I conclude by distinguishing theory concept pluralism from other pluralist positions. 1 Introduction David Hull, writing about species, comments offhand that "philosophy of science deals primarily with theories and their development." [18, p. 371]. Indeed, the question of what theories are is one...
In the debate with rivals in the field of rational choice theory, the maximin criterion put forth by Rawls is more exacting: it does not suffice that no one becomes worse off; also those who are worse off must become better off than they are. Put simply, this criterion precludes objection...
Many of our international students at UBC have come from international schools in their native lands but this does not mean that they have been exposed to a wide array of cultures. Additionally through my teaching on the international program for first year students I have witnessed miscommunication...
If God is, man is a slave; now, man can and must be free; then, God does not exist. —Michael Bakunin,God and the State, p. 25] For most anarchists, then, atheism is required due to the nature of religion. Anarchists argue that we must do without the harmful myth of god and ...
Early modern political theory saw theories of sovereignty develop. Order needed to be imposed over an unruly society. Although sovereignty does not explicitly advocate single person rule, Bodin felt that an aristocratic oligarchy would lead to factionalism, while democracy was resorting to mob rule. ...
”[7] In fact, the non-separability of quantum mechanics was one reason why Einstein believed the theory to be incomplete.[8] There are responses to this objection from quantum mechanics, but I will not pursue that specific debate here. What Iwillargue is that one of the leading theories ...
Broadly, we argue that RCTs have been and can be useful in studying the effects of some policy interventions to improve government performance, but that their use in testing hypotheses about the causes of change in government performance is limited in significant ways by the nature of the factor...
In UNESCO’s recent publication Education for Sustainable Development: A Roadmap the idea of community is described as playing an important role in th
It is helpful to visualize ideology as a layer laid over culture, and the two can reinforce or conflict. For instance, Kenya, a pluralist society under colonialism, experienced rapid change after independence in 1963. However, the pace at which colonial institutions went through transformation into...
most of the considerations focused onWhatandWhy—What a system is when viewed from different perspectives and Why that matters. The DesignXers were impressed by the pluralism of understandings of systems but were unable to frame the pluralist positions. It also signaled that, in order to deal ...