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Critical Rationalism and Ethics [PDF]

, 2009
This paper examines Popper's views about ethics and metaethics, drawing on a wide variety of sources. It notes the presence of Kantian and utilitarian themes, and discusses some ideas about how they might be interpreted and inter-related. It argues that there are various problems about Popper's views ― notably that his Kantian-influenced ideas about ...
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The Social Truth of Schopenhauer's ‘Metaphysics of Pity’: Compassion and Critical Theory

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Taking Horkheimer and Adorno's account of pity in the Dialectic of Enlightenment as my starting point, I show that Schopenhauer's compassion‐based moral theory exemplifies key elements of this account. In particular, this moral theory will be shown to possess a social truth for Horkheimer and Adorno because it is an expression of a wrong ...
David James
wiley   +1 more source

Hegel's Theory of Absolute Spirit. Reflexive Practices in Hegel's Social Philosophy

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper argues that Hegel's concept of absolute spirit should be understood as central to his social philosophy. Rather than designating a metaphysical endpoint, absolute spirit refers to reflexive practices—art, religion, and philosophy—through which societies critically engage with the norms and assumptions that structure social life ...
Markus Gante
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Standard rationality versus inclusive rationality: a critical assessment [PDF]

Behavioural Public Policy
AbstractThis paper critically assesses Rizzo and Whitman’s theory of inclusive rationality in light of the ongoing cross-disciplinary debate about rationality, welfare analyses and policy evaluation. The paper aims to provide three main contributions to this debate.
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Between Rationalization and Mystification in Public Sector Recruitment: Understanding the Challenges School Managers Face in Promoting Professionals

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article is about the hard and enduring task for managers within the school sector of selecting professional staff for promotion. The aim is to scrutinize how the promotion process emerges and is sustained. The research question is how the potentially conflict permeated process of selection is handled in practice?
Gustaf Kastberg Weichselberger, Sanna Eklund   +1 more
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TRENDS OF CRITICAL PHILOSOPHY IN CLASSICAL RATIONALISM OF THE XVIII-XX CENTURIES [PDF]

, 2019
Larisa Nikolaevna Yurovitskaya, Stanislav Vital’evich Yurovitskii   +1 more
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4 EMPIRICAL EMBODIMENT OF CRITICAL RATIONALISM: DELIBERATIVE THEORY AND OPEN SOCIETY

, 2023
Gazela Pudar Draško, Predrag Krstić
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Maori thinking with a dead white male: Philosophizing in the realm of Novalis [PDF]

, 2014
In this paper I shall discuss my experiences of referring to Novalis in the context of Maori postcolonialism and metaphysical philosophy. As with other methods of research, from a Maori perspective one always alights on and then carries the effects of ...
Mika, Carl Te Hira
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UNWARRANTED CONFIDENCE: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POVERTY OF ANTI‐REALISM

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Poverty of Anti‐Realism: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernist Philosophy of History, edited by Tor Egil Førland and Branko Mitrović, celebrates the new dawn of historical realism, which it claims supersedes the erroneous and harmful anti‐realism.
Jouni‐Matti Kuukkanen
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Paul Edwards: A Rationalist Critic of Kierkegaard\u27s Theory of Truth [PDF]

, 2012
In lieu of an abstract, below is the chapter\u27s first paragraph. Best known as the editor-in-chief of the monumental Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Edwards (1923-2004) was a modern philosophe.
Madigan, Timothy
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