Anatol Rapoport Professions : Psychologist Born : May 22, 1911 Died : January 20, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Anatol Rapoport [It is a] well-known fact that the likely contacts of two individuals who are closely acquainted tend to be more overlapping than those of two arbitrarily selected individuals. Anatol Rapoport well-known two facts It is misleading in a crucial way to view information as something that can be poured into an empty vessel, like a fluid or even energy. Anatol Rapoport empty-vessels information views The usefulness of the models in constructing a testable theory of the process is severely limited by the quickly increasing number of parameters which must be estimated in order to compare the predictions of the models with empirical results. Anatol Rapoport theory numbers order The transition from the concept of information in the technical (communication engineering) sense to the semantic (theory of meaning) sense was indeed difficult, if not impossible. Anatol Rapoport engineering information communication The outstanding feature of behavior is that it is often quite easy to recognize but extremely difficult or impossible to describe with precision. Anatol Rapoport behavior easy impossible It is one thing to say that the dwelling has symbolic and cosmological aspects... and another to say that it has been erected for ritual purposes and is neither shelter nor dwelling but a temple. Anatol Rapoport temples purpose dwelling Similar Authors Bruno Bettelheim psychologist Boris Sidis psychologist Anthony Greenwald psychologist Arnold Gesell psychologist Arno Gruen psychologist Anna Freud psychologist All Authors
