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Relativism, Vagueness and What is Said [PDF]

open access: green, 2008
Manuel García‐Carpintero
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Beyond David Graeber: How state intervention creates ‘bullshit jobs’

open access: yesEconomic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract David Graeber describes the malaise of ‘bullshit jobs’ but misattributes their cause to capitalism. I offer a different account: a bullshit job is usually one that would not survive without regulation, subsidy, or legal privilege. Such roles proliferate through state‐driven mechanisms: (1) regulatory inflation that converts productive effort ...
Alexis Sémanne
wiley   +1 more source

Implications of Rejecting Common‐Sense Realism for the Practice and Aim of Knowledge‐Based Education

open access: yesEducational Theory, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I assume that it is universally accepted that education—at least sometimes—should aim at knowledge. Moreover, I take my point of departure from the classical (and minimal) definition of knowledge in terms of justified true belief (JTB).
Henrik Friberg‐Fernros
wiley   +1 more source

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