An Open System Consists of Nonproprietary Hardware and Software Based

question 77

True/False

An open system consists of nonproprietary hardware and software based on publicly known standards that allows third parties to create add-on products to plug into or interoperate with the system.

Recognize the process of disembedding and reflexivity as key modern dynamics.

Analyze the positive and negative implications of modernity as perceived by classical and contemporary theorists.

Ascertain how modernity entails urbanization, expansion of formal rationality, and shifts towards a money economy.

Appreciate the critique of postmodernism by theorists like Jurgen Habermas.

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Definitions:

A Theory of Justice

This is a seminal work by philosopher John Rawls, proposing principles of justice that would lead to a fair and equitable society.

Basic Structure

The fundamental organization or framework of a system, theory, or concept.

Totality

Refers to the whole of something or a situation being considered in its entirety.

Rawls

A philosopher known for his theory of justice as fairness, emphasizing the principles that society should be structured under.