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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

What isn’t public health?

neoliberal scientistic rationalism. Public health practitioners must reckon, therefore, with how the field can be discursively deployed in the public square, for multiple divergent political ends. If public ... -neutrality. As argued by Coggon [12]: By treating something as public, we invite analysis from political philosophy, and necessarily any substantive response to a public health issue will imply more

Political directors and corporate social responsibility: Are political ideology and regional identity relevant?

This study analyzes the influence of directors with political connections on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Using a sample of Spanish savings banks (cajas) during the period 2004–2013, we

Unpacking the complexities of crisis innovation: a comprehensive review of ecosystem-level responses to exogenous shocks

represents innovation as a response to societal crisis, funding crisis, financial crisis, economic crisis, digitalization, transformation, political crisis, strategy crisis, and organizational crisis. We find ... ., societal crisis, funding crisis, financial crisis, economic crisis, digitalization, transformation, political crisis, strategy crisis, and organizational crisis. Digitalization is perhaps not usually

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

Entrepreneurship in post-conflict countries: a literature review

by political instability, economic problems and social unrest. Entrepreneurship is considered crucial for such countries as a driver of economic recovery and peacebuilding. However, the exact role and ... influenced by a post-conflict context and shows how entrepreneurship affects the economic recovery and peacebuilding in post-conflict countries. In light of the political efforts undertaken in this area and

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

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

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

Literature reviews as independent studies: guidelines for academic practice

Review articles or literature reviews are a critical part of scientific research. While numerous guides on literature reviews exist, these are often limited to the philosophy of review procedures ... , the philosophy of these review nomenclatures essentially reflects what constitutes a good SLR. That is to say, a good SLR should be well scoped, structured, integrated, and interpreted/narrated. This

The intellectual structure of gender equality research in the business economics literature

. Gender equality, as a research topic, has been explored from many different social, economic and political sides; nevertheless, gender equality in business economics is still a very promising research ... : 219 - 235 . https:// doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1110.1452 Adda J , Dustmann C , Stevens K ( 2017 ) The career costs of children . J Political Econ 125 : 293 - 337 . https://doi.org/10.1086/690952 Agnete Alsos

COVID-19, host response treatment, and the need for political leadership

distancing measures implemented by governments might mitigate some of the devastating worldwide social, political and economic distress COVID-19 has caused; by themselves they are unlikely to control the ... financial costs of doing so can be very large” [ 2 ]. In other words, new ideas threaten the power of the scientific and global health establishment. The need for political leadership In 2008, I wrote

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

An equity and environmental justice assessment of anti-science actions during the Trump administration

In the United States, science shapes federal health and safety protections, but political officials can and do politicize federal science and science-based safeguards. Many presidential ... integrity; Environmental justice; Equity; Attacks on science; Science policy Key messages Political and financial motivations of United States (US) presidential administrations are unfortunately a perennial

Translating results into action: the global impact of the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative

between the technical and political elements of the WBTi exercise. We believe that WBTi’s framework is a promising monitoring and evaluation tool that could be used to engage dialogue in other public health ... friendly comparison among countries about strategies and results; and (iii) it created a political statement and a visible global platform to raise awareness of breastfeeding. On the national level

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

How Brazil’s President turned the country into a global epicenter of COVID-19

In this manuscript, we point out that the federal government headed by President Bolsonaro has pursued a political agenda that contributed to the spread of COVID-19, transforming the country into a ... Pontifical Catholic University in São Paulo, described the status of Manaus most eloquently: “In the field of political and moral philosophy, which ends up influencing the interpretation of legal norms

Balancing public health and civil liberties in times of pandemic

that governments may misuse pandemic for their political advantage, thus endangering public health. Political decisions taken to stem the spread of pandemics should be limited and strictly proportionate ... of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany. Maximilian Schochow Ph.D. in Political Science, is Deputy Director of the Institute of the History, Philosophy and

Ceramic and Lithic Studies of the Northern Lacanhá River Basin and their Implications for Late Classic Political and Economic Interactions in the Region

. Cualquier error es responsabilidad de los autores de este texto. Bibliografía Anaya Hernández, Armando. 1999. "Site Interaction and Political Geography in the Upper Usumacinta Region during the Late ... Etnología . [ Links ] Hammond, Norman. 1972. "Obsidian Trade Routes in the Mayan area". Science 178(4065): 1092-1093. [ Links ] Hassig, Ross. 1995. Aztec warfare: imperial expansion and political