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Open Space Policy‐Making and Planning in Urban Regions: Towards a Theoretical Approach Based on the Multiple Streams Framework

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Open space networks provide multiple ecosystem services and other benefits which are particularly important to urban regions. Accordingly, there are many examples around the world of urban‐regional open space policies such as regional parks and green belts that connect non‐built‐up areas over several municipalities. Yet it is still unclear how
Gerd Lintz, Mariam Diagayété
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Semantics and Ontology:\ud On the Modal Structure of an Epistemic Theory of Meaning [PDF]

, 2003
In this paper I shall confront three basic questions.\ud First, the relevance of epistemic structures, as formalized\ud and dealt with by current epistemic logics, for a\ud general Theory of meaning. Here I acknowledge M.
Tabet, Chiara
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Darwinism in metaethics: What if the universal acid cannot be contained? [PDF]

, 2017
The aim of this article is to explore the impact of Darwinism in metaethics and dispel some of the confusion surrounding it. While the prospects for a Darwinian metaethics appear to be improving, some underlying epistemological issues remain unclear.
Severini, Eleonora, Sterpetti, Fabio
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Bridging Cross‐Scale Science–Policy Interfaces for Coherent Land‐Use Governance: Knowledge Co‐Production and Uptake in Kenya's Polycentric System

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land is fundamental to livelihoods and ecosystem health but faces mounting pressure from human activities, climate change, and competing development demands. Science–policy interfaces (SPIs)—platforms that connect experts and policymakers—are vital for co‐producing knowledge to inform coherent, sustainable land‐use governance.
Sara Velander, Lisa Biber‐Freudenberger   +1 more
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Norvegų kalbos modalinių veiksmažodžių semantika. The semantics of the Norwegian modal auxiliary verbs [PDF]

Kalbotyra, 2007
In this paper, I have tried to show that the meanings of Modern Norwegian modal verbs may best be described in terms of gradable scales (clines) both with respect to epistemic and non-epistemic modality.Epistemic modality deals with the degree of ...
Ugnius Mikučionis
doaj  

Modalidade epistémica e evidencialidade nos sermões católicos na língua portuguesa

Studia Iberystyczne, 2014
EVIDENTIALITY AND EPISTEMIC MODALITY IN CATHOLIC SERMONS IN PORTUGUESE Epistemic modality indicates the degree of certainty or doubt speakers have for the proposition expressed by their utterance.
Małgorzata Wielgosz
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Weighing Aims in Doxastic Deliberation [PDF]

, 2019
In this paper, I defend teleological theories of belief against the exclusivity objection. I argue that despite the exclusive influence of truth in doxastic deliberation, multiple epistemic aims interact when we consider what to believe. This is apparent
Atkinson, C. J.
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The hardness of the iconic must: Can Peirce’s existential graphs assist modal epistemology? [PDF]

, 2011
Charles Peirce’s diagrammatic logic - the Existential Graphs - is presented as a tool for illuminating how we know necessity, in answer to Benacerraf’s famous challenge that most “semantics for mathematics” do not “fit an acceptable epistemology”.
Legg, Catherine
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Epistemic Modality in the Argumentative Essays of Chinese EFL Learners

, 2015
Central to argumentative writing is the proper use of epistemic devices (EDs), which distinguish writers’ opinions from facts and evaluate the degree of certainty expressed in their statements.
Chunyu Hu, Xuyang Li
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Sidelining Mitigation: Climate Delay Discourses Among Municipal Legislators in Southeastern Brazil

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how municipal legislators frame climate mitigation and how these framings shift responsibility, narrow the perceived scope of municipal authority, and reduce the urgency or feasibility of local action. We analyzed 31 interviews with city councilors serving on Permanent Environmental Committees across municipalities in ...
Tainá Yumi Patriani
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