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From Biobank to “Bio-Think-Tank”: Functional Evolution of UK Biobank in Public Health Policy Making [PDF]
Public Health ReviewsObjectivesThis study aims to explore the evolving role of the UK Biobank in public health policymaking, particularly its shift from a traditional biobank to a proactive “bio-think tank” and highlight the drivers and necessary elements of this evolution ...
Jun Yin, Antoine Flahault
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A Functionalist Theory of Properties [PDF]
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2008 I consider a grand, yet neglected proposal put forward by Shoemaker—a functionalist theory of all properties. I argue that two possible ways of developing this proposal meet with substantial objections. However, if we are prepared to endorse an ontology of tropes, one of these functionalist analyses can be developed into an original and informative ...
Ann Whittle
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Beyond accommodation: on the structural turn in computational functionalist theories of consciousness. [PDF]
Neurosci ConsciousThis commentary engages with Fleming and Shea's (2024) recent work on computational functionalist theories of consciousness through a structural lens. We address three key aspects: the role of subjective experience in theory building, the hypothesis regarding local lateral connectivity in sensory areas, and the implications of "silent units" for ...
Ellia F, Tsuchiya N.
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A Role Functionalist Theory of Color
, 2009 Abstract In this chapter, the role functionalist form of relationalism, the idea that the relations that constitute colors are functional relations — relations involving the performance of a certain functional role that connects surfaces, lights, and the like, to visual systems is discussed.
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Human neurocomputational mechanisms of guilt-driven and shame-driven altruistic behavior [PDF]
eLifeAlthough prior research has examined the psychological and neural correlates of guilt and shame, the cognitive antecedents that trigger them, as well as their transformation into social behavior, remain insufficiently understood.
Ruida Zhu +6 more
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Against Guala and Hindriks’ Functionalist Theory of Institutions
Journal of Social OntologyWhat explains the existence and persistence of institutions? This article centres on Guala and Hindriks’ functionalist theory of institutions, which explains their existence and persistence by their overall beneficial consequences, where these ...
Louis Larue
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Towards redeeming ‘loyalty’ in functionalist Bible translation using the Hebrew ḥesed concept
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 Within translation studies, functionalist translations and even more specifically, translations guided by Skopos theory are very much purposeful activities.
Tobias J. Houston
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Funktionskreis e Gestaltkreis: la metafora del circolo nella biologia teoretica
Aisthesis, 2014 This paper aims to examine the use of the circle metaphor within the functionalist perspective by Jakob von Uexküll and the morphological perspective by Viktor von Weizsäcker.
Salvatore Tedesco
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Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam, 2023 Purpose – This study aims to provide a comprehensive and novel conceptual analysis, revealing the relationship between “moral,” “morality,” “akhlaq,” and “character,” examining their similarities and differences to provide a more comprehensive ...
Maksudin
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Institutional Logics and Functionalist Differentiation Theory: Challenges and pathways forward
Organization Theory, 2022 As a theoretical framework in organization studies, institutional logics is immensely popular. It has been used in a large amount of highly contributory and enlightening empirical studies, and developed far beyond its original formulation in a classical ...
Johan Alvehus, Olof Hallonsten
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