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55Hannah Arendt et les limites de la liberté politique. La politique a-t-elle un sens?Synthesis Philosophica 21 (2): 327-338. 2006.L’auteur part de l’assertion avancée dans cet article que le nom de Hannah Arendt soulève la question radicale et originale de la liberté politique, ce qui est motivé par sa célèbre thèse que le sens de la politique est la liberté. Il s’agit de l’identité de la liberté et du politique et de leurs origines identiques. D’un côté, la liberté de l’Homme ne peut être réalisée que d’une manière politique et de l’autre, la liberté est la seule raison de l’existence et de la justification de la politiqu…Read more
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69Quantum Mechanics Emerges from Information Theory Applied to Causal HorizonsFoundations of Physics 41 (4): 744-753. 2011.It is suggested that quantum mechanics is not fundamental but emerges from classical information theory applied to causal horizons. The path integral quantization and quantum randomness can be derived by considering information loss of fields or particles crossing Rindler horizons for accelerating observers. This implies that information is one of the fundamental roots of all physical phenomena. The connection between this theory and Verlinde’s entropic gravity theory is also investigated
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15An Objection to the Revision of the Logical Connection ArgumentCanadian Journal of Philosophy 11 (4). 1981.I argue that james otten's attempt to revive the logical connection argument by maintaining that there is a weak logical connection between causes and effects is a failure. Claiming that the weak logical connection is only a relation between descriptions of events rather than between events themselves, I conclude that otten has repeated the same mistake of confusing properties of propositions with properties of events made by earlier advocates of the lca
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25Bag6/Bat3/Scythe: A novel chaperone activity with diverse regulatory functions in protein biogenesis and degradationBioessays 35 (4): 377-385. 2013.
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58Social reality makes the social mind: Self-fulfilling prophecy, stereotypes, bias, and accuracyInteraction Studies 6 (1): 85-102. 2005.
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37On the Origin of Entropic Gravity and InertiaFoundations of Physics 42 (9): 1153-1164. 2012.It was recently suggested that quantum field theory is not fundamental but emerges from the loss of phase space information about matter crossing causal horizons. Possible connections between this formalism and Verlinde’s entropic gravity and Jacobson’s thermodynamic gravity are proposed. The holographic screen in Verlinde’s formalism can be identified as local Rindler horizons and its entropy as that of the bulk fields beyond the horizons. This naturally resolves some issues on entropic gravity…Read more
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28The male fight‐flight response: A result of SRY regulation of catecholamines?Bioessays 34 (6): 454-457. 2012.Graphical AbstractThe SRY gene, which is located on the Y chromosome and directs male development, may promote aggression and other traditionally male behavioural traits, resulting in the fight-or-flight reaction to stress.
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18Jaspers und die philosophische Praxis in KoreaProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 25 151-152. 2008.Mit dem oben genannten Thema will ich darstellen, dass Jaspers’ Philosophie, die ehemals in Korea sehr beliebt war, aber heute fast in Vergessenheit geraten ist, mit ihren Ansätzen in Bezug auf die philosophische Praxis ihre philosophische Bedeutung in Korea wieder unter Beweis stellen kann.
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24An Experience of Machine-Based Images by the Autonomy of Computing SystemProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 12 47-54. 2008.Contemporary production of machine-based images relay gradually on the autonomy of computing machines. Autonomous computing machines require the interaction with users like Human-Computer-Interaction technology and other interface technologies, especially computing machine-based images must also ask for viewer as an inter-actor, viewer’s participations. Whether this interaction of viewer-user is with machines or with images, if it is an interaction with each individual that have autonomy or self…Read more
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24Temporal constraints on the meaning of evidentialityNatural Language Semantics 21 (1): 1-41. 2013.This paper explores how the meaning of evidentiality is temporally constrained, by investigating the meaning of Korean evidential sentences with –te. Unlike evidential sentences in languages that have previously been formally analyzed , e.g. Cuzco Quechua and Cheyenne, Korean evidential sentences with –te are compatible with both direct and indirect evidence types. In this paper, I analyze –te as an evidential that lexically encodes the meaning of a ‘sensory observation’. I account for the avail…Read more
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32On Mackie's Solution To The Problem of Causal AsymmetryPhilosophical Inquiry 6 (2): 136-143. 1984.
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93Factors affecting ethical practice of public relations professionals within public relations firmsAsian Journal of Business Ethics 1 (2). 2012.Abstract This study was designed to investigate the factors affecting ethical practices of public relations professionals in public relations firms. In particular, the following organizational ethics factors were examined: (1) presence of ethics code, (2) top management support for ethical practice, (3) ethical climate, and (4) perception of the association between career success and ethical practice. Analysis revealed that the presence of an ethics code along with top management support and a…Read more
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101Does Ethics Statement of a Public Relations Firm Make a Difference? Yes it Does!!Journal of Business Ethics 105 (2): 267-276. 2012.Attempting to determine solutions for unethical practices in the field, this research was designed to assess the effectiveness of public relations firms’ ethics statements in decreasing the incidence of malpractice. This study revealed an encouraging finding that practitioners working in firms with ethical parameters were significantly more likely to engage in ethical practices. Moreover, educating public relations practitioners about the content of ethics statement could positively influence th…Read more
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21Xunzi and early Chinese naturalismSUNNY. 2005.This book situates Xunzi's philosophy in the context of early Chinese philosophy, particularly with what the author identifies as Chinese "naturalism.
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58Role of Socioeconomic Status on Consumers' Attitudes Towards DTCA of Prescription Medicines in AustraliaJournal of Business Ethics 105 (4): 447-460. 2012.The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, operating in Australia under the National Health Act 1953, provides citizens equal access to subsidised pharmaceuticals. With ever-increasing costs of medicines and global financial pressure on all commodities, the sustainability of the PBS is of crucial importance on many social and political fronts. Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription medicines is fast expanding, as pharmaceutical companies recognise and reinforce marketing potentials not o…Read more
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24Must a Cause Be Contingently Related to Its Effects?Canadian Journal of Philosophy 9 (2). 1979.Most writers on causation have distinguished causal relations or natural necessities from mere correlations or accidental generalizations. I shall assume that this is a valid distinction. However, a "Dogma" of empiricism has been that natural necessity does not amount to logical necessity and that causes are contingently related to effects. In this paper I shall argue that this Dogma is mistaken.
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31An Objection to the Revision of the Logical Connection ArgumentCanadian Journal of Philosophy 11 (4). 1981.In a paper entitled ‘Reviving the Logical Connection Argument,’ James Otten attempts to revive the Logical Connection Argument, which is intended to refute the causal thesis. Otten distinguishes two versions of the causal thesis. The general causal thesis: W1 … Wn are certain of S's wants, and W1 … Wn cause A,and the restricted causal thesis:: W is S's want to perform A, and W causes A.
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17This note shows how to formalize a small set of general facts about buying and selling. We begin with summarizing properties of buying/selling informally in English, and give examples of consequences of these assumptions. Then we formalize our assumptions in action language C+ with additive fluents and actions and test the adequacy of the proposed formalization using the Causal Calculator.
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49Safe first-order formulas generalize the concept of a safe rule, which plays an important role in the design of answer set solvers. We show that any safe sentence is equivalent, in a certain sense, to the result of its grounding—to the variable-free sentence obtained from it by replacing all quantifiers with multiple conjunctions and disjunctions. It follows that a safe sentence and the result of its grounding have the same stable models, and that stable models of a safe sentence can be characteri…Read more
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135Genuine Counterexamples to the Simple Conditional Analysis of Disposition: A Reply to ChoiPhilosophia 39 (2): 327-334. 2011.Choi (Philosophia, 38(3), 2010) argues that my counterexamples in Lee (Philosophia, 38(3), 2010) to the simple conditional analysis of disposition ascription are bogus counterexamples. In this paper, I argue that Choi’s arguments are not satisfactory and that my examples are genuine counterexamples
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45How Tai Chen differs from the Neo-Confucianists on LiJournal of Chinese Philosophy 18 (4): 395-409. 1991.
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30The Intellect-Body Problem in AquinasArchiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 88 (3): 239-260. 2006.
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153Disposition, Explanation, and Causation—A Defense of the Reformed Conditional Analysis of DispositionPhilosophia 38 (3): 569-577. 2010.D. Lewis proposed the reformed conditional analysis of disposition to handle Martin's influential counterexamples to the simple counterfactual analysis. Some philosophers, however, argue that the mere fact that the reformed conditional analysis of disposition can handle Martin's counterexamples should not be regarded as a reason to prefer the reformed conditional analysis to the simple analysis. In this paper, I argue that the reformed version should be preferred not because it can handle Martin…Read more
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30Schizophrenia: Putting context in contextBehavioral and Brain Sciences 26 (1): 98-99. 2003.Although context-processing deficits may be core features of schizophrenia, context remains a poorly defined concept. To test Phillips & Silverstein's model, we need to operationalize context more precisely. We offer several useful ways of framing context and discuss enhancing or facilitating schizophrenic patients' performance under different contextual situations. Furthermore, creativity may be a byproduct of cognitive uncoordination.
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32The goodness of judgment indexBehavioral and Brain Sciences 27 (3): 344-345. 2004.Evidence is presented indicating that mainstream social psychology material leads undergraduates to conclude that people are irrational. To help address the problems identified by Krueger & Funder (K&F), a new statistic, the Goodness of Judgment Index (GJI), is presented. A concrete example based on a recent study is used to show how the GJI can be used to bring some balance back to research emphasizing error and bias.
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93Causal condition, causal asymmetry, and the counterfactual analysis of causationSynthese 67 (2). 1986.In a recent paper Causal Asymmetry, Douglas Ehring has proposed an intriguing solution to the vexing problem of causal asymmetry. The aim of this paper is to show that his theory is not satisfactory. Moreover, the examples that I use in showing the defect of Ehring's theory also indicate that the counterfactual analysis of causation has a problem that cannot be remedied by Marshall Swain's suggested refinement of the counterfactual analysis of causation in Causation and Distinct Events.