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A Methodological Case Study on the Theory of Demand

Müller, Olaf L. - 2005

My philosophical case study concerns textbook presentations of the theory of demand. Does this theory contain anything …. But then, the theory implies false factual claims. We can avoid this result by embracing the theory’s normative character …. The resulting consequences will be illuminated with the new autodetermination thesis recently proposed in the philosophy …

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Mikro-Zertifikate

Müller, Olaf L. - 2009

Wie müsste eine faire Lösung des Klimaproblems aussehen? Wie sollten wir Pflichten und finanzielle Lasten der nötigen CO2-Reduktionen verteilen, wenn es dabei gerecht zugehen soll und keiner übervorteilt werden darf? In meiner Antwort auf diese ethischen Fragen stütze ich mich auf einen...

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Animating the EPR-Experiment: Reasoning from Error in the Search for Bell Violations

Vasudevan, Anubav - 2005

When faced with Duhemian problems of underdetermination, scientific method suggests neither a circumvention of such difficulties via the uncritical acceptance of background assumptions, nor the employment of epistemically unsatisfying subjectivist models of rational retainment. Instead,...

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Uncomputability: the Problem of Induction Internalized

Kelly, Kevin T. - 2003

I argue that uncomputable formal problems are intuitively, mathematically, and methodologically analogous to empirical problems in which Hume’s problem of induction arises. In particular, 11 I show that a version of Ockham’s razor (a preference for simple answers) is advantageous in both...

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Narrators and comparators: the architecture of agentive self-awareness

Bayne, Tim; Pacherie, Elisabeth - 2007

This paper contrasts two approaches to agentive self-awareness: a high-level, narrative-based account, and a low-level comparator-based account. We argue that an agent's narrative self-conception has a role to play in explaining their agentive judgments, but that agentive experiences are...

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MORAL CHOICE (UTILITARIANISM, CONTRACTARIANISM, FUTURE GENERATIONS, RIGHTS)

KEYES, EVELYN; KEYES, EVELYN - 1985

In this dissertation I attempt to devise a satisfactory general principle for moral decision-making. I assume such a principle would give complete and consistent directives; it would give intuitively sound directives; and its fundamental aim would be the maximization of the good, or utility....

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THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AS RESPECT FOR PERSONS

KEGERREIS, MICHAEL WAYNE; KEGERREIS, MICHAEL WAYNE - 1984

The right to privacy is presented as a right to a state of non-intrusion in the control an individual has over personal information, and the means of access to such information. This account of the right helps to show that the Warren and Brandeis account of the right to privacy in torts is best...

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Vindicating the fads : a study of the contribution of some late 20th century business management methods to the growth of intellectual capital in the organisation

Fogell, Marion - 2007

with being predecessors of knowledge management.The objective of this assignment is to investigate the origins, theory and ….This assignment starts with a study of the historical origins and development of business management theory, including the evolution …

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Universal Equilibrium: Sociopolitical aspects of the rhetoric of chemistry

Nigh, Amy - 2010

This presentation is part of the Feminist Perspectives in the Sciences: Physics, Chemistry and Climate Science track.This paper is an exploration of the language and basic concepts that inform the framework of chemistry. Often thought of as an “objective” field of scientific study, theories...

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Enterprise hybrids and alternative growth dynamics

Levin, Kenneth M - 2004

This dissertation argues that the impetus, growth, and financial success of many North American high-tech companies--biotechnology, computer software development and design, as well as Internet startups--are partly due to their collective way of organizing the production and distribution of...

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