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The Aesthetic Engagement Theory of Art

Ergo, An Open Access Journal of Philosophy, 2021
I introduce and explicate a new functionalist account of art, namely that something is an artwork iff the fulfillment of its function by a subject requires that the subject aesthetically engage it. This is the Aesthetic Engagement Theory of art.
Patrick Grafton-Cardwell
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The ultimate forgery: A semiotic deconstruction of large language models as engines of simulated selfhood

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Information science rests on a compact: its mediating signs maintain a traceable relation to what they describe. Large language models (LLMs) break it architecturally, generating discourse that is statistically plausible yet epistemically ungrounded, while standard metrics (precision, recall, relevance) cannot detect the rupture.
Martin Thellefsen, Alon Friedman
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Brexit and the United Kingdom-European Union relationship from the perspective of a complex adaptive system

Foro Internacional, 2022
The UK-EU relationship has been depicted as awkward, and Brexit represents the pinnacle of this strangeness. This paper uses the Complex Adaptive Systems framework and the Containers, Differences, Exchanges (CDE) model to understand Brexit as a turning ...
Angélica Saraiva Szucko
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Unpacking the Process of Integrating Sustainability into Management Control Systems: A Literature Review and an Analytical Framework

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, organizations are adapting their control systems to meet institutional demands for sustainability disclosure. However, the process of integrating sustainability within management control systems (MCSs) remains underexplored, despite extensive literature on sustainability controls.
Anna Lucia Missaglia, Valentina Minutiello, Andrea Urbinati, Patrizia Tettamanzi   +3 more
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Prosumers and Sustainable Market Governance: Development of the Community‐Oriented Marketing Approach Scale

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research develops and empirically validates the Community‐Oriented Marketing Approach (COMA), a 20‐item multidimensional scale designed to measure prosumer perceptions within participatory market systems. COMA conceptualizes prosumers as active co‐value creators and institutional agents, driving sustainable market governance.
Alpaslan Kelleci, Oguzhan Essiz
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Love and Cause: When Is Biomedically Enhanced Love Desirable?

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a philosophical debate about whether the use of biomedical enhancements to promote or sustain love in romantic relationships is compatible with the desirability of such love. We argue that enhancements are problematic in this respect only if they substantially replace the causal role of the beloved's identity in generating the lover's
Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė, Julian Savulescu, Brian D. Earp   +2 more
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Collaborative Autoethnography: A Research Method to Investigate Professional Identity of Medical Radiation Practitioners

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
The professional identity of medical radiation practitioners (MRPs) is evolving in line with the changing healthcare landscape. Collaborative autoethnography offers a feasible qualitative research method to investigate professional identity. ABSTRACT Professional identity (PI) encompasses the values, knowledge, skills and attitudes aligned with an ...
Michelle Fenech, Nadia Mead, Paula Kinnane   +2 more
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Street Names through Sociological Lenses. Part I: Functionalism and Conflict Theory

Social Change Review, 2020
Street names are mundane spatial markers that besides providing a sense of orientation inscribe onto the landscape the ideological ethos and political symbols of hegemonic discourses.
Rusu Mihai Stelian
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When Does Top Management Team Diversity Matter in Large Organizations?

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Top management teams (TMTs) drive strategic leadership, but there is little clarity on when the composition of these upper echelons most impacts organization performance. Drawing from the categorization‐elaboration model, we study an 18‐year sample of approximately 4500 organizations and over 32 000 executives and find a positive relationship ...
Frances Fabian, James M. Plečnik, Shan Wang   +2 more
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Revisiting Germani: the interpretation of modernity and the theory of action

Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 2005
The work of the Italo-Argentinian sociologist Gino Germani has traditionally been classified as functionalist. However, recent studies have tended to change this perspective, emphasizing other important influences in his work. Against the backdrop of his
José Maurício Domingues, María Maneiro, Deborah Neale   +2 more
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