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Verbal Metadisputes

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many philosophical disputes have become so intractable that philosophers question whether there is a fact of the matter as to which side is right or whether these disputes are entirely verbal. Yet these “metadisputes” have also become intractable. This raises the question: Could they, too, be verbal? What would that even mean? Using tools from
Alexander W. Kocurek
wiley   +1 more source

Carnot and Joule Cycles Implied in Generalized Entropy and Exergy Properties as Fundamentals of Extrema Principles. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
Palazzo P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Deterministic Theories

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Determinism is (roughly) the thesis that the past determines the future. But efforts to define it precisely have exposed deep methodological disagreements. Standard possible‐worlds formulations of determinism presuppose an “agreement” relation between worlds, but this relation can be understood in multiple ways, none of which is particularly ...
Hans Halvorson, J. B. Manchak, James Owen Weatherall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Requirements and Barriers for Human-Centered SMEs. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Nazarejova J, Soltysova Z, Rudeichuk T.
europepmc   +1 more source

High Standards

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Evaluative adjectives are gradable. The standard for falling under a gradable adjective “F” is either context‐relative or absolute. Some philosophers have recently used general linguistic tests to argue that “rational” and (moral) “good” are maximum‐degree absolute gradable adjectives: Only what's perfectly morally good strictly counts as ...
Pekka Väyrynen
wiley   +1 more source

Preparing doctors for 21st century healthcare: imperative for entrepreneurial competence in medical education. [PDF]

Korean J Med Educ
Kumar KA, Azam SMF, Jeppu AK.
europepmc   +1 more source

Against Proxy Optimization

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I discuss conditions under which maximizing a proxy utility function is harmful and suggest this poses problems for applying decision theory.
Sven Neth
wiley   +1 more source

Design of a user-centered intelligent shoe cabinet for smart home hygiene using Kano-AHP-TRIZ. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Xu R, Ma L, Liu J, Chen M.
europepmc   +1 more source

A method for multi-criteria decision making with probabilistic linguistic term based on cloud TOPSIS. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Almandeel A, Rao C, Zhang X, Qi H.
europepmc   +1 more source

A principled basis for nonequilibrium network flows. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Yang YJ, Dill KA.
europepmc   +1 more source