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Theism, naturalism, and scientific realism [PDF]
, 2017 Scientific knowledge is not merely a matter of reconciling theories and laws with data and observations. Science presupposes a number of metatheoretic shaping principles in order to judge good methods and theories from bad.
Koperski, Jeffrey
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway +8 more
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THEOLOGICAL NATURALISM AND THE NATURE OF RELIGION: ON NOT BEGGING THE QUESTION
Zygon, 1987 . Too many theologies beg the question about the nature of religion by building metaphysically substantive assumptions into its description. Typically these assumptions are: the object of religious devotion must be both absolute and personal, final ...
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Education for Problems of Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cynefin framework for decision‐making categorizes problem environments into simple (known knowns), complicated (known unknowns), complex (unknown unknowns), and chaotic (unknowables). Simple and complicated problem environments enable best and good solutions, but complex and chaotic problem environments require emergent and novel solutions.
Abbas Ziafati Bafarasat
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Feature Article: ELT Materials
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract After providing a working definition of ELT materials that encompasses both commercial and noncommercial instructional resources, I differentiate between studies of materials content, consumption, and production, reviewing notable studies of each type, most of which have appeared in the pages of TQ.
Nigel Harwood
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Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, 2007 In his book Religion Is Not About God, Loyal Rue presents an evolutionarily based explanation of religion as a means to further the personal and social fulfillment of human beings. Rue argues that religions in the form of myths, adaptive falsities, provide an account of the connection between what is (facts) and what matters (values).
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An Incongruent Amalgamation: John Stuart Mill\u27s Utilitarianism on Naturalism [PDF]
, 2015 John Stuart Mill\u27s utilitarian principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, often surfaces in cultural debates in the contemporary West over the extent and foundations of moral duties.
Robinson, Jeffrey M
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Engagement and Interaction for Second Language Learning
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Engagement is an appealing concept because researchers and practitioners can easily agree on its importance for second language (L2) learning. Consequently, there has been a rapid research increase and engagement will be a hot topic in the coming decade.
Masatoshi Sato
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Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, 2003 Three questions are addressed. First, concerning the definition of naturalism, I accept the characterization by Rem Edwards (1972) but insist on a materialist or physicalist interpretation of these features. Second, the distinctive characteristic of my religious naturalism is an argument that although a theological position based on a physicalist ...
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Divine and Human Agency from the Standpoint of Historicalism, Scientism, and Phenomenological Realism [PDF]
, 2015 Phenomenological realism, in the tradition of Dietrich von Hildebrand, is advanced as a promising methodology for a theistic philosophy of divine and human agency.
Taliaferro, Charles
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