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Hume’s Academic Scepticism: A Reappraisal of His Philosophy of Human Understanding [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
A philosopher once wrote the following words:If I examine the PTOLOMAIC and COPERNICAN systems, I endeavour only, by my enquiries, to know the real situation of the planets; that is, in other words, I endeavour to give them, in my conception, the same ...
Wright, John P.
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Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finland v. Denmark: A Call to Clarify the International Court of Justice\u27s Standards for Provisional Measures [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
This Comment argues that a prima facie showing of the existence of a right on the merits is an implicit factor that must be met by a party requesting interim relief before the Court will fully examine a request for provisional measures.
Essoff, Patricia A.
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Understanding Youth Assaults of Police Officers in Australia: A Power Threat Meaning Framework Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores youth violence towards police officers in Australia through the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to better understand the underlying factors contributing to such violence; focusing on power dynamics, childhood adversity, and trauma.
Dimitra Lattas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Definition of critical skin defect and concepts of structural and functional repairs: Proposal and verification in a rat model

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This graphical abstract illustrates the research process regarding skin defect repair using a rat model of skin defect. First, it assesses whether the barrier function of the skin is repaired. If the answer is “YES”, the study proceeds to focus on structural repair.
Cong Sun   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Philosophy and Ataraxia in Sextus Empiricus

open access: yesPeitho, 2013
This essay addresses two interconnected questions: (a) In what sense is Skepticism a philosophy? (b) How can ataraxia emerge out of epochē? Skepticism is a practice that articulates three moments: equipollence, epochē (suspension of judgment), and ...
Pascal Massie
doaj   +1 more source

ANN‐Enabled Analysis of Nanoparticle Aggregation and Hall Effects on Ag‐H2O Nanofluid Flow Over a Spinning Disk With Convective Heating and Thermal Radiation

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The exceptional characteristics of nanofluids have turned out to be a significant development in revolutionizing heat transfer mechanisms in several electronic cooling devices and industrial manufacturing processes. The present study deals with the investigation of the second law of thermodynamics applied to the steady MHD fluid flow above a ...
Dixita Sonowal, Bidyasagar Kumbhakar
wiley   +1 more source

Equipollence, suspension of judgment and tranquillity in pyrrhonian skepticism

open access: yesPrimeiros Escritos, 2009
Parece haver na filosofia cética, tal como apresentada por Sexto Empírico, três pressupostos fundamentais: (1) a constatação da equipolência entre argumentos contrários levaria necessariamente à suspensão de juízo; (2) aquele que suspende o juízo alcançaria necessariamente a tranquilidade; (3) a suspensão de juízo seria condição suficiente para a ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Humidity‐Corrected Thermodynamic Modeling of Ammonium Chloride Crystallization Temperature Mechanisms and Application

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As refineries process increasingly inferior crude oils, ammonium salt corrosion has intensified. Accurate prediction of ammonium salt crystallization temperatures and their influencing factors is therefore crucial for safe and stable operations.
Haozhe Jin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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