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The Singular Accident in a Universe of Risk: An Approach to Kafka and the Paradox of the Universal

open access: yes, 2016
This essay examines Kafka’s works in the perspective of disciplinary philosophy, a perspective that immediately involves “the paradox of the universal.” For what Kafka and philosophy have in common is the effort to represent what is universally the case (
Stanley Corngold
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Critical Discourse Analysis in Corporate Reports: Legitimation Strategies in the Context of Environmental Controversies

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creativity and its link to epilepsy

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Creative thinking represents one of our highest‐order cognitive processes, involving multiple cortical structures and an intricate interplay between several cortical and subcortical networks. It results in novel ideas that translate to useful products or concepts. The evolutionary purpose of creativity is therefore apparent, as it advances our
Itay Tokatly Latzer, Phillip L. Pearl
wiley   +1 more source

Current Situation and Development Trend of Petrochemical Industry Emergency Logistics

open access: yesChemical Engineering Transactions, 2016
With the fast development and strategic layout of the petrochemical industry in recent years, the infrastructure of petrochemical logistics also achieved rapid development.
J.F. Zhao, C.X. Suo, Y. Yang, Z.H. Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Caste as a Social Kind

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
wiley   +1 more source

Aristotelian Presocratics A Look at Aristotle\'s Interpretation of Presocratic Phiolosophers

open access: yesMetaphysics, 2015
Aristotle's understanding of Presocratic philosophers and his interpretation of their theses based on his own framework has always been a matter of dispute among scholars. His role of representing them as one of the main sources of Presocratic philosophy
Mehdi Qavam Safari
doaj  

Integrating the Gestalt Model of Self With Psychedelic‐Assisted Psychotherapy

open access: yesThe Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This theoretical integration paper employs a conceptual analysis methodology to synthesize the Gestalt model of self‐as‐process with Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP). Unlike traditional psychedelic therapy models that defer therapeutic engagement to postsession integration, PSIP emphasizes an active, directive therapeutic
Travis R. Fox
wiley   +1 more source

The Jesuit Longobardo’s Interpretation of the Neo-Confucian Concepts of li and qi

open access: yesReligions
This article addresses the most important translation issue in the first philosophic and religious dialogue between Europe and China: is there a Chinese equivalent for the Christian concept of God?
Yijing Zhang, Thierry Meynard
doaj   +1 more source

The Bazaar as a Model for Knowledge Work

open access: yesKnowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents fieldwork that extends existing metaphors of knowledge work as a process shaped by hierarchical or market forces. A qualitative, ethnographic study of six knowledge‐intensive businesses in two countries identifies striking parallels with the Middle Eastern bazaar in contrast to Western impersonal markets and hierarchies. We
Reed Elliot Nelson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flying is the safest way to travel

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2005
Independent investigations of aviation accidents and incidents have been broadly accepted within the aviation sector throughout its history as a valuable tool to enhance safety.
John A. Stoop, James P. Kahan
doaj   +1 more source

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