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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
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The Significance Of The Erosion Of The Prohibition Against Metabasis To The Success And Legacy Of The Copernican Revolution [PDF]
, 2011 Although one would not wish to classify Copernicus’ own intentions as belonging to the late-medieval and Renaissance tradition of nominalist philosophy, if we are to turn our consideration to what was responsible for the eventual success of the ...
Aleksander, Jason
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China's Strategic Approach to Tech Diplomacy in a Time of Global Uncertainty
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the wake of U.S.‐China technological competition and the COVID‐19 pandemic, “tech diplomacy” has gained prominence in Chinese political and academic discourse. This concept is often ideologically framed to critique Western hegemonic narratives perceived as hindering China's technological advancement.
Zhao Alexandre Huang, Xiang Meng
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Scienza, filosofia, senso comune: come l’incredibile può diventare ovvio [PDF]
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2016 Science, Philosophy, Common Sense: how the extraordinary could turn into the Obvious The paper is devoted to an examination of some aspects of the relation between science, philosophy and common sense.
Pasquale Frascolla
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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Things at Work: How Things Contribute to Performing Work
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract A crucial question for organizations is what constitutes work performance. While the importance of human competence and motivation to work performance has been established, less well understood is how ‘things’ – such as algorithms, tools, instruments, and raw materials – contribute to work performance.
Jörgen Sandberg +2 more
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Science as a Form of Life and Cross-disciplinarity: Mariano Artigas and Charles S. Peirce [PDF]
, 2016 According to Charles S. Peirce and to Mariano Artigas, science is the collective and cooperative activity of all those whose lives are animated by the desire to discover the truth. The particular sciences are branches of a common tree.
Nubiola, Jaime
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A New Hilbert's Hotel Argument Against Past‐Eternalism
Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper offers a new formulation of the “Hilbert's Hotel Argument” (HHA) which is superior to existing formulations because it (1) demonstrates that HH is logically impossible in the concrete world, (2) takes into account the need to consider the assumptions of HHA, and (3) offers a reply to an important objection concerning the validity of
Andrew Ter Ern Loke, Eli Haitov
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A Secondary Tool for Demarcation Problem: Logical Fallacies [PDF]
, 2017 According to Thagard, the behavior of practitioners of a field may also be used for demarcation between science and pseudoscience due to its social dimension in addition to the epistemic one.
Uyar, Tevfik
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Bad Practices: Unintended Consequences of Practice‐Based Theories of Reference
Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Practice theories are a genus of causal theories of reference. They claim that the semantic referent of an utterance of a name is determined by features of a practice of using that name to speaker‐refer to, or coordinate actions around, a certain object.
Hugo Heagren
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