with the notion that these concerns about how the structure of an industry could lead to lack of competition in a way that would manifest itself in higher prices could be formulated in general framework.
I assume that the power of modu- larity is tied directly to the language and conceptual frames (or “actors’ categories”) used by people who deployed the language of modularity and applied modular concepts to new realms.
In other words, everyday language use and discourse constitute people's understanding of themselves and others by making available positions that determine the perspective from which they see the world. The notion of positioning is used as a more flexible alternative to the more static concept of ...
Rational choice theory purportedly is about actual behaviour (a positive theory) and is not a normative theory of what ought to be the case. The preferences of the actors are assumed given. They pursue them in an ‘instrumentally rational’ manner. All rationality means here is that the prefe...
A work of art can be defined as a section of space (visual, auditory, tactile, etc.) that has been assigned a particular status. It is not our intention to define this status—philosophical aesthetics has been addressing this issue for centuries. Rather,
Did he have to gouge out his eyes even when he realized that he committed crimes unintentionally in the past? I think even if the morals in that time was not the same as in modern days, Oedipus could have made a rational decision that he does not take the full responsibility of the mu...
Over the last years, public engagement has become a topic of scholarly and policy debate particularly in biomedicine, a field that increasingly centres around collecting, sharing and analysing personal data. However, the use of big data in biomedicine po
but we tend to hear from bad actors for a long while after. We still get the odd threatening message or phone call, the occasional suggestion that people are watching. I have one who has been calling me foryearsand another who constantly tries to harass me through third parties. Sometimes...
A new theory about human nature was put forth by Sigmund Freud.He had discovered he said, primitive, sexual and aggressive forces hidden deep inside the minds of all human beings.Forces which if not controlled,led individuals and societies to chaos and destruction.This series is about how ...
(2001), who is critical of the focus on processes stemming from the United States and its homogenizing impact on the world, advocates the notion of heterogeneity with a focus on diversity, multi-directional global flows and the existence of world processes that are independent and so...