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Animal Logic: Locke and the Nature of Inference

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can animals reason? If so, what would their reasoning consist in, and how, if at all, would it differ from its human counterpart? On these questions, John Locke stakes out a position that also merits consideration today. I argue that, for Locke, reasoning is a matter of the subject's construing her mental states as support for a conclusion ...
Walter Ott
wiley   +1 more source

Policymakers' Preferences Over Public–Private Modes of Service Delivery and Credit‐Claiming: Experimental Evidence

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A survey experiment on US elected local policymakers allows us to test how incumbents strategically use infrastructure projects in their electoral campaigns. Each local official is presented with a scenario in which they are asked to imagine that they are going to run for office again and that a new infrastructure project has just been ...
Eleanor Florence Woodhouse, Paolo Belardinelli, Nathan Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Middlebrow Aesthetics: An Explanation and Defense

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We offer a philosophical account of the middlebrow as a theoretical category to do explanatory and critical work in aesthetics. On our account, the middlebrow ought to be understood as aspirational popular art. That is, it is art which aspires both to be popular (in a distinctive sense), and at the same time to be something more than popular ...
Aaron Meskin, Jonathan M. Weinberg
wiley   +1 more source

Other People's Money: Political Embeddedness on Pension Boards, Alternative Assets and Investment Fees

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract State‐administered pension plans report paying roughly $20 billion each year in fees to external asset managers, much of it for high‐cost, high‐risk “alternative” assets such as private equity and hedge funds. These outcomes involve trillions in pension investments that affect the retirement security of millions of public sector workers and ...
Jeffrey C. Diebold, Cody R. Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Elem and Zimmadari: Masculine moral life in Rohingya refugee camps

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article traces how masculine authority is assembled and evaluated in the everyday life of Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork, it follows two young men, a volunteer mediator and a community school founder, to show how authority emerges not through formal roles or institutional ...
Mohammad Ibrahim Khalad
wiley   +1 more source

Why Are Physics‐Based Models Taking so Long to Run?

Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Volume 7, Issue 1, December 2026.
Abstract Physics‐based models provide a reliable and interpretable framework based on established physical laws, allowing them to deal with unforeseen future conditions much better than statistical data‐driven methods. Physics‐based models in Earth science (e.g., climate models, hydrological models, and groundwater models) are commonly used for ...
Xiuquan Wang
wiley   +1 more source

When do Firms with New CEOs Engage in M&A? Understanding the Timing of New CEOs' First M&A Announcements

Journal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 6, Page 3204-3248, September 2026.
Abstract New CEO appointments can create strategic uncertainty for stakeholders, potentially undermining the CEO's position. While the stakeholder uncertainty perspective suggests CEOs may act boldly to clarify their strategic intentions during early tenure, the CEO life cycle perspective proposes that CEOs avoid such moves during early tenure, as they
Marie‐Ann Betschinger, Caterina Moschieri, Olivier Bertrand, Mahmoud Aidli   +3 more
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Understanding Experiences of Energy Services Access in Rural Northern US Communities: A Comparative Case Study on Recognition Justice

Rural Sociology, Volume 91, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on an ongoing study of energy services in rural, northern U.S. communities. Anchored in case studies across three northern states, the research aims to understand how residents experience energy service access. These case studies were selected for their shared histories of resource extraction and inclusion of Tribal Nations ...
Nelly Aghaei, Chelsea Schelly, Ana Dyreson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unconventional Fiscal Policies in Response to Inflation: The Iberian Exception in Portugal

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Volume 73, Issue 4, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The surge in Eurozone inflation in 2022 compelled European governments to implement unconventional fiscal policies. One initiative, the Iberian Exception, imposed a cap on the cost of natural gas used for electricity generation in Portugal and Spain.
Lourenço Cerdeira, Sofia Vale, Luís Clemente‐Casinhas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming spaces—Transforming pedagogy? Teacher mobility and engagement with students in open and flexible learning spaces

Review of Education, Volume 14, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract Open and flexible learning spaces challenge the traditional use of classroom spaces and interaction practices. To date, little research has been conducted on how teachers and students move in their learning spaces and organize and use them for teaching and learning.
Kreeta Niemi
wiley   +1 more source