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Resilience and Sorites in the Normative Domain and Beyond
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The sorites paradox is central to theories on vagueness, which aim to explain apparent contradictions. Some theories, however, imply sharp cut‐offs where we would, intuitively, not expect them. This paper invokes the notion of normative resilience to address this issue.
Henrik Andersson, Jakob Werkmäster
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Fundamento e efeitos da ação de embargos à execução fiscal [PDF]
, 2011 O Direito se realiza onde há relação humana, onde os seres humanos, dotados de inteligência e capacidade de comunicação, se relacionam. Este relacionamento pode manifestar qualidade deôntica, ou seja, os seres humanos podem estabelecer direitos e deveres
Hilário, André Augusto Toniolo
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Our ability to imagine alternatives to reality is central to everyday cognition. Our competence in reasoning depends not only on our capacity to envisage the relevant facts, but also on our proficiency in simulating alternatives to them. I discuss how our skill in making deductive inferences depends on imagining possibilities. To illustrate, I
Ruth M. J. Byrne
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Modal verbs in South Asian online Englishes: must, (have) got to, have to and need to
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This research article presents an analysis of four (semi‐)modals of necessity/obligation (must, (have) got to, have to and need to) in four CMC registers (comments, tweets, web forums and websites) originating from four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) along with the United Kingdom and United States.
Muhammad Shakir
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BUDDHISM AND WESTERN MORAL PHILOSOPHY [PDF]
, 2018 As a strategy to better understand Buddhist ethics, this work seeks to answer the question: with which family of western moral theories could we relate this theory? Against interpretations that characterize it as deontic, consequentialist, or more recent
Diana Hoyos Valdés +2 more
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, 2021 The modern State is a concept that implies a set of institutions and social relations that exercise their functions over a territory based on the control of violence and different discursive practices.
Ramírez-Vallejo, Dora A.
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Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This study explores the grammatical variability of modal auxiliary verbs in English as a lingua franca. Focusing on the ongoing change must, have to, and need to, this research utilizes two spoken corpora: the Vienna–Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) and the Asian Corpus of English (ACE).
Chunyuan Nie +2 more
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Beyond Literacy: Embracing Illiteracies as Strategic Resistance in Citizenship Education
European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT This article reconsiders the role of citizenship illiteracies in citizenship education, particularly in challenging contexts where direct confrontation is untenable. Traditionally, citizenship education often equates citizenship literacies with positive civic engagement, overlooking the potential value of illiteracies as forms of resistance ...
Jason Cong Lin
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Agent-Oriented Business Rules: Deontic Assignments
, 2001 Business rules are statements that express a business policy, such as defining business terms, defining deontic assignments (of powers, rights and duties), and defining or constraining the operations of an enterprise, in a declarative manner.
Gerd Wagner +3 more
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Locke(d) in a Dilemma: The Problem of Territorial Authority
Philosophy &Public Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 157-168, Summer 2026.ABSTRACT In Lockean social contract theory, the state exercises its authority over territory through property rights. The state has territorial authority over the property it and its citizens claim. This authority is legitimate when the state has the consent of the governed and effectively governs. In this paper, I argue that there is an irreconcilable
Samantha L. Fritz
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