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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"conventionalism"”.
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Conventionalism
… of disagreement. This has led some to endorse conventionalism, the view that the 'facts of the matter' partly depend on our conventions and that disagreements persist because both sides to the dispute employ different conventions. What does it mean to say that the facts of the matter partly …
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Linguistic modal conventionalism in the real world
… language. I label this theory ‘linguistic modal conventionalism’, or ‘LMC’. My focus is on articulating and responding to a specific objection to LMC: the objection that conventionalism about the modal features of objects and propositions leads to conventionalism about ordinary objects and …
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Linguistic modal conventionalism in the real world
… language. I label this theory ‘linguistic modal conventionalism’, or ‘LMC’. My focus is on articulating and responding to a specific objection to LMC: the objection that conventionalism about the modal features of objects and propositions leads to conventionalism about ordinary objects and …
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The villa and the modern Egyptian intelligentsia : a critique of conventionalism
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1991.
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The Private Language Problem
… and to engender charges of objectionable conventionalism (or nominalism).
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Deception in Sport: A Conceptual and Ethical Analysis
… established utilizing elements from formalism, conventionalism and broad internalism sheds lights on what deceptive practices should be deemed ethically permissible for use and which tactics should not be a part of an athlete’s repertoire. By understanding which categories of deception are …
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Out of Prison: Towards a Poetic Freedom
… to escape both the dangers of traditionalist conventionalism and avant-garde mannerisms. Almost 30 years later, to these Scylla and Charybdis I believe we should add a third danger: that of Postmodernity. My artistic response is based on the conviction that these three artistic paradigms are …
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Intersubjectivity and contemporary social theory: the everyday as critique
… and themes including reflexivity, forms of conventionalism, conceptions of the everyday, perspectives in phenomenological social theory and philosophy, rationality, semiotics, reference, discursivity, spatial and temporal locations of sense. It counterposes the emphasis on the contextual …
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Language, Necessity and Convention: Reconsidering the Linguistic Approach to Modality
… approach to modality (also known as 'linguistic conventionalism') - i.e. the view that necessity is to be explained in terms of the linguistic rules that we have adopted. Drawing on an investigation into the history of this approach, I argue against the currently prevalent attitude that it can be …
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Resgatar bons valores, ideias e sentimentos no coração dos brasileiros: o Brasil Paralelo e seu projeto de contrarrevolução cultural
… on the use of moral panic and adherence to conventionalism as central elements in Brasil Paralelo's rhetoric. We also highlight the role of reactionary ideology within the set of values mobilized by Brasil Paralelo through the analysis of the series “Brasil: A Última Cruzada,” supported by …
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Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and the Great War discourse on "Shell-Shock"
… cerebral therapeutics and as a challenge to the conventionalism and psychological materialism of the pre-war medical establishment. In subtly adapting Freud's insights, however, the practitioners of post-Freudian psychoanalysis pushed the official discourse on shell-shock in a different …
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Precept and practice in science an examination of some objections to theories of scientific method
… they adopt a form of antirealism and conventionalism which leads, ultimately, to a relativist interpretation of scientific standards and knowledge. Coupled with the anti-methodologists' failure to defeat the possibility of a theory of method, this relativism demonstrates the poverty of …
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Real commitment: a coarse-grained approach to reality via alternative theories in physics
… Third, I consider a novel approach to geometric conventionalism, where trade-offs between geometric structure and so-called `universal forces' are treated rigorously, initiated through a proof by Jim Weatherall and J.B. Manchak (2014). I defend the value of this proof against several …
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A Study of Plato's Cratylus
In the last century, philosophers turned their attention to language. One place they have looked for clues about its nature is Plato's Cratylus, which considers whether names are naturally or conventionally correct. The dialogue is a source of annoyance to many commentators because it does not take …