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Valuations on Functionally Closed Sets of Quantum Mechanical Observables and Von Neumann's 'No-Hidden-Variables' Theorem [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 1998
We apply the machinery of projection lattices and von Neumann algebras to analyze the question of how modal interpretations can (and do) circumvent von Neumann's infamous 'no-hidden-variables' theorem.
arxiv  

Circle solutions, a philosophy and pedagogy for learning positive relationships : what promotes and inhibits sustainable outcomes? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Educators are increasingly aware that the efficacy of social and emotional learning (SEL) is dependent on implementation factors, not just program content. These include the philosophy underpinning an intervention, the beliefs as well as the skills of
McCarthy, Florence, Roffey, Sue
core  

The prefix “African” and its implication for philosophy in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Philosophy today is often regionalized unlike science and other disciplines. Thus we talk of Western, Eastern, American and African Philosophy. To speak or write philosophy within the ambit of the prefix “African” would elicit two major responses.
Segun, ST
core   +2 more sources

Higher Education as a Common Good in China: A Case Study for Ideas and Practices

open access: yesHigher Learning Research Communications, 2016
China began its modern system of higher education with the establishment of the former Peking University in Beijing in 1898. The traditional Confucian philosophy of education has been replaced dramatically by modern western philosophy. However, since the
Jiangang Zhu
doaj   +1 more source

Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching mathematics with a different philosophy. Part 2: Calculus without Limits [PDF]

open access: yesScience and Culture, 77 (2011) (7-8) pp. 280-86, 2013
The example of the calculus is used to explain how simple, practical math was made enormously complex by imposing on it the Western religiously-colored notion of mathematics as "perfect". We describe a pedagogical experiment to make math easy by teaching "calculus without limits" using the new realistic philosophy of zeroism, different from Platonic ...
arxiv  

Wind, Sand and Water. The Orientation of the Late Roman Forts in the Kharga Oasis (Egyptian Western Desert) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The chain of late Roman fortified settlements built in the Kharga Oasis, in Egypt Western Desert, represents an interesting case study to analyse how the ancient Roman town planners interacted with the landscape. A peculiar feature of the site is the existence of a prevailing, north westerly wind, and it is possible to identify the average azimuth of ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Adopting Western Culture or Enhancing Indigenous Culture: Takdir Alisyahbana's Discourse on Indonesian Path toward Progress

open access: yesJurnal Filsafat, 2007
It was a historical event on Indonesian history, white held a polemic of culture on June 8-10, 1935 in Solo.
Herman Hidayat
doaj   +1 more source

String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

Precision Theory of Electroweak Interactions [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2020
As a part of the celebration of 50 years of the Standard Model of particle physics, I present a brief history of the precision theory of electroweak interactions. I emphasize in particular the theoretical preparations for the LEP program and the prediction of m_t and m_h from the electroweak precision data.
arxiv  

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