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Physics Philosophy-Uneasy Bedfellows? - Physics and philosophy have a complicated relationship. Public communicators of physics sometimes issue grand pronouncements that philosophy is dead. At the ... expositors exploit that link liberally. Physics and philosophy courses are popular undergraduate offerings in physics departments, but their presence in those same departments is not universally welcomed
article contends that the conflict was an opportunity for advertising diverging political stances in the rebellious atmosphere of early 1970s, as much as to convey competing views about the physicists ... an opportunity to advertise competing political stances in the rebellious atmosphere of early 1970s, as much as to convey opposite views about how physicists should contribute to world affairs
classified field. Over time, the boundary between secret and unclassified information set by the United States moved due to both political and scientific developments. This shifting boundary of secrecy is ... political system that claimed control over further nuclear initiatives. The open world was bounded in new ways that reflected the new power relations between Europe and the US. Acknowledgements I thank
heritage of the cultural golden age just before World War II; 2) the long-lasting institutional connection between the faculty of physics and philosophy; 3) a rise of several initiatives that gave forum to ... of philosophy.’’4 It should be remarked that, contrary to other cases, such as Italy or the United States5—where interest in foundations was revived between 1970 and 1980s, motivated by political and
bristle at what they perceived as an unwarranted attack on the authority of their knowledge. Philosophy, in this conflict, became a codeword applied to the perceived political enemies of science, and that ... Phys. Perspect. Phys. Perspect. Robert P. Crease Joseph D. Martin Richard Staley Langdon's Winner landmark essay in the philosophy of technology, ''Do Artifacts Have Politics?,'' suggested that the
office due to felony disenfranchisement laws. Thus, habitual offender laws target a formally disenfranchised group—people with felony convictions. That creates an archetypal political process problem. As ... he should raise that concern in the political arena, not the courts, and cast his vote accordingly. The problem for Brooker, and the one that animates this Article, is that he cannot vote. Because of
could prevent hate crimes from occurring in the first place. Those measures potentially include educational initiatives, conflict resolution programs, political reforms, social services, or other ... , political reforms, social services, or other proactive efforts aimed at the root causes of hate crimes. Focusing on the public conversation around anti-Asian hate crimes, this Essay argues that very
popular and political will to pass the reforms must extend beyond the passage of the law and must also create mechanisms to scrutinize, guide, and support the judiciary’s implementation of the law. ... . Although these reforms were democratic and popular, judges were not sufficiently incentivized to properly implement the changes. If reforms are to succeed, the popular and political will to pass the reforms
Criminology by an authorized editor of Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons - THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENTRAPMENT RICHARD H. MCADAMS* INTRODUCTION By the time she was eighteen, Amy ... consider and critique the literature that seeks to justify the defense based on retributive theory, utilitarian theory, and political/institutional concerns. In each case, I do not claim that there is no
Abstract: This speculative essay examines the role non-Western systems of thought can undertake in philosophical-educational research. It aims to query about the way in which the field of Philosophy of ... Education, in Brazil, has acknowledged plurality in the ways of thinking. The concept is underpinned in some aspects of the so-called Amerindian philosophy, thematizing a possible and desired interlocution
Abstract: This speculative essay examines the role non-Western systems of thought can undertake in philosophical-educational research. It aims to query about the way in which the field of Philosophy of ... Education, in Brazil, has acknowledged plurality in the ways of thinking. The concept is underpinned in some aspects of the so-called Amerindian philosophy, thematizing a possible and desired interlocution
This speculative essay examines the role non-Western systems of thought can undertake in philosophical-educational research. It aims to query about the way in which the field of Philosophy of ... Education, in Brazil, has acknowledged plurality in the ways of thinking. The concept is underpinned in some aspects of the so-called Amerindian philosophy, thematizing a possible and desired interlocution
, INEQUALITY 247–48 (1993); G.A. Cohen, How to do Political Philosophy, in ON THE CURRENCY OF EGALITARIAN JUSTICE, AND OTHER ESSAYS IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 228–29 (Michael Otsuka ed., 2011). to be punished.162 ... grateful to participants at the Stanford Law and Philosophy workshop for feedback on an early draft of this paper. And I owe special thanks to Juliana Bidadanure, Jessica Eaglin, James Forman Jr., Aziz Huq
is (prima facie) wrongful because it puts wrongful pressure on [the target’s] freedom to do otherwise.”); Mitchell Berman, Blackmail, in THE OXFORD HANDBOOK ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE CRIMINAL LAW 37, 62 ... personal or social characteristics such as psychological or emotional vulnerability, economic hardship, lack of a social safety net, and experience of natural disasters or political instability.56
Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons Part of the Criminal Law Commons; Criminology Commons; and the Criminology and Criminal - AFTERWORD TO "LUNATICS AND ANARCHISTS: POLITICAL HOMICIDE IN
This study aims to analyze, from the dialogical perspective, the social voices that cross the political pedagogical project of a school. The objective of this study is the production of a dialogical
, and other so-called peaceful uses of nuclear science were apt to be caught in this wide net. When, whether, and how they were extracted from it often depended on complex political considerations, and so
developments suggest that American penal philosophy may be inching toward norms—dignity, proportionality, legitimacy, and rehabilitation—that have checked draconian prison terms in Europe, Canada, and beyond. In ... divergence or convergence in penal philosophy. Notwithstanding the ebb and flow of penal attitudes, certain long-term trends have emerged in Western societies. They encompass a narrowing scope of offenders
are resumed, linking them to their historical context of origin and to their prior political relevance. This reading highlights the discursive nature of educational quality, a notion permeated by ... , demonstrating also its occurrence as a political object capable of equalizing disparate demands in the educational field due to its seeming neutrality and its potential to achieve consensus. At the moment, there
paper discusses the relation between the political-pedagogical project (PPP) and the debates on human rights in school, considering the political positioning on the education referential that the ... , aiming to shape citizens capable to understand and alter their own reality, provided that all are respected and warranted their rights. Keywords: political-pedagogical project; human rights; collective
