced. Every object or issue must be categorized into certain categories. Each of these categories will be formed to form a relationship. So that there can not be categorized as something unrelated. The relationship formed between a single category with other categories related to each other, unable to stand alone

B. INTRODUCTION

Category is a beginning, a foundation that will form a conclusion. A basic category is based on something. Category be the beginning of all things. Category theory has come to occupy a central position in contemporary mathematics and theoretical computer science, and is also applied to mathematical physics. Roughly, it is a general mathematical theory of structures and of systems of structures. As category theory is still evolving, its functions are correspondingly developing, expanding and multiplying. Most people have the wrong idea about networking. It's not something you turn on when you find yourself out of a job or anxiously looking for business. It doesn't require you to be pushy, to be a "schmoozer" or to have that ability to snap your finger, point at someone and say "hey.. let's do lunch!". And it is not about randomly showing up at events and asking strangers for the dream job. ncreasing number of categories formed so that the more people become connected between one with other human beings, although categorized into different things that are separated according to the life and needs, but they all must have mutual networking, it's impossible to live alone.

C. THE POWER OF CATEGORY

The word comes from the Greek κατηγορία, katēgoria, meaning "that which can be said, predicated, or publicly declared and asserted, about something." A category is an attribute, property, quality, or characteristic that can be predicated of a thing. "…I remark concerning the categories…that their logical employment consists in their use as predicates of objects. ]Kant called them "ontological predicates."Kant had claimed the table of categories is:

1. Quantity : Unity , Plurality , Totality

2. Quality : Reality , Negation , Limitation

3. Relation: Inherence and Subsistence (substance and accident), Causality and Dependence (cause and effect), Community (reciprocity)

4. Modality : Possibility, Existence, Necessity

Aristoteles had claimed that the following ten predicates or categories could be asserted of anything in general: substance, quantity, quality, relation, action, affection (passivity), place, time (date), position, and state.

The categories were believed to be an enumeration of all things capable off being named, an enumeration by the summa genera. The most extensive classes into which things could be distributed, which, therefore, were so many highest Predicates, one or other of which was supposed capable of being affirmed with truth of every nameable thing what so ever. These are supposed to be the qualities or attributes that can be affirmed of each and every thing in experience. Any particular object that exists in thought must have been able to have the Categories attributed to it as possible predicates because the Categories are the properties, qualities, or characteristics of any possible object in general. The Categories of Aristotle and Kant are the general properties that belong to all things without expressing the peculiar nature of any particular thing. Kant appreciated Aristotle's effort, but said that his table was imperfect because " … as he had no guiding principle, he merely picked them up as they occurred to him..."

The Categories do not provide knowledge of individual, particular objects. Any object, however, must have Categories as its characteristics if it is to be an object of experience. It is presupposed or assumed that anything that is a specific object must possess Categories as its properties because Categories are predicates of an object in general. An object in general does not have all of the Categories as predicates at one time. For example, a general object cannot have the qualitative Categories of reality and negation at the same time. Similarly, an object in general cannot have both unity and plurality as quantitative predicates at once. The Categories of Modality exclude each other. Therefore, a general object cannot simultaneously have the Categories of possibility/impossibility and existence/non–existence as qualities.

Since the Categories are a list of that which can be said of every object, they are related only to human language. In making a verbal statement about an object, a speaker makes a judgment. A general object, that is, every object, has attributes that are contained in Kant's list of Categories. In a judgment, or verbal statement, the Categories are the predicates that can be asserted of every object and all objects.

THE PHENOMENA OF MATHEMATIC EDUCATION IS ONE OF CATEGORY:

1. Katagiri, S (2004) mathematical thinking consist of 3 category, mathematical attitudes, mathematical thinking related to mathematical methods, and mathematical thinking related to mathematical contents. Mathemetical attitude is a power of mathematical method dan mathematical content.

2. According to Hans Freudental mathematics is human activity (human activities) and must be linked to reality. Thus, when students learn mathematics activities will occur within her matematikai process. There are two kinds of matematisasi, namely: (1) mathematics horizontal and (2) mathematics vertical. Mathematics horizontal proceeds from the real world into mathematical symbols. The process occurs in students when he was confronted with the problems that life / real situations. While vertical matematisasi is a process that occurs in the mathematical system itself; for example: the discovery of about menyelesaiakn strategy, linking the relationship between mathematical concepts or to apply the formula / formulas findings. So the category is something very important and powerful. Highly functional categories of defining something, make memisahan that will become a reference that is easy to understand.

D. THE POWER OF NETWORKING

The more category you know, the more category you can influence, either positively or negatively. People who work at developing strong clusters of networks across a broad cross-section of interests, age groups, demographics and cultures can often wield enormous positive or negative influence. These people are often referred to as master networkers and spheres of influence.

One of the challenges in our time-poor society is that many of us can’t be bothered investing the time required to work at and create new networks. It is so much easier and a great time saver to stick to the networks that we know and feel comfortable with. Our comfort zone becomes very safe and non-threatening. However, it is also very limiting and the potential for influencing large numbers is almost nonexistent – unless our smaller networkers are themselves filled with key spheres of influence who can network on our behalf.

One definition of people who are spheres of influence is ‘someone who knows a little bit about a lot of things and a lot about one or two areas’. They often specialise in one area, while having a good general knowledge of many areas. They are very good at keeping in touch with their networks, they remember what is ‘special’ and unique about individuals, and they are generally extremely good communicators.

Category that we already know then we will know what the networking was formed more powerful networks formed by any existing categories. Now we URLs category as people in the world. So many people, we are humans we are able to recognize that consists of various categories we are not easily form a network. In math, too. Every thing that appears certain they will together form a networking. We spell out a problem not only on a single formula focus, perhaps the formulas we've got, will we apply to solving the problem. Setipa branch of mathematics would be forming a networking. Calculus was not able to stand without algebra. Geometry was not able to stand without algebra. In the calculus is related to geometry. So every thing in the world would be possible to form a networking.

E. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CATEGORY AND NETWORKING

Relationship Between Category And Networking is all the categories that have been formed or separated with a different purpose, would form an interconnected network. Or there is a stand-alone category must have some time this category will form a networking

F. CONCLUTION

Category and networking are two things that can not be separated. Each category appears no doubt they will relate to form a networking. The networking will not be formed without a category. Categories can not be stand alone, this category would require the networking to indicate its existence. Although the categories have different names but after forming the networking must have only one name

G. REFERENCE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_(Kant)

http://pbmmatmarsigit.blogspot.com/2008/12/reflection-on-teaching-of.html

http://www.crme.kku.ac.th/APEC/PDF%202007/Madihah%20Khalid.pdf

http://marsigitpsiko.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html

http://www.yourbrandplan.com/forum/networking-connecting/262-power-networking-shy-networker.html

http://www.aim.com.au/publications/bkchapters/influence_ch5.html

http://portal.citysoup.ca/NR/exeres/BB5D2FA0-6A94-4B7E-B9DD-27A89ADDC0C0.htm

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