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Abstract The term semantic primitives refers to a set of basic, atomic concepts from which all other (compound) concepts are constructed. It presupposes the principle of compositionality—the idea that complex items or expressions can be formed by combining simpler constituents.
Birger Hjørland
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Hermann Cohen and Kant's Concept of Experience [PDF]
In this essay I offer a partial rehabilitation of Cohen’s Kant interpretation. In particular, I will focus on the center of Cohen’s interpretation in KTE, reflected in the title itself: his interpretation of Kant’s concept of ...
Stang, Nicholas
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Hermann von Helmholtz's empirico-transcendentalism reconsidered: construction and constitution in Helmholtz's psychology of the object [PDF]
This paper aims at contributing to the ongoing efforts to get a firmer grasp of the systematic significance of the entanglement of idealism and empiricism in Helmholtz's work.
Bell +69 more
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What makes a right fundamental, and how does it achieve this status? This article critically examines these questions through a detailed analysis of the 2022 amendment to the 1998 ILO Declaration, which recognised the right to a safe and healthy working environment as a fifth fundamental right.
Ioannis Katsaroumpas, Maria Kotsoni
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What Makes a Theory of Infinitesimals Useful? A View by Klein and Fraenkel [PDF]
Felix Klein and Abraham Fraenkel each formulated a criterion for a theory of infinitesimals to be successful, in terms of the feasibility of implementation of the Mean Value Theorem.
Kanovei, Vladimir +3 more
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In the Beginning was the Work: Donald MacKinnon’s Metaphysics after Lenin
Abstract Donald MacKinnon expressed a distinctly realist and actualist metaphysic. One aspect of his metaphysics that is less frequently commented upon, however, is his reception of Vladimir Lenin. While not an unqualified admirer of Bolshevism, it is readily apparent that MacKinnon incorporated elements of Lenin’s philosophy and theories regarding ...
Khegan M. Delport, Dritëro Demjaha
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Grounded on the quantum measurement riddle, a general argument against the universal validity of the superposition principle was recently put forward by Bassi and Ghirardi.
Bassi +9 more
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From the logic of knowledge to the ontology of being: the path and overcoming of the Marburg school
The Marburg School represented one of the most systematic philosophical currents of neo-Kantianism. This study presents a rethinking of the problems faced by this school within the current context of epistemological and ontological debates that attempt ...
V. N. Belov, M. Neira
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Political Epistemology without Apologies
Abstract Political epistemology has become a popular field of research in recent years. It sets itself the ambitious task to intertwine epistemology with social and political theory in order to do justice to the relationships between truth and politics, or reason and power.
Frieder Vogelmann
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On Life and Language:\ud Limit, Context and Belief in Wittgenstein and Ortega y Gasset [PDF]
Despite both thinkers belonging to the tragic generation of\ud 1914, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1888-1951) and José Ortega y\ud Gasset (1883-1955) never actually met in their lives or in\ud their texts (neither those they wrote nor those they read).\ud Coming
Navarro, José
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