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Theological Doctrines as Scientific Theories? Thinking along with and beyond McGrath
Abstract McGrath's recent analysis of the parallels between scientific theory formation and the development of theological doctrine in The Nature of Christian Doctrine (OUP, 2024) is insightful and largely compelling, but also raises some questions and areas for further exploration. First, there is a remarkable back‐and‐forth between uses of ‘doctrine’
Gijsbert van den Brink
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This chapter introduces the rationalist model of delusions. It begins by presenting John Campbell’s seminal proposal that delusions are caused top-down by pathological Wittgensteinian framework or hinge beliefs.
Ohlhorst, Jakob; id_orcid
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THE KUHNIAN ASPECTS OF THE CHOMSKYAN SCIENTIFIC PARADIGM
This paper analyzes Chomsky's system of grammatical description seeking elements that might prove that his approach, started in 1957 with the publication of Syntactic Structures, actually marked a scientific "leap" in the sense that Thomas Kuhn described
Đorđe Vidanović
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Rational argument, rational inference
Reasoning researchers within cognitive psychology have spent decades examining the extent to which human inference measures up to normative standards. Work here has been dominated by logic, but logic has little to say about most everyday, informal arguments. Empirical work on argumentation within psychology and education has studied the development and
Ulrike Hahn +2 more
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In this previously unpublished essay, Haugeland aims to “expose two covert ‘dogmas’—tendentious yet invisible assumptions—that underlie rationalist thought, both modern and contemporary.” The dogmas are “positivism,” the claim that the world is composed ...
John Haugeland
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Abstract Differentiated integration has become a central concept in contemporary theorizing about European integration, reflecting the increasingly multi‐speed, multi‐tier and multi‐menu nature of integration within the European Union (EU). This research note extends the conceptual lens of differentiated integration to the level of cross‐border regions.
Georg Wenzelburger, Stefanie Thurm
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The ‘Geopolitical Commission’: 40 Years in the Making?
Abstract In 2019, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised MEPs she would deliver a ‘Geopolitical Commission’ during the five years of her term in office, unbeknown that the COVID‐19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine were around the corner.
Robert Kissack
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Scrutinising Frontex: The European Parliament and Accountability through Discharge
Abstract This article examines how the European Parliament (EP) has leveraged the budgetary discharge procedure to enhance the political accountability of the EU's Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex. Whilst the procedure is formally limited to budget implementation, the EP has used it as an accountability tool that goes far beyond financial ...
Magnus G. Schoeller, Peter Slominski
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The epistemological limits of Neo-Rationalism
By naming their architectural movement after a brand of philosophy that values reason over observation, and by professing an interest in the transcendence of geometry, the Neo-Rationalists wished to imbue their proposals with a sense of authority that ...
Steven Fleming (21281348)
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Abstract Global policy‐making is often described as taking place in a fragmented and complex institutional landscape. In this article, we revisit the verdict of fragmentation through the lens of discourse network analysis, seeking to understand the extent to which global policy debates can be characterised as fragmented.
Maria Weickardt Soares +1 more
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