From Hurricane Irma to the Grindavík eruptions: volatility premiums in disaster governance. [PDF]
DisastersAbstract Environmental volatility can inflate property values even as it destroys them. To show how, this article pairs a postcolonial micro‐state in the Caribbean (Sint Maarten after Hurricane Irma) with a Nordic welfare town (Grindavík in Iceland following volcanic eruptions) because they occupy the opposite ends of the governance capacity spectrum ...
Björnsson T.
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Large language models as cognitive shortcuts: a systems-theoretic reframing beyond bullshit [PDF]
Frontiers in Artificial IntelligenceIntroductionLarge Language Models (LLMs) are often framed through metaphors such as “bullshit” or “stochastic parrots,” emphasizing missing grounding, belief, or intention.
Murat Sariyar
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Point of View of Jean Baudrillard on the Philosophy of Cinema Survival [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2022 Jean Baudrillard the postmodern social theorist adopted a philosophical approach for explanation of the contemporary world. Baudrillard refers to the current state of affairs in the world as “Hyperreality” and believes that today the simulacra are more ...
Mahdi Attarzadeh +2 more
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Meta‐Virtuality: Strategies of Disembeddedness in Virtual Interiorities
Journal of Interior Design, EarlyView., 2022 ABSTRACT To reclaim their seat in the rapidly growing market of virtual space, designers of the built environment can benefit from reevaluating theories that see the virtual as a mere extension/reflection of the physical. By claiming ontological autonomy from external worlds, the virtual is liberated from the hegemonic control of the physical.
Vahid Vahdat
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To Take Out the Man in The White Coat From Gogol’s Coat - Object’s Subject Simulacra - / Gogol’ün ‘Palto’sundan ‘Beyaz Mantolu Adam’ı Çıkarabilmek -Nesne’nin Özne Simülakra’sı [PDF]
Folklor/Edebiyat, 2018 Attempts of the object to take over the subject consist of giving the answers it desires, pretending to believe it, and dragging it to its own side. The subject becomes a victim of the object that it cannot escape.
Kadir Can Dilber
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G. Deleuze’s Untimely [non-]: The Inverter of Platonic Nihilism to Ethics of Creation
Open Philosophy, 2023 In F. Nietzsche’s philosophical thought, there is a profound link between European Nihilism and the task of modern philosophy to produce new Platos. The current article demonstrates how G.
Nevrokoplis Konstantinos
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The Spectre of Populist Leadership: QAnon, Emergent Formations, and Digital Community
Media and Communication, 2022 QAnon is an online conspiracy movement centred on cryptic posts published by an unknown figure referred to as “Q.” Its anti-hierarchical framework and deployment of an unknown leader can be understood as a substantial departure from other 21st-century ...
Rob Cover +2 more
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A Mellotron-Shaped Grave: Deconstructing the Death of Progressive Rock
Transposition, 2022 Progressive rock was among the most successful genres of the 1970s, yet only recently has it partly regained the respect it once had. Indeed, for almost three decades, the prog genre has often been disparaged and condemned as a bombastic and excessive ...
Mattia Merlini
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E-Word? McLuhan, Baudrillard, and Verisimilitude in Preaching
Religions, 2022 Electronic communication of the Christian message—online preaching—raises distinct theological challenges. Notwithstanding the undeniable convenience and unlimited geographical reach of “virtual church”, electronic media have the potential to separate ...
Michael P. Knowles
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FAKE REALITY: WOMEN PORTRAYAL IN BEAUTY PRODUCT ADVERTISEMENTS OF PAKISTANI PRIVATE CHANNELS
Jurnal Sosiologi Reflektif, 2021 Since advertising was introduced many centuries ago, women have been objectified and, in some cases, insulted or belittled. The second wave of feminists challenged society's definition of femininity, and society's insistence on equating men with “thought”
Zarnab Rana
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