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Morality, convention and conventional morality
Philosophical Explorations, 2017Among anthropologists and sociologists, it is widely believed that moral rules are best understood as a type of social norm. Moral philosophers, however, have largely been hostile to this suggestion. In recent years, the impulse to distinguish moral rules from others types of social norm has received what many take to be empirical support from the work
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Conventional Weapons Convention
2009Abstract This chapter discusses the important provisions of the UN Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW).
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Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 2005
The present article discusses convents as homes. Resulting from the study of a Gregorian source presently housed at DePaul University's Richardson library, this article probes the complexities and restrictions of convent life in 17th century Spain. The Sanctoral de Visperas (1653) functions as a backdrop for a consideration of how singing chant and ...
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The present article discusses convents as homes. Resulting from the study of a Gregorian source presently housed at DePaul University's Richardson library, this article probes the complexities and restrictions of convent life in 17th century Spain. The Sanctoral de Visperas (1653) functions as a backdrop for a consideration of how singing chant and ...
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The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2002 Abstract It is shown that player mobility has important consequences for the long-run equilibrium distribution in dynamic evolutionary models of strategy adjustment, when updating is prone to small probability perturbations, i.e. “mistakes" or “mutations." Ellison (1993) concluded that the effect on the matching process of localized ...
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Realistic Convention and Conventional Realism in Shakespeare
History of European Ideas, 1981(1981). Realistic convention and conventional realism in Shakespeare. History of European Ideas: Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 237-248.
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Genetic manipulation of non‐conventional yeasts by conventional and non‐conventional methods
Journal of Basic Microbiology, 1988AbstractIn recent years, yeasts other than those belonging to the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe have become increasingly important in industrial processes. Species such as Pichia stipitis, Hansenula polymorpha, Zygosaccharomyces rouxii, Saccharomyces exiguus, Torulaspora delbrueckii, Yarrowia lipolytica and others whose
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Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe
International Security, 1983The conventional wisdom is, in short, that stronger conventional forces are needed to enhance conventional deterrence and thus compensate for the declining effectiveness of nuclear deterrence. The difficulties of relying on deterrence by defensive means have long been emphasized in the strategic field.
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Synthese, 1977
Reichenbach articulated and defended a distinction between conventional and factual components within a scientific theory. For example, he argued that the axioms of geometry are factual while the coordinative definitions for geometry are conventional.1 The scientific spirit with which Reichenbach approached philosophical discussion is illustrated by ...
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Reichenbach articulated and defended a distinction between conventional and factual components within a scientific theory. For example, he argued that the axioms of geometry are factual while the coordinative definitions for geometry are conventional.1 The scientific spirit with which Reichenbach approached philosophical discussion is illustrated by ...
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Is there redemption for conventions?
Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2005This article explores the concept of convention in the social sciences. It presents the two major neo-Humean philosophical approaches to convention and challenges their intuitive appeal and research implications. The weaknesses of these approaches are examined and a new direction is suggested for the study of convention.
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