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Semidiaphanam Tremuli Narcissuli Ideam Lacteam1: Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651–1708) and His Determined Search for the Porcelain Principle

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With this contribution, an attempt is being made to chart the timeline of the invention of the European hard‐paste porcelain based on historical documents. They were evaluated to trace the development lines from Tschirnhaus's early experiments with burning mirrors and lenses in the 1680s to finding ‘wax porcelain’ around 1694 to the ...
Robert B. Heimann
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping entangled mobilities: Using participatory historical geography to explore the migration of objects and people across (neo)colonial spatialities

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper examines how creative counter‐maps can be a valuable participatory historical geography tool in their capacity to render visible multiple pasts, presents, and futures, and offer new possibilities for representation and belonging through visual and creative aesthetics.
Sarah Linn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Individual Beliefs for Corporate Sustainability Transformations

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study finds that a classification system of beliefs—action logics—is suitable to understand the beliefs held by sustainability managers. Beliefs underpin individual behavior and can substantially influence how businesses behave. We present what beliefs are held by corporate sustainability managers through a qualitative research design. We
Maike Buhr, Ilka Weissbrod
wiley   +1 more source

Fifty years of killing and letting die: On the limits of philosophical bioethics

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
Abstract In 1975, The New England Journal of Medicine published James Rachels' article ‘Active and Passive Euthanasia’. The argumentative method that Rachels introduced, the Bare Difference Argument (also known as the Contrast Strategy), became one of the most widely used tools in ethical reasoning.
Joona Räsänen, Matti Häyry
wiley   +1 more source

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