Neuroimaging and Genetic Markers of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease and Cognitive Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (NEUROGEN-SVD Study) [PDF]
Background/Objectives: Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a leading cause of cognitive decline and dementia. The comparative prognostic value of MRI-based neuroimaging markers and genetic risk factors such as the APOE ε4 allele for cognitive ...
Chelsea Jin +2 more
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Roy Bhaskar on Scientific Progress and the Fallibility of Cognition: A Critique of Four Approaches [PDF]
So far, various approaches have been proposed to explain the progress of science. These approaches, which fall under a fourfold classification, are as follows: semantic, functional, epistemic, and noetic approaches. Each of these approaches, based on the
Maryam Poostforush, Mostafa Taqavi
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Scientific Revolutions and Progress: reflections on Kuhn's and Bhaskar's philosophy of science [PDF]
Scientificprogress is one of the topics that has always been considered in the philosophy of science and various accounts have been presented as regards the occurrence of progress.One of the most important challenges in progress is the radical changes in
Maryam Poostforush, Mostafa Taqavi
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Social Structure: A History of the Concept
The concept of social structure, present in social ontology since the 19th century, has been used in various, not always clearly specified, meanings. The present use of the concept has been decisively influenced by the elaborations in the hands of the so-
Josef Menšík
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Evaluation of the Argument of "Unconceived Alternatives" from the Perspective of Bhaskar's Critical Realism [PDF]
Scientific realism has always faced continuous criticisms from scientific anti-realists. Kyle Stanford's "unconceived alternatives" argument can be seen as a late and troublesome version of these challenges.
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Developing our Knowledge for Complex Times: The Contribution of Critical Realism to Coaching
This conceptual article aims to stimulate reflection and debate on the contribution of the philosophy of science to coaching, an area which remains under-represented in the literature. Specifically, critical realism, evolved from the original work of Roy
Sarah Corrie, Louise Kovacs
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Tuukka Kaidesoja on Critical Realist Transcendental Realism
I argue that critical realists think pretty much what Tukka Kaidesoja says that he himself thinks, but also that Kaidesoja’s objections to the views that he attributes to critical realists are not persuasive.
Groff Ruth
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The Explanation of the Bhaskar’s Critical Realism Ontological Assumptions and their Applications on Interdisciplinary Research [PDF]
The aim of this article is explanation of the interdisciplinary research based on ontological assumptions in Roy Bhaskar’s view. According to the research that has been done by description- inductive method, research in Bhaskar’s view is due to ...
Mojtaba Pourkarim +3 more
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Concrete utopianism in integrated assessment models: Discovering the philosophy of the shared socioeconomic pathways [PDF]
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) are at the forefront of climate change science today. As an influential methodology and method, the SSPs guide the framing of numerous climate change research questions and how these are investigated. Although the
Foster, Gillian Joanne
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Berry Mayall and Roy Bhaskar: critical thinkers
Exchanges between the great range of disciplines and experts within IOE (Institute of Education), UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society (University College London, UK), can be very productive.
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