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Sartre's Private Language Argument
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Various commentators have noted striking parallels between Wittgenstein's reflections on privacy and Sartre's discussions of the body in Being and Nothingness. Nevertheless, these aspects of Sartre's thought have seldom been explored in detail.
Alex Englander
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Genres of Paradoxical IS Theorising: Of Chaos–Puzzles and Spear–Shields
Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Paradox is a powerful lens for theorising information systems (IS) phenomena. However, as scholars apply the term to fundamentally different phenomena, ‘paradox’ risks dilution. Much confusion stems from conflating two concepts under the same English label ‘paradox’: chaos–puzzles (seemingly impossible ideas, aligned with the Chinese term ‘bei
Blair Wang +2 more
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Wittgenstein and World War I: some additional online sources [PDF]
, 2014 The article presents some additional biographical online sources to Ludwig Wittgenstein in the years 1913 ...
Schmidt, Alfred
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Cohort fertility and educational expansion in the Czech Republic during the 20th century
Demographic Research, 2018 Background: During the 20th century the Czech Republic went through profound changes in female employment, gender roles, population and family policies, and public childcare. The educational structure of the female population changed tremendously. At the
Krystof Zeman
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How feedback works in practice: Insights from a rapid realist review
Medical Education, EarlyView.Abstract Background Feedback is essential in health professions education, yet its diversity makes it difficult to study and theorize beyond specific instances. Building on their prior theoretical framing of feedback, the authors undertook a focused pattern informed realist exploration of how it might work, for whom, and under what circumstances, in ...
Catherine Patocka +3 more
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A Passport Photo of Two: On an Allusion in the Pictures of Wittgenstein and von Wright in Cambridge [PDF]
, 2014 The article draws a connection between three items preserved at the von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Helsinki (WWA), namely a book by Wilhelm Busch and two copies of the photos of von Wright and Wittgenstein in Cambridge taken by
Österman, Bernt +1 more
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Metaphilosophy, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents the case of Margaret Macdonald's (1903–1956) posthumous treatment of Susan Stebbing (1885–1943). After Stebbing's death, Macdonald—her Ph.D. student and collaborator—wrote an early history of analytic philosophy in which Stebbing's work is credited to Bertrand Russell (specifically, her account of ‘directional analysis ...
Peter West
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Morphology and Metaphilosophy: Goethe, Wittgenstein and Waismann [PDF]
The paper explores how Wittgenstein and Waismann interpreted Goethe’s ideas from The Metamorphosis of Plants. These ideas laid the foundation for Wittgenstein’s concept of “family resemblance”, which Waismann also embraced in The Principles of Linguistic
Annalisa Coliva +2 more
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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Examining work by Rowan Williams, this essay explores what he often refers to as the ‘difficulty’ of writing theology. The difficulty of theology lies in engaging the ruse of having ultimate answers to ultimate questions. The stakes are high: ‘God‐talk’ must concern itself with truth, with reality.
Graham Ward
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Duplicitous Remembrance: Confessing Self‐Deception with Augustine
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract While self‐deception has long been a topic of interest in psychology and analytic philosophy—and increasingly in the academic study of theology and religion—direct engagement with Augustine on self‐deception remains underexplored in contemporary scholarship.
Abraham S‐C Wu
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