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Author, landscape and communication in Estonian haiku
Sign Systems Studies, 2002 Present article tries to give insight into the ways in which Estonian haiku models its author and communicates with the reader. The author thinks that while Japanese haiku is a predominantly autocommunicative piece of literature, where even a fixed point
Kati Lindström
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Infinite ethics and the limits of impartiality
Noûs, EarlyView.Abstract Beneficence—the part of morality concerned with promoting people's well‐being—is widely thought to be both agent‐neutral and impartial: it prescribes a common aim to all, and does not favor some individuals over others. This paper explores a problem for agent‐neutral, impartial beneficence from the perspective of “individualistic ethics” in ...
Jacob M. Nebel
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Philosophical and Sociological Background of the Integration of Religion and Science
Belantika PendidikanThis research discusses the philosophical and sociological background behind the integration of religion and science, which have often been viewed as opposing entities.
Nunung Masruroh, Amril M Amril M
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Nietzsche’s meta-axiology: against the skeptical readings [PDF]
, 2014 In this paper, I treat the question of the meta-axiological standing of Nietzsche's own values, in the service of which he criticizes morality. Does Nietzsche, I ask, regard his perfectionistic valorization of human excellence and cultural flourishing ...
Andrew Huddleston +20 more
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Aggregation and the Structure of Value
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Roughly, the view I call “Additivism” sums up value across time and people. Given some standard assumptions, I show that Additivism follows from two principles. The first says that how lives align in time cannot, in itself, matter. The second says, roughly, that a world cannot be better unless it is better within some period or another.
Weng Kin San
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The contribution of ecofeminism philosophy in environmental management research [PDF]
, 2016 The diversity of philosophy in exploring knowledge has different directions and different viewpoints. Nowadays, the philosophy behind exploration of knowledge lies mostly in the nature of the interaction between humans and the natural environment based ...
Ismail, Hamidi +2 more
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Anselm's Temporal‐Ontological Proof
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In his Reply to Gaunilo, Anselm presented two additional arguments for the existence of God beyond those that appear in the Proslogion. In “The Logical Structure of Anselm's Argument,” Robert M. Adams isolates each. One, he develops into a modal ontological argument along the lines of other 20th century ontological arguments (e.g., those of ...
Daniel Rubio
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Laicity and conciliation in France and Poland [PDF]
Przegląd EuropejskiThe article is based on the analysis of the transformation of the consciousness of Polish society and the plans for reforming state-church relations contained in the programmes of the parties created ruling coalition after the elections of 15th October ...
Sarah Bomba
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The role of philosophical context in the development of research methodology and theory [PDF]
, 2008 The research strategy dictates the major direction of the research and constitutes one of the important decisions made by the researcher. However, researchers’ understanding on theory at the outset of the research guides the design of the research.
Amaratunga, RDG +2 more
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