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ATOMISTE [4 records]

Record 1 2024-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
  • Epidemiology
DEF

An erroneous inference about causal relationships in groups made on the basis of relationships observed in individuals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

L'erreur écologique est l'inverse de l'erreur atomiste qui, elle, provient de l'interprétation de données individuelles étendue au niveau de l'ensemble du groupe, en ne tenant pas compte du milieu dans lequel évoluent les individus.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2022-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Nuclear Physics
DEF

[A person who works] in or [is an] expert in the field of atomic energy or atomic physics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Physique nucléaire
DEF

Physicien spécialiste de physique atomique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

The composition theory ... of mind in the form which holds that there are particles or atoms (dust) of mind everywhere in nature, accompanying material atoms, and on suitable occasions forming the "stuff" of conscious mind as postulated by the mind-stuff theory.

Key term(s)
  • mind dust theory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
OBS

L'atomisme mental se confond [...] avec la théorie associationniste. [...] on qualifie d’atomiste toute théorie psychologique qui conçoit la conscience comme une réalité en soi constituée d’éléments discrets susceptibles de former des agrégats par association.

Spanish

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