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How Infallibilists Can Have It All

agent S has to a fact P that makes P certain for S. I do not take a stand here on precisely what facts we can apprehend. This will largely depend on the outcomes of debates in the philosophy of mind and ... philosophy of mind and perception will differ on what kinds of factors are mentally accessible in this way. In section 1, I developed the concept of apprehension in a way that remains neutral on these debates

Impacts to Diné activities with the San Juan River after the Gold King Mine Spill

: Navajo Political Philosophy and Governance . New York, NY, USA: Oxford Univ. Press; 2017 . 57. Navajo Nation Council. Resolution of the Navajo Nation Council CN-69-02 . 2002 . https://www.navajoepa.org ... than high school, high school, any college, 2-year college degree+), income (less than 20,000, 20,001–40,000, 40,00+), or voting in political elections (tribal, federal, state). Voting in political

The Impossibility of Conservatism? Insights from Russian History

in the Tsarist period to show that if they live in times of great hardship, or under arbitrary political rule, political actors and thinkers with conservative sympathies (such as respect for tradition ... developing conservative political philosophy, other parts of history where conservatism?s problems have emerged and have a recognizable connection with the situation today remain of great interest. In

Local exposure misclassification in national models: relationships with urban infrastructure and demographics

neighborhoods and the siting of new pollution sources in areas where residents have less economic and political capital, often communities with a higher share of people of color [ 32 ]. We find that the

Introduction

that there is an uninterrupted tradition from the age of humanism and the Renaissance to today. Focusing on political philosophy has led Karen Green to trace women’s argu ments for their status as the ... topic which is, of course, of considerable contemporary interest. Three papers extend our knowledge of the moral and political philosophy developed by women. Jacqueline Broad offers the first extended

Regional and racial/ethnic inequalities in public drinking water fluoride concentrations across the US

racism, social and political vulnerability) environments underlie disparities in public drinking water exposures across the US [46]. Although we identified the highest mean and 90th percentile CWS fluoride

Promoting recognition and implementation of exposure science in Europe: First elements of a European Exposure Science Strategy 2020–2030

development of the strategy shows the utmost importance of scientific societies for promoting recognition and identity of a scientific field. By furthering the identity of the field, scientific and political

Linking environmental injustices in Detroit, MI to institutional racial segregation through historical federal redlining

hazardous levels of noise. It has been well documented historically that new roads and highways are often build straight through Black and immigrant neighborhoods, as these communities’ political power were ... , Beyer K. The legacy of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation and the political ecology of urban trees and air pollution in the United States . Soc Sci Med . 2020 ; 246 : 112758 . 39. White AG , Guikema SD

Guideline levels for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water: the role of scientific uncertainty, risk assessment decisions, and social factors

, technical, and social factors, including managing scientific uncertainty, technical decisions and capacity, and social, political, and economic influences from involved stakeholders. Assessments by multiple ... move that reflects the political demand for a federal MCL, 25 U.S. Senators signed a letter urging EPA to develop an MCL for PFAS [ 33 ]. Establishment of an MCL would increase EPA’s authority to

(White) Tyranny and the Democratic Value of Distrust

of Distrust,” The Journal of Philosophy 99.10 ( 2002 ), 532–48; Katherine Hawley, “Trust, Distrust, and Commitment,” Nous 48.1 ( 2014 ), 1–20. 3. I have argued that political solidarity is of value ... University Press, 1999 ); Patti T. Lenard, “ The Decline of Trust, The Decline of Democracy?” Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 8 .3 ( 2005 ), 363 - 78 ; Shayla Nunnaly , Trust

An applied environmental justice framework for exposure science

requires a detailed understanding of personal, cultural, behavioral, and political factors that contribute to these exposures, and how these vary by geographic regions, race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic ... development of environmentally safe livelihoods; and, to secure our political, economic and cultural liberation that has been denied for over 500 years of colonization and oppression, resulting in the poisoning

Proposing a social ecological approach to address disparities in occupational exposures and health for low-wage and minority workers employed in small businesses

multiple influences of family, work, community, and the broader political environment. Baron et al. have proposed application of a social ecological framework to address converging individual, social ... , economic, and political factors that impact worker health [ 11 ]. A major obstacle in moving this agenda forward may be the dearth of evidence regarding effective systems- level interventions to address

Nietzsche and Schiller on Aesthetic Semblance

components of a just social order.12 It is no surprise, then, that the work’s penultimate letter finds Schiller attempting to vindicate artistic imitation against the charge of perfidy and political subversion ... ). Abbreviations used in citing Nietzsche's works BGE   Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future BT   The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music CW   The Case of Wagner: A Busker’s Problem

Exposure science in an infectious disease pandemic: who do we want to be?

priorities. The challenges of this moment are political and social, even more so than scientific. As such, we need to ask not only what we bring to the table, but, humbly, whether that contribution is ... the waters with contradictory or under-developed data, or stealing the thunder of infectious disease experts—themselves fighting to be heard amidst a cacophony of misinformation and political gridlock

US drinking water quality: exposure risk profiles for seven legacy and emerging contaminants

BackgroundAdvances in drinking water infrastructure and treatment throughout the 20th and early 21st century dramatically improved water reliability and quality in the United States (US) and other parts of the world. However, numerous chemical contaminants from a range of anthropogenic and natural sources continue to pose chronic health concerns, even in countries with...

Commentary: Intersectional perspectives on COVID-19 exposure

Political Science, University of California , Riverside, CA , USA Last November, the American Medical Association released a public statement [1] to announce that the organization now recognizes racism as a

Rights, Goods, and Proportionate War

Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2012 ), 136f . 14. “Proportionality in the Morality of War,” 40 . 15. Ibid . 16. Ibid . 17. “Proportionality and Necessity,” in War: Essays in Political Philosophy, ed ... Thomas Hurka, “Proportionality in the Morality of War,” Philosophy & Public Affairs 33 (1), (2005), 34–66, at 37–38. Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/monist/article-abstract/99/1/70/2563350 by

Vice Epistemology

factors than by reference to character traits as we ordinarily think of them. 8 If character traits are explanatorily redundant that would be a good reason for not positing them. In philosophy, situationism ... Heren because of, rather than despite, the prejudice to which his dictum gives expression. Prejudice abets rather than impedes political inquiry by insulating us against rampant insincerity in the

Predicting traffic noise using land-use regression—a scalable approach

increasing societal and political attention leading among others to the establishment of the European Noise Directive (END) [ 12 ]. Noise, however, is highly complex in its spatial and temporal variability ... traffic noise) and they provide annually averaged sound pressure levels, which both are the basis for political decision making. Also, the 1.05 million pixels of our study area allow for investigating

Historic redlining and the siting of oil and gas wells in the United States

characteristics, rather than to correlate with administrative or political boundaries [ 31 ]. For each neighborhood, we first assessed cumulative exposure to all oil, gas, oil and gas, injection, or unknown wells