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The Biophilia Reactivity Hypothesis: biophilia as a temperament trait, or more precisely, a domain specific attraction to biodiversity

, environmental ethics, and political science—it is particularly influential in architecture, urban planning, and interior design (Yeom et al., 2022) . Biophilia has been the subject of musical compositions ... , philosophy, theology, tourism, and horticulture. The evolutionary theory behind the biophilia hypothesis was neither critiqued nor tested at the time of publication, nor in the decades that followed. There

Martha C. Nussbaum, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility

, CA 92866 , USA Justice for Animals is a idealistic manifesto for non-human animal rights grounded not in science or economics, but rather in philosophy. The author is Martha Nussbaum who received her ... many other organizations, the approach differs from some as it is grounded in philosophy and law. Rather than simply argue for animal rights based on empathy or kindness, Professor Nussbaum addresses

Social science goes quantum: explaining human decision-making, cognitive biases and Darwinian selection from a quantum perspective

be greater than that of the more inclusive one. In the case of the Linda experiment, subjects rated (after receiving the information that Linda majored in philosophy, is intelligent and interested in ... Quantum Econophysics? Philosophy of Science , 88 ( 4 ), 665 - 685 . Atmanspacher , H. , & Römer , H. ( 2012 ). Order Effects in sequential measurements of non-commuting psychological observables . Journal

Editorial note on “Evolutionary biology arguments in political economy”

nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, however, the theory of natural selection for its part became an argument in liberal thought. The political philosophy of such writers as Herbert Spencer and William ... , in political science, in philosophy, and in the history of biology. Several of the papers (Arnhart, Reydon, Schnellenbach, Levit, Schabas) have emerged from a Workshop on Liberalism and the

Economic efficiency of Colombian agricultural companies: an empirical study of stochastic production frontiers

and intangible assets, aspects that provide competitive advantages for medium and large companies; therefore, we suggest to improve the political-private strategy of business management with incentives

Ordinaries 13: apparent spite & apparent altruism

central idea of economic and political practice. A mercantilist tries to accumulate as much wealth as possible. An apparent and obvious approach to having as much money as possible is to sell goods to ... a coherent political party. No Roman politician ever had the whole Senate, or even all the Optimates, on his side. Pompey had friends and enemies, in the Roman sense, like anyone else” (Sherwin-White

Sources of conflicts in the execution of projects in companies of the oil sector in the Eastern Coast of the Lake of Zulia state

differences in philosophy and perception of how work should be done, as well as conflicting personal goals. Robbins & Judge [2], the origin of most conflicts is the transmission of poor communication, this ... , union and labor problems with the workers, by the doctrines or political inclination of some leaders. That is why the daily performance of companies, conflict situations of various nature and intensity

Analysis of the impact of eco-design on the circular economy: a bibliometric analysis of publications in Spain

main objective of the EU is to be climate neutral by 2050 and, in addition to having proposed a law that turns this political commitment into a legal obligation, to achieve this objective it will be ... conditions or under what philosophy or thought those goods have been produced. In addition, since Asia is responsible for a large volume of production over the world total, it would be interesting for Spain to

Sustainability and future of the oil and gas industry: a mini-review

an unstable policy and legal framework that ultimately, weakens a country’s political commitment towards energy policies; they downplay the investments needed to motivate research and development ... to reasonable amounts which now leads to O&G companies to be flexible and adapt their business models considering the changing regulatory environment owing to the political compliance pressures. These

Stabilization of clayey soils using asphalt emulsion and steel filings for subgrades

"cradle to cradle" philosophy. One of the alternatives proposed in this research is the use of asphalt emulsion for the improvement of the subgrade, since both its production and application are

Technology management. Design and manufacture of a heatsink

evaluated to choose the most promising one, with which you can proceed to the prototype construction stage. This work philosophy allows significant savings, not only in time, but also in resources, by

Evidentiary vacuum, epistemic communities and rare disease policymaking in India: an evolutionary policy perspective

boundedly rational (van den Bergh & Kallis, 2013). Witt (2003) argues that political actors or policymakers are not omniscient. They do not possess all the information at a particular time. They learn along ... steer the policy directions, enable policy action and consensus-building (Haas, 1992) . Witt (2003) also visualizes the emergence of social networks and communities with similar-minded political

Applying evolutionary methods in economics: progress or pitfall?

Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam , Rotterdam , Netherlands The Darwinian theory of evolution has arguably become an important building block for experimental and ... Eeden and participants of seminars at Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics. The usual caveat applies. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Biological welfare economics: a natural science critique of normative economics

answered, “Terry, did you know that the Marquis de Condorcet [an early leader in social choice theory] served in the French legislature?” Terry responded with, “No, I did not know of Condorcet’s political ... , S. E. ( 2018 ). Genetic villains: Killer meiotic drivers . Trends in Genetics , 34 ( 6 ), 424 - 433 . Pareto , V. ( 1897 ). The new theories of economics . Journal of Political Economy , 5 ( 4 ), 485

A conceptual framework for the modelling and simulation of social systems

: Legitimacy theory, Coercion theory and Representative theory [8]. SimPol is a computational model of a polity (political system). It represents the political processes and structures of a generic society ... approaches to the M&S of social systems. Computer simulation laboratory for social theories covers neither the economic nor political aspects. SimPol is restricted to political systems. SocLab only applies to

Toward a theory of ecosystem well-being

field in moral philosophy and welfare economics, see Arrhenius forth.), which have to do with whether large populations are good in themselves because they represent greater total quantities of well-being ... human beings, such as political freedom, freedom of speech and religion, access to education, absence of discrimination. Perhaps the notion of “innate behavior” or “normal behavior” can capture some of

Introduction

with respect to political philosophy. But whereas Hardin believed that the tendencies in question could be counteracted by a strong and active state, Tullock did not. Oakes focuses in on a dispute about ... field of public choice (the integration of economics with political science). Tullock also was a founder of the field of bioeconomics, integration of economics with biology. For a paper honoring Gordon

Agile human centered methodologies to develop educational software

issues to support students with special education needs (SEN) is presented. In conclusion, we state that the proposed methodology could be a good design process philosophy to follow in the development of ... . Introduction The user-centered design (UCD) philosophy indicates that the software development process must be focused on the users rather than on the developers [1]. Nowadays there seems to be an increase in

Agile human centered methodologies to develop educational software

issues to support students with special education needs (SEN) is presented. In conclusion, we state that the proposed methodology could be a good design process philosophy to follow in the development of ... . Introduction The user-centered design (UCD) philosophy indicates that the software development process must be focused on the users rather than on the developers [1]. Nowadays there seems to be an increase in

Evolutionary finance: a model with endogenous asset payoffs

copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Alchian , A. ( 1950 ). Uncertainty, evolution and economic theory . Journal of Political Economy , 58 , 211 - 221 . Algoet , P. H