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Neo-Pragmatism and the End of Metaphysical Depth [PDF]
This essay argues that neo-pragmatism offers an alternative to metaphysics rather than eliminating it. By approaching language and metaphysical debates through the inferentialist lens, neo-pragmatism attempts to end certain metaphysical debates through ...
Park, Joel
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Revue Interventions Économiques, 2007 Thorstein Veblen managed to develop a meticulous and original analysis of American society in the beginning of the XXth century. The diversity of its intellectual influences and the look on his society from a stranger’s point of view are the basis of ...
Marc-André Gagnon, Dimitri della Faille
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Review Essay: Situational Analysis—Strauss Meets Foucault?
Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2012 With the (German translation) of the volume "Situational Analysis" by Adele CLARKE, a new approach to the development of Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM) is presented. CLARKE radicalizes the methodological standpoint of classical pragmatism.
Rainer Diaz-Bone
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Translating Riedl: The Circulation and Operationalisation of Evolutionary Ideas
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.Rupert Riedl's Order in Living Organisms proposed a systems theory of evolution decades before the concepts it pioneered—homology, burden, the imitative epigenotype—reached the agenda of evolutionary biology. This paper reconstructs the lineages that operationalized his insights across several fields and explores the internal and external reasons for ...
Laura Nuño de la Rosa
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What Future Lies Ahead for Circular Business Models Research?
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The circular economy—wherein waste is designed out, materials are circulated and nature is regenerated—has reached global recognition. From policy to business circles, it is seen as a viable strategy to address multiple societal grand challenges—including climate change and depletion of finite natural resources—and build a more resilient ...
Roberta de Angelis, Kerry Hudson
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Nové filosofie sociální vědy: Realistická alternativa
Teorie vědy, 2019 This text provides a detailed examination of realism as a philosophy of natural science and its implications for the practice of social science.
William Outhwaite
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Oikos, EarlyView.Functional traits allow ecologists to synthesise general rules of community assembly. In joint species distribution modelling, traits are increasingly used to explain species–environment relationships, with the intention of being able to generalise predictions to other species in other systems.
Hao Ran Lai +4 more
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Examining human agency from Richard Rortys point of view with regard to social education [PDF]
فصلنامه نوآوریهای آموزشی, 2005 Any plan for education presupposes a particular view on human nature. The kind of approach to human and his/her place in society guides educational practices in social education.
Khosrow Bāgheri, Narges sajjadieh
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Clinical Pragmatism: A Method of Moral Problem Solving
, 1997 This paper presents a method of moral problem solving in clinical practice that is inspired by the philosophy of John Dewey. This method, called "clinical pragmatism," integrates clinical and ethical decision making.
Fins, Joseph J. +2 more
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Administering an Islamic Public Value by a Non‐Muslim Agency: The UNHCR Refugee Zakat Fund
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The post‐Arab Spring conflicts generated large‐scale displacement across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), producing acute humanitarian needs among predominantly Muslim refugee populations. The United Nations High Commissioner to refugees responded by opening the Refugee Zakat Fund, to be used to mobilize the Islamic philanthropic ...
Abdulfatah Said Mohamed
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