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Rational theory choice: Arrow undermined, Kuhn vindicated [PDF]

, 2013
In a recent paper, Samir Okasha presented an argument that suggests that there is no rational way to choose among scientific theories. This would seriously undermine the view that science is a rational entreprise.
Bradley, Seamus
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The Relationship Between Board Diversity and Corporate Environmental Performance: A Meta‐Analysis

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The association between corporate governance mechanisms and corporate environmental performance has gained increasing academic engagement; however, existing empirical studies provide inconsistent results. This study aims at empirically summarizing the results of previous research on the relationship between different characteristics of board ...
My Hanh Doan, Paul Ludwig, Remmer Sassen, Luisa Altenburger   +3 more
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Pablo Melogno and Thomas Kuhn

Estudios de Filosofía
This paper discusses seven of Melogno’s papers on Kuhn from 2019 to 2024. It analyzes Melogno’s arguments about the relationship between Kuhn’s early and late historiography, his rejection of the discovery-justification distinction, and his move towards
Paul Hoyningen-Huene
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The Virial Expansion of the Hydrogen Equation of State in Comparison to PIMC Simulations: The Quasiparticle Concept, IPD, and Ionization Degree

Contributions to Plasma Physics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The properties of plasmas in the low‐density limit are described by virial expansions. Analytical expressions are known for the lowest virial coefficients from Green's function approaches. Recently, accurate path‐integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations were performed for the hydrogen plasma at low densities by Filinov and Bonitz (Phys. Rev.
Gerd Röpke, Chengliang Lin, W. Ebeling, H. Reinholz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kuhn, Sarton, and the history of science [PDF]

, 2013
The scientific work of Leonardo da Vinci may have served as the main inspiration for the historical research of George Sarton. Although he never produced a work he felt was worthy of its subject, the little that he did write about Leonardo reveals the ...
Oliveira, Amelia J., Pinto de Oliveira, J. C.   +1 more
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Thomas kuhn: : Ciência, história e comunidade científica [PDF]

, 2023
This dossier, dedicated to the Thomas Kuhn's philosophy, was conceived after the "Thomas Kuhn Colloquium: Science, History and the Scientific Community", promoted in partnership by the Graduate Programs in Philosophy at the Universidade Federal do Piauí (
Marandola Junior, Eduardo, Batista, Gustavo Silvano   +1 more
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Maternal overweight and obesity during pregnancy and sex‐dependent dysregulation of the materno‐fetal stress axis

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Maternal obesity and excess gestational weight gain (GWG) are linked to adverse perinatal outcomes, potentially via disruption of the maternal–fetal stress axis. Placental HSD11B2 protects the fetus from excess glucocorticoids and may influence fetal programming during maternal metabolic stress.
Thorsten Braun, Marie Hofmann, Rebecca Rancourt, Julia Sommer, Alexandra Kühn, Loreen Ehrlich, Thomas Ziska, Kerstin Melchior, Karen Schellong, Wolfgang Henrich, Sonja Entringer, Katherine Margret Kennedy, Andreas Plagemann, Deborah Magdalena Sloboda   +13 more
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Ciência, senso comum e revoluções científicas: ressonâncias e paradoxos

Ciência da Informação, 2005
Revisa alguns aspectos da constituição do conhecimento científico como, por exemplo, sua definição, sua relação com a filosofia, com a religião e com o mito; segundo, descreve algumas características de eventos que se desenvolveram e ainda se desenvolvem
Marivalde Moacir Francelin
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Coping Practices of Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises Facing Power Asymmetry in Digital Platform Business

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital platform (DP) enterprises have risen to the top of the global economy by inverting traditional business models. They earn money through matchmaking, transaction facilitation, and efficient orchestration of other stakeholders' resources.
Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg
wiley   +1 more source

Photograph of Thomas Kuhn [PDF]

, 1985
Thomas Kuhn, author and philosophy professor at MIT, gave 4 lectures as part of the Thalheimer Lecture series in philosophyPortrait of Kuhn, a Thalheimer Lecturer, at approximately 60 years old in his ...
Jane Reed
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