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EU External Action, Intention and Explanation [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Spectator, 2019
“Unintended consequences” is an umbrella concept. It comprises phenomena that differ in crucial respects and consequently, without refinement, it remains a rather blunt instrument for policy analysis. The contributions in this volume, however, show that disentangling unintended consequences by making clear distinctions between various types, makes the ...
Zwart, F. de, Pomorska, K.
openaire   +3 more sources

From ends to causes (and back again) by metaphor: the paradox of natural selection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Natural selection is one of the most famous metaphors in the history of science. Charles Darwin used the metaphor and the underlying analogy to frame his ideas about evolution and its main driving mechanism into a full-fledged theory.
Blancke, Stefaan   +4 more
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A Non-Reductionist Solution to the Problem of Social Causation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The thesis of the causal closure of the physical world renders mental and social causation philosophically problematic. In The Construction of Social Reality, John Searle offers a partial solution to the problem of the causal efficacy of social and ...
A. dos S. Gouvea, Rodrigo
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Intentional Action in Folk Psychology: An Experimental Investigation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Four experiments examined people’s folk-psychological concept of intentional action. The chief question was whether or not evaluative considerations — considerations of good and bad, right and wrong, praise and blame — played any role in that concept ...
Knobe, Joshua
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Partial belief and flat-out belief [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
About the book: The idea that belief comes in degrees is based on the observation that we are more certain of some things than of others. Various theories try to give accounts of how measures of this confidence do or ought to behave, both as far as the ...
Frankish, Keith
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Dennett's compatibilism considered [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
My basic concern in this thesis is to examine the details behind Dennett's attempt to reconcile the notions of mechanism and responsibility. In the main this involves an examination of how he tries to secure a compatibilism between mechanistic and ...
Puttergill, Julian Gatenby
core   +1 more source

Entitlement to Reasons for Action [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The reasons for which I act are normally my reasons; I represent goal states and the means to attaining them, and these guide me in action. Can your reason ever be the reason why I act?
Roth, Abraham
core   +1 more source

Intravitreal GD2‐Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor T‐Cell Therapy for Refractory Retinoblastoma

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Effective treatments for advanced, treatment‐resistant retinoblastoma (RB) remain limited. GD2‐specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells show potent antitumor activity with minimal toxicity but have not previously been evaluated in RB.
Subongkoch Subhadhirasakul   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Fate (Outcome) of Clinically Apparent Single Lesion and Oligofocal Nephroblastomatosis Treated According to SIOP/GPOH Protocols for Wilms Tumor

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The management of clinically apparent single lesions or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis, a facultative precursor of nephroblastoma, remains debated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 37 patients with clinically apparent single or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis (two to three lesions per kidney) among 2347 patients registered between
Nils Welter   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Processos velhos, palavras novas: recursos de renovação lexical

open access: yesFilologia e Linguística Portuguesa, 2009
This paper concerns the process of coining words like “brasiguaio”, “eurocrata” and “diciopédia”, which are called by some linguistics portmanteau words.
M. Celeste Augusto
doaj   +1 more source

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