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Adam Smith. Skeptical Newtonianism, Disenchanted Republicanism, and the Birth of Social Science [PDF]
Both Adam Smith's epistemology and his politics head to a stalemate. The former is under the opposing pulls of an essentialist ideal of knowledge and of a pragmatist approach to the history of science. The latter still tries to provide a foundation for a
Cremaschi, Sergio Volodia Marcello
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Evolution of science II: Insights into working of Nature
We attempt to provide a comprehensive model of evolution of science across millennia taking into account the contributions of other intellectual traditions, cultural value system and increasing in sophistication of humans in their study of nature.
Vahia, M N
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China's Strategic Approach to Tech Diplomacy in a Time of Global Uncertainty
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]
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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Abstract In this essay I contend that, whatever one might say about F.W.J. Schelling's historical and conceptual influence on Paul Tillich's doctrines, the overall style of Tillich's project can helpfully be dubbed Schellingian to the extent it mixes together discourses, genres, and vocabularies into an ever‐expanding whole. To the extent that anything
Daniel Whistler
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
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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Lonergan, Decolonization and First Nations Peoples: An Apologetic from an Insider on the Outside
Abstract The purpose of this article is to respond critically to a research project initiated out of the Board of the Lonergan Research Institute that seeks to expose colonialist assumptions in Lonergan's thought. Some of the initiatives seek to link Lonergan with complicity in Canadian residential schools, spiritual violence, and cultural genocide ...
John D. Dadosky
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Impact maturity times and citation time windows: The 2-year maximum journal impact factor
Journal metrics are employed for the assessment of scientific scholar journals from a general bibliometric perspective. In this context, the Thomson Reuters journal impact factors (JIF) are the citation-based indicators most used.
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Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism
Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
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Book reviews in this article: The Cosmic Blueprint: New Discoveries in Nature's Ability to Order the Universe. By Paul Davies. But Is It Science' The Philosophical Question in the Creation/Evolution Controversy. Edited by Michael Ruse.
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