Scientific Instruments and Epistemology Engines [PDF]
This article outlines the gradually changing attitude towards instruments and materials in the philosophy and historiography of science and confronts contemporary revaluations of the material culture of science with Hans-Jörg Rhein- berger's concept of ...
Dvořák, Tomáš
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Abstract This study recognised that there is currently limited understanding of the extent and nature of ability grouping practices in subject areas other than mathematics and English in primary schools. Using survey methods, this research sought to generate data of sufficient scale to extend understanding of the use of ability grouping practices in ...
Shaun D. Wilkinson, Dawn Penney
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An Aristotelian Account of Evolution and the Contemporary Philosophy of Biology [PDF]
The anti-reductionist character of the recent philosophy of biology and the dynamic development of the science of emergent properties prove that the time is ripe to reintroduce the thought of Aristotle, the first advocate of a “top-down” approach in life-
Tabaczek, Mariusz
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Abstract This paper is about how a rights perspective, both children's and others' rights, can be used to make sense of schooling which is more inclusive of children and young people with special educational needs/disabilities (SEN/D). It is based on a project that used deliberative democratic approaches, in the form of a Citizens' Panel, to address ...
Brahm Norwich
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Pais: The Genius of Science. A Portrait Gallery of 20th Century Physicists/Pauli, Giulini: Relativitätstheorie/Jammer: Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy/Kümmel: Energie und Kreativität/Omnès: Understanding Quantum Mechanics/Stanley: Rüstungsmodernisierung durch Wissenschaftsmigration?/Igor Pro 4.0 [PDF]
Manfred Jacobi+6 more
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Philosophy and Dietetics in the Hippocratic On Regimen: A Delicate Balance of Health. By Hynek Bartos [PDF]
Hynek Bartos does the field of ancient philosophy a great service by detailing the influence of early Greek thinkers (such as Heraclitus, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Democritus, and Diogenes of Apollonia) on the Hippocratic work On Regimen, and by ...
Johnson, Monte Ransome
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Children's agency in England's primary schools: A case for structured freedom
Abstract This paper examines how children's agency operates within primary education in England through an in‐depth qualitative study of three contrasting schools over two years. While children's right to participate in decisions affecting their education is increasingly recognised internationally, its practical implementation within formal education ...
Yana Manyukhina
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Improving security governance through cohesive prevention policies in the European Union [PDF]
Security governance plays an extremely important role in achieving basic stability; every geopolitical context wants to maintain and to perpetuate. the security objective must be perceived both as a sine qua non in insuring current needs, as well as a ...
Ionut-Daniel MOLDOVAN
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What's wrong with contemporary philosophy? [PDF]
Philosophy in the West divides into three parts: Analytic Philosophy (AP), Continental Philosophy (CP), and History of Philosophy (HP). But all three parts are in a bad way.
Mulligan, Kevin+2 more
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