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A semiotical reflection on biology, living signs and artificial life
It is argued, that theory sf signs, especially in the tradition of the great philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) can inspire the study of...
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Sovereignty and Constitutional Rights
A country can have a constitution which its inhabitants regard as a marvellous, even sacred, document but it is of little use if a really serious...
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‘The First of a New Genus’
Wollstonecraft was released by the Kingsboroughs in the summer of 1787; at Michaelmas she moved into London lodgings that Johnson had found for her...
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Philosophical Responsibility in the Age of Technology
The theme of technology occupies a central position within Heidegger’s later reflections on the crisis. At first glance, a connection between...
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Art as Communication
The essential difference between philosophy on the one hand and science, art, morality, religion and ideology on the other is that while the latter...
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Experimentation and Research
Experimentation on living creatures is one of the ways the science of medicine is advanced. Some people believe experimentation on lower species...
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Between Formalism and Anarchism: A Reasonable Middle Way
Locate Feyerabend within a theory of Western traditions. [What follows is my current conjectural formulation of the core western...
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The Fetish of Labour and its Dominion: The Critique of Economy as Critique of the Value-Form
The problems of labour are at the heart of Marx’s opus, from his youth to his maturity. That is why it may seem tempting to make of this theme the...
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A Piagetian perspective on mathematical construction
In this paper, we offer a Piagetian perspective on the construction of the logico-mathematical schemas which embody our knowledge of logic and...
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Computer and World Picture: A Critical Appraisal of Herbert A. Simon
This article is related to a broader study of systems thinking2 which investigates how this modern, influential movement of thought is related to the...
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The Philosophy of Logical Mechanism
Let me first express my great appreciation to the editor and to the contributors of this volume. I had never expected to be so honored, and it has...
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Sovereignty
There are some 165 independent nations in the world. Many are quite small, both in physical size and in population. Some would not fill a respectable...
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Insight and the Extensive Deeds
The final chapter of this study investigates the ways in which the insight into emptiness, or what is called the profound view (gambhira-drsti), is...
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Dialogue theory for critical thinking
A general outline of a theory of reasoned dialogue is presented as an underlying basis of critical analysis of a text of argument discourse. This...
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Conclusion
The interpretation of Neurath’s thought which has been advanced in the preceding pages is of course only one of the many which it is possible to...
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The Coming-of-Age of American Pragmatism: John Dewey
American pragmatism reaches its highest level of sophisticated articulation and engaged elaboration in the works and life of John Dewey. To put it...
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Qualitative Analysis: Viewpoints and Opinions
Anyone glancing through the scientific literature on the laboratory animal controversy would quickly notice how very much of it is devoted to...