1. Why do you need an operational definition when you already have a perfectly good conceptual definition? In your conceptual definitions you explain what your constructs are by showing how they ...
1. What are "essential qualities"? The qualities that must be present; the necessary ingredients. For example, the definition "violent movies are movies in which there are scenes of kicking, stabbing, ...
Asking a biologist to define 'life' is a bit like looking-up the word 'definition' in a dictionary — it's as if you're questioning their very existence. Biologists like myself don't agree on what life ...