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298Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions and cognitive psychologyPhilosophical Psychology 11 (1). 1998.In a previous article we have shown that Kuhn's theory of concepts is independently supported by recent research in cognitive psychology. In this paper we propose a cognitive re-reading of Kuhn's cyclical model of scientific revolutions: all of the important features of the model may now be seen as consequences of a more fundamental account of the nature of concepts and their dynamics. We begin by examining incommensurability, the central theme of Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions, accordi…Read more
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77Family-oriented Health Savings Accounts: Facing the Challenges of Health Care AllocationJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 37 (6): 507-512. 2012.
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65Toward a Confucian Family-Oriented Health Care System for the Future of ChinaJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 36 (5): 452-465. 2011.Recently implemented Chinese health insurance schemes have failed to achieve a Chinese health care system that is family-oriented, family-based, family-friendly, or even financially sustainable. With this diagnosis in hand, the authors argue that a financially and morally sustainable Chinese health care system should have as its core family health savings accounts supplemented by appropriate health insurance plans. This essay’s arguments are set in the context of Confucian moral commitments that…Read more
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20Dc-bias-field-induced dielectric relaxation and ac conduction in CaCu3Ti4O12ceramicsPhilosophical Magazine 88 (4): 537-545. 2008.
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72NF-B mediates amyloid beta peptide-stimulated activity of the human apolipoprotein E gene promoter in human astroglial cellsBrain Res Mol Brain Res 136 177-88. 2005.The apolipoprotein E gene plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease , and amyloid plaque comprised mostly of the amyloid-beta peptide ) is one of the major hallmarks of AD. However, the relationship between these two important molecules is poorly understood. We examined how A treatment affects APOE expression in cultured cells and tested the role of the transcription factor NF-B in APOE gene regulation. To delineate NF-B's role, we have characterized a 1098 nucleotide se…Read more
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A Methodology of Partitioning and Mapping for Given Regular Arrays with Lower DimensionUniversity of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Computing Science. 1993.
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94The Family and Harmonious Medical Decision Making: Cherishing an Appropriate Confucian Moral BalanceJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 35 (5): 573-586. 2010.This essay illustrates what the Chinese family-based and harmony-oriented model of medical decision making is like as well as how it differs from the modern Western individual-based and autonomy-oriented model in health care practice. The essay discloses the roots of the Chinese model in the Confucian account of the family and the Confucian view of harmony. By responding to a series of questions posed to the Chinese model by modern Western scholars in terms of the basic individualist concerns an…Read more
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5Creativity and Disruptive TechnologyIn Christian Hauser & Wolfgang Amann (eds.), The Future of Responsible Management Education: University Leadership and the Digital Transformation Challenge, Springer Verlag. pp. 19-34. 2023.We live in a world of massive change, and each decade appears to move faster and faster. It is not just the inventions that are picking up speed, but the adoption of technologies is increasing by businesses and consumers. The early adaptors switch to general consumption at an increasing pace. Part of the increase in adoption is attributed to challenges such as a pandemic. Nevertheless, in general, the concepts of a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) are becoming a standard year-o…Read more
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14Why Do Leaders Express Humility and How Does This Matter: A Rational Choice PerspectiveFrontiers in Psychology 10. 2019.
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40Perceived Insider Status and Feedback Reactions: A Dual Path of Feedback Motivation AttributionFrontiers in Psychology 8. 2017.
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5Reasoning about nondeterministic and concurrent actions: A process algebra approachArtificial Intelligence 107 (1): 63-98. 1999.
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44Does Self-Serving Leadership Hinder Team Creativity? A Moderated Dual-Path ModelJournal of Business Ethics 159 (2): 419-433. 2019.Self-serving leadership is a form of unethical leadership behavior that has destructive effect on its targets and the overall organization. Adopting a social cognition perspective, this study expands our knowledge of its adverse effect and the way to mitigate the effect. Integrating two sub-theories of social cognition, we propose a theoretical model wherein self-serving leadership hinders team creativity through psychological safety as well as knowledge hiding, with task interdependence acting …Read more
Areas of Specialization
Value Theory |
Bernard Williams |
Areas of Interest
Value Theory |
Bernard Williams |