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Analyticity and language engineering in Carnap's Logical syntax [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
One of the most important events in early analytic philosophy was the analyticity debate between Carnap and Quine. By analyzing this debate, much can be learnt about Carnap's logical empiricism at the time of Logical Syntax.
Hillier, Sam
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A sustainable business ecosystem: a case study demonstrating biochar's potential

open access: yesBiofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The need for renewable, climate‐friendly resources has become urgent as legislators worldwide have sought to find ways to cut emissions while ensuring resource security for consumers. The use of biochar could help to achieve these goals. This study examines the current state of commercial biochar production and the maturity of the related ...
Juuso Kivijakola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Operationalization of the African Medicines Agency: Retrospective evaluation of the continental centralized pilot procedure timelines to recommendation and national registrations

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Regulatory inconsistency across Africa causes duplicative assessments, prolonged approvals, and delayed medical access. To inform the African Medicines Agency (AMA), the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH) piloted Africa's first continental scientific evaluation of human medicinal products.
Alex Juma Ismail   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

International student agency in academic self‐formation: Mobility as agency situated within knowledge structures

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract With growing attention to student agency in academic and policy discourse, international education has become a prominent context for examining how students navigate new cultural, academic, linguistic and social environments. However, much of this discussion attributes student agency to the ‘international’ aspect, while overlooking the ...
Soyoung Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing racialised awarding gap in higher education: Insights from personal tutors

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situated within a wider cross‐institutional research project, this article provides an in‐depth case study of one higher education (HE) institution, focusing on how personal tutors make sense of racialised degree awarding disparities for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, how they perceive their responsibilities, the challenges and ...
Benjamin Ajibade   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teacher confidence and student engagement with mental health and wellbeing lessons: Learning from an iterative curriculum intervention in schools

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The mental health and wellbeing of young people has received increasing attention in both research and the wider public discourse. There has been a marked rise in mental health conditions in young people, and the burden of care is increasingly transferred onto schools and teachers.
Thomas Godfrey‐Faussett   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

University strategy in transnational higher education: The strategic approaches of newly established and ‘small’ international branch campuses

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Newly established international branch campuses (IBCs) commence operations without a student body, and even after several years, many institutions fail to grow beyond 500 students. Despite having unique strategic needs, small IBCs are largely overlooked in the higher education literature.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

Kuhn, Carnap, and logical empiricism

open access: yes, 2017
According to the conventional wisdom, Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Kuhn 1970; henceforth SSR) (i) played a major role in the demise of logical empiricism (henceforth LE) by (ii) demolishing its key tenets and replacing them with an ...
Irzık, Gürol
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