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On Whether It Is and What It Is

This dialogue, taking place between Prof. Whether and Prof. What, focuses on the nature of the relationship between ontology, conceived as the branch of philosophy concerned with the question of what ... the complementary part of philosophy that seeks to explain, of those entities, what they are. Most philosophers claim that it is not possible to address the first question without at the same time

Do Political Regimes Matter for Technology Diffusion?

Productivity growth is important for long-term economic growth and development, and technology adoption is one of its key drivers. This study empirically assesses whether political regimes are a ... are a significant determinant of technology diffusion. Specifically, we examine the effects of political regimes on diffusion of technology using data based on a sample of 104 technologies from 137

Three Kinds of Arguments for Panpsychism

known from the history of philosophy mainly due to the fact that the former is often combined with so-called Russellian monism. According to Russellian monism, the intrinsic properties of physical things ... Terminological Preliminaries Within the last 100 years, the analytic philosophy of mind has been dominated by materialism, a view that one can fully account for mental phenomena in purely physical terms, such as

Does Sudan’s Removal from State Sponsors of Terrorism Designation Affect Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)? “A Multivariate Analysis Combining VECM and ARDL Analysis” (1974–2019)

Thanks to the great political and economic global openness that Sudan witnessed in late 2020, the USA decided to remove Sudan from the terrorism sponsors designation. The paper seeks to investigate ... period, using a multivariate analysis combining VECM and ARDL models. Evidence reveals that the political and economic global openness headed by the removal of Sudan from state sponsors of terrorism

Political Control and Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry: Strengthening the Quality of Democracy

In Austria and Germany’s parliamentary system, committees of inquiry represent the most comprehensive political control instruments. With the help of these committees, members of parliament can gain ... democratic quality of the political systems. By comparing these results and with the help of the central analytical framework of Hans Joachim Lauth's 15-field matrix, this study discovers that committees of

Replies to the Critics of Knowing and Checking: an Epistemological Investigation

Investigation (Routledge 2019), hereinafter abbreviated as KC. These papers resulted from a workshop organized by the department of philosophy of the University of Maribor. I am very thankful to the organizers of ... . Admittedly, there is some plausibility to claiming that we can check by using Newtonian physics. However, this is a general problem within the philosophy of science and not a problem for checking in particular

Economies as

naming conventions carry subtle confusions and tend to tint political discourse. This research explores the classificatory differences in international trade, politics, economic theory, and the media and ... terminologies are less arbitrary as they can eliminate the existing semantic problems commonly found in the media and within economic theory and political discourse. The innovative and simpler user/maker

Can Knowledge and Culture Eradicate Poverty and Reduce Income Inequality? The Evidence from Indonesia

development. This research has developed a knowledge-based and cultural-based development framework, by incorporating democracy-political institution as a new proxy variable for knowledge and tourism-cultural ... out from the previous due to the unique combination of democracy-political institution determinants and cultural economy, which creates a blend of knowledge and cultural. By filling the gap left by

Tricky Truths: How Should Alethic Pluralism Accommodate Racial Truths?

Department of Philosophy, Stellenbosch University , Stellenbosch , South Africa 2 Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University , North Ryde , Australia Some alethic pluralists maintain that there are two ... accommodate such a notion. Philosophy of truth; Determination Pluralism; Douglas Edwards; Crispin Wright; Michael Lynch; Metaphysics of race 1 Introduction The important question of whether we should

Justified Evidence Resistance

to Mylan Engel, Thomas Grundmann, Paul Silva Jr, Mona Simion, Tom Sorell, and Luis Rosa. I have benefitted from being a Senior Research Associate at the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy ... an intellectual virtue? Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement , 84 , 23 - 45 . Bernecker , S. ( 2021 ). An epistemic defense of news abstinence . In S. Bernecker, A. Flowerree , & T. Grundmann (Eds

Revisiting Research and Development Expenditures and Trade Adjusted Emissions: Green Innovation and Renewable Energy R&D Role for Developed Countries

role of research and development expenditures for the environment and cleaner energy on consumption-based carbon emissions along with political risk, income, green innovation, exports, and imports. The ... expenditures for the environment and cleaner energy help limit carbon emissions. Moreover, reducing political risk, increasing green innovation, renewable energy consumption, and exports are also linked

Virtue, Self-Narratives, and the Causes of Action

Journal of Philosophy , 13 ( 1 ), 11 - 20 . Ulatowski , J. , & Lumsden , D. ( 2023 ). Do political convictions infect every fibre of our being? Social Epistemology , 1 - 17 . https://doi.org/10.1080 ... of moral value are caused by virtues cultivated by a person over time. This is a notion that not only has relevance to popular thinking about virtues but also, within academic philosophy, has currency

Financial Inclusion and Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Taking Socio-Cultural Particularities into Account

inequality in SSA countries, but that it is important to tailor it taking into account the cultural, religious, political, institutional, and structural specificities of each country’s economy to have even ... role of economic and political institutions in moderating this effect using data on 110 countries over the 2014 –2018 period. His empirical results suggest that financial access can be enhanced by the

Innovating the Innovation System Thinking: a Systemism Model

emergent phenomena (i.e. beneficial innovations and positive innovation impact in the context of this paper). This is somehow a different—but not entirely different—managerial philosophy when compared to a ... when people refer to “emergent properties” of the system, reinforced by a variation in perspectives, e.g. in philosophy and engineering (Johnson, 2006) . In this study, emergence is considered

Industrial Development Policies Based on Economic Complexity Under Plausible Scenarios: Case of Iran 2027

uncertain future both from political and economic perspectives. Results revealed that the priority is to focus on the opportunity gain of products instead of product complexity since the country is facing ... increase a robust policy to guarantee development success and reduce failure risks. Iran has been selected as the case study since the country is facing a very uncertain future both from political and

Globalization: Between Optimism and Pessimism

investment, openness, and the KOF Globalization Index, measuring globalization along the economic, social, and political dimension. The Westerlund’s (Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 69:709-748 ... ) . It induces social and political progress and facilitates the integration of countries into the global value chain. Better more, it increases the competitive advantage of nations (Poter, 1990

Factors That Influence the Implementation of M-Commerce by Romanian SMEs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

offers concrete solutions for heightening the level of m-commerce implementation within Romanian SMEs along with certain political implications.

Value Pluralism versus Value Monism

history of philosophy, is defended only by a few contemporary authors (Dworkin, 2012; Hurka, 1996; Klocksiem, 2011; Moen, 2016; Regan, 1997) ,1 is based on the opposing metaphysical thesis: namely, that ... among deliberators that such conflicts allow for reasoned choices. In fact, the very notion of political deliberation is underpinned by the presupposition of comparability. For if choices between freedom

Non-Factualist Interpretation of the Skeptical Solution and the Self-Refutation Argument

and logic . Victor Gollancz Ltd. Barber , A. ( 1998 ). The pleonasticity of talk about concepts . Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition , 89 ( 1 ), 53 ... . ( 2017 ). Semantic non-factualism in Kripke's Wittgenstein . Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy , 5 ( 9 ), 1 - 13 . Byrne , A. ( 1996 ). Misinterpreting Kripke's Wittgenstein. Philosophy and

Are Schumpeter’s Innovations Responsible? A Reflection on the Concept of Responsible (Research and) Innovation from a Neo-Schumpeterian Perspective

focus on the concept of innovation itself and its economic implications. RI and RRI are multifaceted concepts that encompass ethical, philosophical, political, economic, and scientific dimensions ... culture or teamwork (Adler, 2015) . Just as Karl Marx’s political economy has influenced the filed, the theories of Fritz Schumacher on appropriate technologies have also contributed to innovation theory