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“For REASON […] is nothing but Reckoning” : the Postulates of Hobbes’s and Descartes’s Rationalism

Revue LISA, 2014
Thomas Hobbes and René Descartes are contemporary authors whose rationalistic approach means to emancipate science from theology. Hobbes’s Leviathan (1651) and Descartes’s Discours de la méthode (1637) expound a method which is supposed to account for ...
Jean-Marc Chadelat
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A Reasoned Feeling, beyond the Contrast between Reason and Emotion

Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2020
The aims of this paper are 1) to quickly describe and analyze the criticims of rationalism in The Affective Sciences and above all, to formulate the hypothesis of an indirect but undeniable link with populist and neoconservative movements.
Juliette Grange
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It’s time for rational rationing [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2013
> ‘Ask me my three main priorities for the NHS, and I tell you: efficiency, efficiency, efficiency.’ No government minister said this, at least not yet. Of course, the government wants quality too, but its war is on spending, and efficiency is its weapon. NHS spending power is set to remain stable at best for the foreseeable future.
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Rational rationalization and System 2 [PDF]

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2020
Abstract In this commentary, I highlight the relevance of Cushman's target article for the popular dual-process framework of thinking. I point to the problematic characterization of rationalization in traditional dual-process models and suggest that in line with recent advances, Cushman's rational rationalization account offers a way out of the ...
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Theological Doctrines as Scientific Theories? Thinking along with and beyond McGrath

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
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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Creator or Tool? (To the Consciousness Origin) [PDF]

Философия и космология, 2017
The problem of subjective consciousness genesis is investigated: whether is it a product of creatively conceiving brain or of transcendental consciousness, external in relation to a brain. The consciousness is considered from positions of rationalism (in
Vladimir Gukhman
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Rethinking Merit in Calvin's Doctrine of the Atonement: Beyond Possessive Individualism

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Joan Lockwood O'Donovan argues that the Reformation doctrine of grace entails a rejection of the proprietary anthropology of self‐owning individuals and its attendant notion of justice – what C. B. Macpherson termed the “theory of possessive individualism.” Although O'Donovan praises Calvin's anthropology and his account of law for its non ...
John Walker
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Differentiated by Design? Cross‐Border Cooperation in Europe as Differentiated Integration From Below

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
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?

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
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

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
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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