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The Revo‐Evo Debate in the History and Philosophy of Science
The paper juxtaposes revolutionary and evolutionary positions in epistemology in general as well as the history of science. While it deems the evolutionary arguments more persuasive, it also stresses the dependence of our assessment of change on the language we choose to describe the theories and positions under consideration.
Yemima Ben‐Menahem
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Pingbo Hu +6 more
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Malleable Preferences and the Normative Desirability of Demand‐Side Solutions to Climate Change
Preference malleability embeds demand‐side solutions such as the provision of cycling infrastructure into broader societal transformation efforts. ABSTRACT Demand‐side solutions to climate change have been ascribed significant mitigation potential, but their uptake remains limited, often due to normative concerns about individual welfare when ...
Sebastian Berger, Felix Creutzig
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ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of ethnic diversity on occupational choices, particularly in care‐oriented occupations which are scarce in many high‐income countries. We use administrative data of all students in Switzerland to study two diversity dimensions: ethnic fractionalization and ethnic polarization.
Damiano Pregaldini +2 more
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Perceptual edge detection via entropy‐driven gradient evaluation
This study presents a novel method based on entropy‐driven gradient evaluation (P‐EdGE) for detecting perceptual edges that represent boundaries of objects as perceived by human eyes.
Chun‐Shun Tseng, Jung‐Hua Wang
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“That We May Love the As Yet Unknown God”: The Meaning of Analogy in Augustine’s De Trinitate
Abstract Recent interest in the idea of analogy and the analogy of being, along with the apparent invocation of Augustine’s De Trinitate in the definition of Lateran IV, calls for a renewed investigation into the idea of analogy in the aforementioned text. Methodologically, “analogy” in De Trin. names a form of discourse which attempts to see the truth
Samuel J. Korb
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Composition of “Karma” based on the Gestalt Modeling of “Ponteio No. 29” by Camargo Guarnieri
This work consists of two parts, the first being the analysis of “Ponteio No. 29”, by Camargo Guarnieri, based on the methodology called Gestalt Modeling (hereinafter GM).
Helder Alves de Oliveira +1 more
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Western Liberal‐Democratic Norms and Values: Why and How They Should Be Taught in Schools
ABSTRACT In many Western liberal‐democratic countries, there have been increasing efforts over recent decades to teach democratic norms and values in the primary and secondary school systems. However, there has been little agreement on how such democratic education can be effectively implemented. This article argues that an underlying core principle of
Lars Dietrich, Petra Weber
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La Definición del Concepto de Percepción en Psicología con Base en la Teoria Gestalt
This article presents the contribution of the Gestalt theory (Theory of the form) in the definition of the perceptual concept. It begins with the philosophical analysis of the formulated by the asociacionist and then follow with the subsequently debate ...
Gilberto Leonardo Oviedo
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On Technology and the Ecology of Thinking: Thinking and Aliveness in the Brave New World
ABSTRACT What does thinking require? This paper draws on object relations theory—particularly Bion's account of alpha‐function and containment, and Winnicott's concepts of potential space and holding—to argue that thinking, understood as the capacity to transform raw experience into thinkable form, depends on environmental conditions that can be ...
Mustafa Selek
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