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ABSTRACT According to G.E. Moore’s ‘Open Question’ argument (OQA), moral facts cannot be reduced or analyzed in non-normative natural terms. Does the OQA apply equally in the epistemic domain? Does Moore’s argume...

Abstract I introduce what I call the Propositional Stance - the consensual claim that Frank Jackson’s Mary acquires new propositional knowledge - and discuss two prominent arguments that have been put forth in its favo...

Abstract We review Ferreirós and Lassalle Casanave's recently publishedbook "El árbol de los números". The book is a result of the Brazilian-Spanish conference "Sobre la elucidación del concepto de número: cognició...

Abstract Based on an epistemological discussion, this paper aims to show the contribution of abduction as a scientific procedure in the educational field. To that end, I explain how scientific research approaches and pro...

In this paper, I address contemporary attacks on rationalism thanks to Rifkin’s concepts of “extreme productivity” and “zero marginal cost of production” as examples of an ideological twist on genuine economic ...

Abstract Alvin Plantinga (1993a, 1993b, 2000) argues that de jure objections to theism depend on de facto objections: in order to say that belief in God is not warranted, one should first assume that this belief is false...

Abstract This study argues that conspiracy theorizing essentially revolves around trust and distrust. Political conspiracy theories constitute symptoms of generalized political distrust -what I call the public trust appr...

Abstract Counterfactuals have become an important area of interdisciplinary interest, especially in logic, philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, psychology, decision theory, and even artificial intelligence....

La historia de las ideas está plagada de ausencias, dispersiones y transgresiones. Una de ellas, es la que opera sobre los saberes-haceres textiles, los cuales siguen estando atra- vesados por lógicas de silenciamiento...

Baron and Kenny’s procedure for determining if an independent variable affects a dependent variable through some mediator is so well known that it is used by authors and requested by reviewers almost reflexively. Many ...

Saturation has attained widespread acceptance as a methodological principle in qualitative research. It is commonly taken to indicate that, on the basis of the data that have been collected or analysed hitherto, further ...

Our usual representations of the opposition between the "civilized" and the "primitive" derive from willfully ignoring the relationship of distance our social science sets up between the observer and the observed. In fac...

This article discusses the research strategy of theory building from cases, particularly multiple cases. Such a strategy involves using one or more cases to create theoretical constructs, propositions, and/or midrange th...

Olson develops a theory of group and organizational behavior that cuts across disciplinary lines and illustrates the theory with empirical and historical studies of particular organizations, examining the extent to which...

Written by one of the preeminent researchers in the field, this book provides a comprehensive exposition of modern analysis of causation. It shows how causality has grown from a nebulous concept into a mathematical theor...

Over the last three decades, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory and research of the post war era. Yet, despite the influence of his work, no...

Introduction - Scott Lash and Brian Wynne PART ONE: LIVING ON THE VOLCANO OF CIVILIZATION - THE CONTOURS OF THE RISK SOCIETY On the Logic of Wealth Distribution and Risk Distribution The Politics of Knowledge in the Risk...

Materias / palabras clave: philosophy, epistemology, logics, social sciences; Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Philosophy (General); Social Sciences

Materias / palabras clave: philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, political and social philosophy, logic and epistemology, history of philosphy; Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Speculative philosophy: Epistemology. Theory of knowledge; Philosophy. Psy...

Materias / palabras clave: philosophy, ethics, logic, metaphysics, history, epistemology; Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Philosophy (General)