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The Antinomy of Teleological Judgment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The antinomy of teleological judgment is one of the most controversial passages of Kant’s "Critique of the Power of Judgment". Having developed the idea of an explanation of organized beings by mechanical and teleological natural laws
Goy, Ina
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Is It Rational to Assume that Infants Imitate Rationally? A Theoretical Analysis and Critique [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
It has been suggested that preverbal infants evaluate the efficiency of others' actions (by applying a principle of rational action) and that they imitate others' actions rationally.
Adolph K.E.   +74 more
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‘Reinventing’ the Beach? Lessons from a Local Development Plan in the French Riviera

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Coastal squeeze is now so tangible both globally and locally that the focus of scientific debate has expanded from the erosion of beaches to the risk of their disappearance. In this context, it is crucial to explore local development plans that aim to preserve the long‐term existence of a beach.
Isabelle Bruno, Grégory Salle
wiley   +1 more source

Hegel’s Non-Metaphysical Idea of Freedom

open access: yesRevista de Filosofia, 2016
the article explores the putatively non-metaphysical – non-voluntarist, and even non-causal – concept of freedom outlined in Hegel’s work and discusses its influential interpretation by robert Pippin as an ‘essentially practical’ concept.
Edgar Maraguat
doaj   +1 more source

Analytics and complexity: learning and leading for the future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
There is growing interest in the application of learning analytics to manage, inform and improve learning and teaching within higher education. In particular, learning analytics is seen as enabling data-driven decision making as universities are seeking ...
Beer, Colin, Clark, Damien, Jones, David
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Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
wiley   +1 more source

Commentary on the Decision of the Supreme Court of January 11, 2017 (III KK 196/16, OSNKW 2017, No. 5, Item 25)

open access: yesStudia Iuridica Lublinensia, 2018
The paper contains a critical commentary on the Supreme Court’s decision of January 11, 2017 (III KK 196/16). The author states that the meaning of statutory feature “many people”, according to the Criminal Code, should be interpreted in the same way in ...
Marcin Klonowski
doaj   +1 more source

What Do Lithics Tell Us About Cultural Evolution? Insights From the Central African Record

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Western historical narratives often incorporate a biased vision of human evolution—driven by a progressive view tied to a progressively evolving state of culture—this paper proposes combining archaeological lithic data with epistemological reflections to critique the modern regime of historicity, where progress is assumed as rational ...
Isis Isabella Mesfin
wiley   +1 more source

Out There No One Has a Right to Die

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The eventual goal of space exploration is to colonize exoplanets and their moons outside our solar system. This is a dangerous and immoral endeavour. The extraterrestrial life forms encountered would be hostile, vulnerable or both, and the descendants of the original pioneers would be involuntarily exposed to hazardous conditions and ...
Matti Häyry
wiley   +1 more source

È possibile discutere di etica a partire da Timore e tremore? Un’analisi su Kierkegaard

open access: yesJournal of Philosophical Criticism, 2018
The story of Abraham – and the divine command to sacrifice his son Isaac – is, as many of us know, the source of inspiration for some reflections of Kierkegaard in his work Fear and Trembling.
Marcio Gimenes de Paula
doaj   +1 more source

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