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Transcendental Pragmatics and Hermeneutics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
: In which sense could transcendental pragmatics combined with a hermeneutical approach provide the social sciences with a critical oriented approach?
Hedberg, Petra
core  

Managerial actions using historical values for tackling hyper‐competitive environments: The case of Toyota

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study provides a causal explanation concerning how managerial actions using historical values contribute to dynamic capabilities, or sustaining competitive advantage in changing environments. Based on historical methods that consist mainly of hermeneutics, contextualization, and source criticism, it analyzes sources and ...
Katsuki Aoki
wiley   +1 more source

Liminal Bioethics for Liminal Statuses: A New Method for Analysing Novel Biological Entities. [PDF]

open access: yesBioethics
ABSTRACT Novel biological entities such as cell lines and organoids do not typically fit into established conceptual categories, such as ‘human’ or ‘nonhuman’, ‘gift’ or ‘property’. This makes developing robust ethical principles or policy solutions difficult.
Wee M, Singh I.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Media Philosophy— A Reasonable Programme? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
It is beyond any doubt that media have an enormous impact on our media-culture societies. Media in?uence our perception and our knowledge, our memory as well as our emotions. They create public spheres and public opinions and give rise to media realities.
Schmidt, Siegfried J.
core  

Conformational bifurcation drives dual transport regimes in molecular junctions: Unsupervised machine learning insights

open access: yesSmart Molecules, EarlyView.
Conformational bifurcation in n‐alk‐1‐yne molecular junctions drives dual transport regimes, with unsupervised machine learning and XPS revealing distinct planar and skewed conformers influencing conductance and tunneling efficiency. This discovery highlights anchor‐group control as a key design principle for tailoring molecular electronic devices ...
Yuhong Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epistemological Implications of a System—Theoretical Understanding for Sustainability Models

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the sense of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global efforts to create a sustainable society will not be sufficiently successful under the current geopolitical and socio‐economic trends. For this reason, recent sustainability research has increasingly focused on systemic coherence, the subject of cognition, and psychological and ...
Stefan Stumm
wiley   +1 more source

Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
wiley   +1 more source

A Presuppositional Critique of Constructivism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Educational theories have roots. They have roots in broader philosophies, conceptions of the nature of reality, and the theories utilized in classrooms to teach have implications for broader society.
Rickert, Paul R
core   +1 more source

The History and Ideas of George Herbert Mead's Pragmatism and Its Relevance for Operational Research and Systems Thinkers

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT George Herbert Mead is an oft forgotten or ignored American philosopher who was one of the originators of pragmatism. Today, he is recognised as a creative thinker who has teased out knotty problems that others in the field had not realised were problems. Understanding Mead's analysis has been made difficult because he died prematurely without
Richard Ormerod
wiley   +1 more source

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