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Philosophical discussion of music based on the principle that music is a form of language, encounters difficulties. Some aspects of music do tend towards language-like structures, while others pull away from them.
Bojan Bujić
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Anton Wilhelm Amo: The African Philosopher in 18th Europe [PDF]
Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1700 – c. 1750) – born in West Africa, enslaved, and then gifted to the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel – became the first African to earn a Ph.D. in philosophy at a European university.
Lewis, Dwight
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Abstract This paper examines the implications of England's ‘golden thread’ policy framework for teacher education, which describes a state‐mandated, linear model of professional learning from initial teacher training and education through to continuing professional development.
Amanda Nuttall +3 more
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The theory of "Manastattvada" is famous in the Indian theistic philosophy tradition. It has been rendered by the believer masters in different ways, such as the masters of the Naiyayik sect in the sense and atomic form, the Sankhya masters combined the ...
Janardan Bhoi
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What am I? Virtual Machines and the Mind/Body Problem [PDF]
When your word processor or email program is running on your computer, this creates a "virtual machine” that manipulates windows, files, text, etc. What is this virtual machine, and what are the virtual objects it manipulates?
Pollock, John
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Abstract This paper uses empirical data from a longitudinal qualitative study conducted with aspirant teachers in England to propose (re)definitions of the concepts of ‘status’ and ‘safety’ as a framework with which to understand and improve teacher recruitment.
Emily MacLeod
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Career motivations and perceptions of teaching of 16–19‐year‐olds in England and Wales
Abstract The current study provides an understanding of career‐related motivations of 16–19‐year‐olds in schools and A‐level colleges in England and Wales. The 672 participants (62% women) were asked to complete a modified version of the Motivations for Career Choice and the Persistence Research in Science and Engineering scales and provide comments on
Sophie Thompson‐Lee +4 more
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Caveat Lector: From Wittgenstein to The Philosophy of Reading
Against the grain of Analytic philosophy’s general avoidance of the fact or phenomenon of reading, and starting out with Wittgenstein’s compact investigation into “the part the word [‘reading’] plays in our life, therewith the language-game in which ...
Hanna, Robert
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Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment?
Abstract The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in ...
David Murphy +2 more
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The Daniel Dennett’s New Mind: Darwin, Turing but no Bach
Book review: Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back. The evolution of mind, Penguin Random House, UK 2017, pp. 467.
Roman Krzanowski
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