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Reflections on defining a standard for computable expression of scientific knowledge: What teach us Yoda can

open access: yesLearning Health Systems, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Science advances at a slow pace but can be accelerated with a standard for computable expression of scientific knowledge, more precisely a technical standard for electronic data exchange of machine‐interpretable data expressing scientific knowledge.
Brian S. Alper
wiley   +1 more source

A multi‐dimensional analysis of the subjective well‐being of self‐initiated expatriates: The case of Nigerian expatriates in Germany

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 117-130, January/February 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper examines the role of four types of influences on the Subjective Well‐Being of Nigerian self‐initiated expatriates in Germany: (1) Individual, (2) Group, (3) Social, and (4) Organizational. Based on survey data from 377 respondents, we find that variables in all four categories influence subjective well‐being.
Hemant Merchant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consent, mutuality and respect for persons as standards for ethical sex and for sex education

open access: yesJournal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 56, Issue 5, Page 685-694, October 2022., 2022
Abstract This article examines Lamb, Gable & de Ruyter's critique of consent as the standard by which one can determine if a sexual encounter is ethical in their ‘Mutuality in sexual relationships: a standard of ethical sex?’. Their examination of this issue is to be welcomed for a number of reasons, including growing criticism of ‘consent’ as the gold
Michael J. Reiss
wiley   +1 more source

Kant als Metaphysiker. Überlegungen zu Kants Metaphysikkritik

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Kantianos, 2023
Kant’s critique of metaphysics was not aimed at its whole destruction, but rather at its emendation. This becomes obvious, if we take into account Kant’s conception of the development of metaphysics which comes about in three steps.
Jindřich Karásek
doaj   +1 more source

Probability and Metaphysics [PDF]

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 2018
In this article I explore the relationship between the concepts of probability and metaphysics. I start by presenting first Popper’s metaphysical interpretation of probability and then Suppes’ probabilistic metaphysics.
Peter Lukan
doaj   +1 more source

Interrupting the conversation: Donald MacKinnon, wartime tutor of Anscombe, Midgley, Murdoch and Foot

open access: yesJournal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 56, Issue 6, Page 838-850, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot all studied at Oxford University during the Second World War. One of their wartime tutors was Donald MacKinnon. This paper gives a broad overview of MacKinnon's philosophical outlook as it was developing at this time. Four talks from between 1938 and 1941—‘And the Son of Man That
Clare Mac Cumhaill, Rachael Wiseman
wiley   +1 more source

Discovering disagreement: The story of an undergraduate Wartime Quartet reading group

open access: yesJournal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 56, Issue 6, Page 851-862, December 2022., 2022
Abstract This paper describes and analyses the experience of the participants of an undergraduate reading group on ‘The Wartime Quartet’. In the first section, I explain the set‐up of the reading group. In the second section, I discuss what the participants shared and the trends we noticed in our experiences as women and marginalised genders studying ...
Anne‐Marie McCallion
wiley   +1 more source

The (meta)metaphysics of science: the case of non-relativistic quantum mechanics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Traditionally, to be a realist about something means believing in the independent existence of that something. In this line of thought, a scientific realist is someone who believes in the objective existence of the entities postulated by our best scientific theories. In metaphysical terms, what does that mean? In ontological terms, i.e., in terms about
arxiv   +1 more source

‘If I Would Stay Alive, I Would Be Their Voice’: On the Legitimacy of International People's Tribunals

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, Volume 86, Issue 1, Page 67-84, January 2023., 2023
In recent years there has been a proliferation of People's Tribunals (PTs), promising to address atrocities that have fallen through the net of a statist international legal order. However, the status of such informal tribunals has remained controversial in both literature and practice.
Aldo Zammit Borda, Stefan Mandelbaum
wiley   +1 more source

Equity before ‘Equity’

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, Volume 86, Issue 1, Page 85-121, January 2023., 2023
The notion of ‘equity’ is undergoing conceptual repositioning in international law today, embracing individuals as well as states and gaining an association with human rights and the politics of protest. In the context of these developments, the present paper enquires into the premodern roots of this ancient and rich term through three historical ...
Stephen Humphreys
wiley   +1 more source

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