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Античная древность и средние векаGregory Palamas’ treatise Against the False Writings by Gregoras is not only a theological and polemical treatise on the nature of the Taboric light, as well as on the essence-energy relation in God, but also a pamphlet (psogos), shaping a negative image
Dmitrii Igorevich Makarov
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Between Contingency and Necessity of Human Action. Are We Free in our Choices? [PDF]
, 2016 The point of departure of this paper is the characterization of human action as contingent or necessary (obligatory). The key question concerns the place for choice in the human action, i.e. are we free in our choices?
Żegleń, Urszula M.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Chemical engineering faces an increasing imperative to integrate sustainability principles beyond traditional economic and environmental considerations. The social dimension—encompassing impacts on human well‐being, equity, community health, labor practices, and ethical governance—represents a critical yet often underdeveloped pillar within ...
José M. R. C. A. Santos
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Al-Kindi and Mu'tazila: Divine Attributes, Creation and Freedom [PDF]
, 2003 The paper discusses al-Kindi's response to doctrines held by contemporary theologians of the Mu‘tazilite school: divine attributes, creation, and freedom.
Adamson, Peter
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how 14 sustainable consumption and production (SCP) factors interact across four service categories—Mass Service, Professional Service, Service Factory, and Service Shop—using interpretive structural modeling (ISM). ISM enables the identification and hierarchical classification of interdependencies among SCP factors in ...
Amanda Duarte Feitosa +4 more
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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Social causes of the issue of death in philosophy: (Death cases encountered in road transport accidents) [PDF]
Lutfillo Akhatov +2 more
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Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This work explores the professional experiences, challenges, and collective identity of scholars within the Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (EMCA) community. Through the analysis of survey data from 43 participants, semi‐structured interviews with 10 scholars, and the examination of relevant community documents, this research uncovers how ...
Mehmet Ali Icbay
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Humble primary intensions: fixing two-dimensional semantics [PDF]
, 2013 Certain problems with standard two-dimensional semantics are addressed and cases in which these problems arise explored. In such cases the primary intension cannot be univocally mapped in one and only one indexical world, thus standard two-dimensional ...
Fabiano, Joao
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