David Murray Schneider was among the leading contributors to symbolic anthropology and the study of kinship. He defined culture as a system of meanings and symbols and emphatically distinguished culture from the social system. Schneider also made important contributions to Micronesian ethnography. From the 1960s through the mid-seventies, he was a powerful force in the
Contrary to the traditional conception of human beings as essentially purely rational, David Hume, Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist, argued that both reason and passion are essential parts of human nature. On the basis of his view of human nature, he hoped to radically reconstruct the moral discourse of his time. This led to his
David Emile Durkheim was a French sociologist and philosopher concerned with establishing the domain of sociology, that is, how sociology is different from other academic disciplines. He was also committed to establishing sociology as a science that could compare with the standing of the natural sciences. Scholars regard Durkheim as one of the founders of
David Wechsler, a Jewish American psychologist best known for his contributions to intelligence theory and intellectual assessment, was born in Lespedi, Romania, January 12, 1896. When he was 6, his family moved to New York City. Wechsler earned a bachelor’s degree from City College of New York in 1916, a master’s degree from Columbia University
David J. Weiss is widely recognized as one of the founders of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) and for directing the development of instruments to assess work adjustment. He earned his B.A. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1959 and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1963. He has spent his entire