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The Birth of the Idea of Perfectibility: From the Enlightenment to Transhumanism [PDF]
, 2019 Starting from the Age of Enlightenment, a person’s ability of self-improvement, or perfectibility, is usually seen as a fundamental human feature. However, this term, introduced into the philosophical vocabulary by J.-J.
Ugleva, Anastasia, Vinogradova, Olga
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SciPost Physics, 2018 We present a systematic treatment of perfect fluids with translation and rotation symmetry, which is also applicable in the absence of any type of boost symmetry. It involves introducing a fluid variable, the kinetic mass density , which is needed to define the most general energy-momentum ...
de Boer, Jan +4 more
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Collective and individual rationality: Robert Malthus’s heterodox theodicy [PDF]
, 2003 This paper forms part of a research project investigating conceptions of the relationship between micro-level self-seeking agent behaviour and the desirability or otherwise of the resulting macro-level social outcomes in the history of economics.
Denis, A.
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Educational Theory, EarlyView.Abstract The tendency to silence higher education teachers and students around the globe who express opinions that others regard as wrong is increasing. This lack of interest in listening to, and at times silencing, people with opposing views raises the question of what makes higher education unique and worth protecting.
Silvia Edling
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Perfect Mixtures of Perfect Measures
The Annals of Probability, 1979 It is shown that all the possible cases can arise in the mixture problem with respect to perfectness of probability measures. A characterization of perfectness is obtained through properties of a countably generated sub-$\sigma$-algebra given which there is a regular conditional probability.
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Exploring Perception in Dental Students' Communication Skills: An Online Survey
European Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Effective communication in dentistry is crucial for patient understanding and promoting health. Undergraduate dental education provides a critical opportunity to instil these skills. Objectives To describe the self‐perceptions of undergraduate dental students at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) regarding ...
Mireia Cruanyes +2 more
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Individual and Social Perfection in Islamic Thought
Current Perspectives in Social SciencesThe notion of individual and social perfection varies according to civilization. Variability in this sense is to be regarded as a characteristic feature of every civilization.
Mizrap Polat
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Revista Maracanan, 2018 This article discusses some aspects of the contemporary crisis based on its relationship with temporality. We argue that a certain difficulty in the emergence of intellectual and political proposals for its confrontation can be attributed, among other ...
Thamara de Oliveira Rodrigues +1 more
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AI Authoritarianism: Towards an Analytical Framework
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract This Intervention offers a call for investigating the deepening alignment of artificial intelligence and authoritarian politics. The paper highlights three key features of AI that inflect the workings and logics of authoritarianism: (selective) inhumanisation, the cult of intelligence and scaling. We argue that AI is not simply extending,
Thomas Dekeyser +2 more
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Comprehensive Analysis of Performance of Air Cooled Multistage Thermoelectric Cooler
Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebaoThe multistage thermoelectric cooler can provide a larger temperature difference, but its refrigeration and economic performance decreases rapidly with the increase of stages.
SUN Yuetong, MENG Fankai, ZHOU Lin, XU Chenxin
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