A Critical Analysis of Rousseau`s Narrative of Subjectivity
... broadly speaking he can be justifiably read as a philosopher, and more specifically as a political
philosopher. Indeed Rousseau quite plainly situates himself within this category when, in the
SD, he outlines his strategy of subtracting those qualities given to humanity by society in order
that he c ...
Knowledge Systems and Change in Climate Governance
... domestic climate governance of India and South Africa between 2007 and 2010. It identifies
the relevant actors behind it, their motivation and the connections between them. The
comparative perspective on the national and sub-national levels in both countries shows in a
novel way how science and poli ...
the appropriation of social science knowledge by `lay people`
... study, are included in the category of social science knowledge, although they might not be
identified as such by those who mediate and who use that knowledge.
Some would argue, for example, that the statement 'in Britain most youngsters leave
home between their late teens and early twenties'2 is n ...
Analyzing the role of knowledge organization in scholarly
... been disregarded in the LIS-conception of knowledge organization.
One theoretical problem for knowledge organization research in LIS,
then, is that it must be able to explain and develop horizons of understanding
as to why and how it can make a difference that makes a difference. It has to
consider ...
The Social Organisation of Science as a Question for
... traditional philosophical and lay ideas about science in order to enable a discussion of science
as a part of democratic society. On its basis, Kitcher proceeds to show how science may be
brought into a greater harmony with democracy. Miriam Solomon (2001) argues with her
social empiricist account t ...
Ineffable, Tacit, Explicable and Explicit
... explicit does not get entirely swallowed up by the tacit. “Polanyi’s very formulation shows that a distinction
between tacit and explicit has to be preserved, though it doesn’t show us exactly where the distinction lies or
how it works” (TEK, 6). Collins does an excellent job helping us to see where ...
Constructing Sustainability A Study of Emerging Scientific Research
... that advance our visions of natural and social well-being (Bocking 2004; Jasanoff
1997)? This dissertation examines how sustainability science aims to contribute to
social action for sustainability and the implications of emerging research agendas
for societal discourse on sustainability. The result ...
A Sequential Analysis of Procedural Communication in
... leads to poor decision-making, unnecessary conformity, social loafing, and ineffective
communication processes, practices, and products. The purpose of this paper is to investigate
the potential benefits of procedural communication in team meetings. The role of procedural
communication, defined as v ...
SCIENTIFIC REALISM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND
... Moreover, the metaphysical thesis of SR on its own does not seem able to
account for historical change in science. A systematic divergence between what
there is in the world and what scientists claim there is, would, if substantiated
historically, undermine SR’s robust sense of objectivity. Such a f ...
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... whether these two seemingly contradictory views can be held at once by the same person or not,
and if so, then how. The emphasis placed by Heilbroner on vision and his position on valuefreedom in economics are both related to his position on ideology and must also be examined
further. What is requir ...
creating an `architecture of listening`
... While listening receives extensive attention in
relation to interpersonal communication, there is
little focus on organizational listening in
academic and professional literature, with books
and articles focussed predominantly on
disseminating organizations’ messages (i.e.
speaking) – a transmission ...
creating an `architecture of listening` in organizations
... While listening receives extensive attention in
relation to interpersonal communication, there is
little focus on organizational listening in
academic and professional literature, with books
and articles focussed predominantly on
disseminating organizations’ messages (i.e.
speaking) – a transmission ...
Elite Integration and Institutional Trust in Norway - DUO
... There are, however, reasons to believe that there are variations as to how
much trust the various elite groups accord the individual institutions. On
the level of the individual members of the elite groups there are three main
sources of such variations:
(1) As emphasized above, the orientations and ...
Explaining Society: Critical Realism in the Social Sciences
... Our concern in this book is twofold. The main concern is to discuss some
methodological implications of a critical realist approach to social science.
However, this cannot be done without an introduction to the basic ideas in this
approach. We therefore devote the first part of the book to introduci ...
Can Tocqueville Karaoke? Global Contrasts of
... Southern Italy to be drastically different in their political cultures and citizen participation
patterns. Almond and Verba was the foundational work for much cross-national
comparison. Verba, Nie, and Kim in cross-national work found that workers in countries
with strong unions linked to left part ...
Convergence and Consensus in Public Reason
... Reasonable individuals often share a rationale for a decision but, in other cases, they make the same
decision based on disparate and often incompatible rationales. The social contract tradition has been
divided between these two methods of solving the problem of social cooperation: must social
coop ...
I love you, let`s share calendars: calendar sharing as relationship work
... share their feelings through their event descriptions. These
descriptions serve as a distribution channel for the direct
expression of emotion, to borrow phrases from [4]. For
example, the event description “Salary Review Meeting”
has more overt emotional meaning than “meet with Dan.”
Clearly, OCS u ...
Jasanoff – Imaginaries – P. 1 Future Imperfect: Science, Technology
... sometimes fail despite much concerted effort and expenditure of resources. Puzzles also
include cross-national and cross-cultural divergences in technological development that
lack obvious grounding in natural, economic or social disparities. It is important to
understand in a time of globalization ...
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... recent literature comparing group to individual behaviour in games is broadly consistent.
For instance, Bornstein and Yaniv (1998) and Robert and Carnevale (1997) find that
groups make less generous offers in the ultimatum game; Schopler and Insko (1992) find
that groups are more competitive; Cox ( ...
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... forwards in the dialectically developing system of critical realism. While this must of
course be the case up to a point in respect of any moment other than the first and last in
such a system, in which the later moments are implicit in and constellationally contain the
earlier, Scientific Realism, ...
Review of Objectivity and Its Other, Edited by Wolfgang Natter
... any interpretation is informed by context, there are no context free -- i.e. non-ethnocentric -- claims to
knowledge. This form of ethnocentrism -- the inherent contextuality of meaning -- is not pernic ious
since there is no closure nor final nor right meaning possible. New interpretations will alw ...
Telling Jokes That Disparage Social Groups
... conditions were included: Some participants read disparaging statements
about the group, whereas others did not read anything at all (i.e., neither humor
nor statements). In two of the experiments, men were the targets of the disparagement humor; in the other experiment, lawyers were the targets.
St ...
Public engagement
Public engagement is a term that has recently been used, particularly in the UK, to describe ""the involvement of specialists listening to, developing their understanding of, and interacting with, non-specialists"" (as defined by England's university funding agency, HEFCE, in 2006).