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Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science, 2017 The aim of this paper is to present Duhem’s critical view of the dynamical development of mechanics according to two principles of his theory of the development of physics: the continuous and the rational development of physics.
José R. N. Chiappin +1 more
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On the Homo Œconomicus Model of Rationality
Studies in Business and Economics, 2019 The study intends to deliver a logical analysis of the well-known (and too much used) model of rationality named homo œconomicus. To this end, it is put into evidence the reductionism of the model (more, its cartesianism and mechanicism), by logically ...
Emil Dinga, Gabriela-Mariana Ionescu
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Медицина болю, 2020 From the point of view of perception and generalization processes there are complex, logic and conceptual forms of thinking. Its conceptual form is the highest result of interaction between thinking and speech. While realizing it, human uses the concept,
Viktor Poberezhnyi +4 more
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The Concept of Mechanism in Biology [PDF]
, 2012 The concept of mechanism in biology has three distinct meanings. It may refer to a philosophical thesis about the nature of life and biology (‘mechanicism’), to the internal workings of a machine-like structure (‘machine mechanism’), or to the causal ...
Nicholson, Daniel J.
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Chuck palahniuk’s fight club under a different lens: pressures on the male body in community and the question of masculinity [PDF]
, 2018 The present paper aims to analyse Chuck Palahniuk’s first novel Fight Club (1996) from a different viewpoint, i.e., the communitarian theories perspective. In order to enrich this study, this field will be interconnected with gender studies, specifically
Fuentes Fuentes, Carmen
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This study demonstrates a self‐assembly process to generate free‐standing piezoelectric nanomembranes, forming ultracompact microtubular acoustic wave sensors and actuators. The miniaturized 3D piezoelectric platform reported in this work can be applied in telecommunication, energy harvesting, and acoustofluidics. Moreover, the 3D self‐assembly can add
Raphaël C. L‐M. Doineau +9 more
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Henry More’s “Spirit of Nature” and Newton’s Aether [PDF]
, 2016 The paper presents the notion of “Spirit of Nature” in Henry More and describes its position within More’s philosophical system. Through a thorough analysis, it tries to show in what respects it can be considered a scientific object and in what respects ...
Joseph, Jacques
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Pervivència i crítica de la Il·lustració a l'Idealisme [PDF]
, 1991 The German idealists believed that a philosophica1 reflexion was not possible independently of the enlighted critic, and, though keeping far from certain aspects of that critic, they generally accepted the results of the rationalist shake in the field of
Valls Plana, Ramon
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Amphiphilic chloroazobenzenes, bearing different amino acids as end groups alanine, phenylalanine, and valine, exhibit excellent photoisomerizations. Varying structures of three amino acid groups participate in supramolecular formations and therefore photoinduced morphological transformations via adjusting intermolecular interactions. These interaction
Shuangshuang Meng +3 more
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Rethinking general education in the English upper secondary system [PDF]
, 2011 The Secretary of State for Education's recent announcement of an English Baccalaureate at 16+ has opened up a debate about the nature of general education in the English upper secondary system.
Hodgson, Ann, Spours, Ken
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