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The origins of vaccination: myths and reality [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2013 In 1796, 75 years after Lady Mary Wortley Montague and Charles Maitland introduced inoculation into England, Edward Jenner performed an experiment that would eventually lead to the eradication of smallpox and the end of inoculation. (NB: in this article, inoculation refers to immunization with smallpox virus and vaccination refers to immunization with ...
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North African modernities: myth stripped bare
, 2009 This article examines how 'tradition' and 'modernity' in the postcolonial condition are negotiated in the famous travelling exhibition Africa Remix. The author focuses on what she calls the 'myth-making' display that operates in the works of the video ...
Press, M.C.
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Spiritual Cannibalism in HRD: How Workplace Spirituality Devours Sacred Traditions
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper interrogates how the discourse of workplace spirituality in human resource development (HRD) operates as a tool of colonization. Through a systematic review of 48 articles published between 1997 and March 2025, the study uncovers recurring patterns of spiritual appropriation in which non‐Western traditions are detached from their ...
Shoaib Ul‐Haq
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Psychological features of myth origin in modern social and cultural discourse
, 2014 The article represents the results of a study of psychological features of myth origin sociocultural discourses in contemporary society. Expanding the boundaries of understanding the psychological characteristics of the generation and transmission of ...
Гуцол, С. Ю. +2 more
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The Alignment Risks of AI Overconfidence about Consciousness
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many contemporary AI systems (as of May 2025) have expressed extreme confidence in current and near‐future AI lacking consciousness and moral patiency. This article argues that artificially reinforcing such confidence, even if pragmatically useful, poses a novel alignment risk: as coherence‐seeking AIs become more epistemically principled ...
Sharon Berry
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Le mythe ou l’image du temps messianique
Reflexão, 2015 My intention here is to evaluate myth’s category through some philosophems unfolded in The Origin of German Tragic Drama, in order to show that, far from being the accomplice of historical time, the myth, released from logos – literally pulled out from ...
Dimitri Sandler
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Origo gothica e Scandinavia nel dibattito goticista della Spagna asburgica
Filologia GermanicaA spirit of nationalistic exaltation marked the height of Sweden at the time of the Thirty Years’ War, when great importance was attached to the myth of the Goths and their presumed Scandinavian origin.
Marco Battaglia
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Membership‐Making in Diverse Societies: Revisiting the Idea of Society as a Common Possession
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The traditional aim of Western social democracy has been to create a society that is a ‘common possession’ of its members (in T.H. Marshall's words). Social democratic politics has therefore been both society‐making and membership‐making, orienting people to a shared society as an object of attachment and loyalty, and nurturing membership ...
Will Kymlicka
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Ameliorating Linguistic Anchors of Oppression
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The words we use to represent the world shape how we interpret and respond to it; language frames what it represents. In some cases, these frames can have prejudicial effects; for example, ‘workplace flirting’ versus ‘sexual harassment’. This article examines how specific words and phrases (i.e.
Emilia L. Wilson
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.This study explored resilience in Black and South Asian Muslim children aged 7–12 in East London, an underrepresented group affected by deprivation and discrimination. Using body mapping, children depicted resilience as personal strength and described the importance of support systems.
Aisling Murray +6 more
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