Trust and the appreciation of art.Daniel Abrahams &Gary Kemp -2021 -Ratio 35 (2):133-145.detailsDoes trust play a significant role in the appreciation of art? If so, how does it operate? We argue that it does, and that the mechanics of trust operate both at a general and a particular level. After outlining the general notion of ‘art-trust’—the notion sketched is consistent with most notions of trust on the market—and considering certain objections to the model proposed, we consider specific examples to show in some detail that the experience of works of art, and the (...) attribution of art-relevant properties or characterisations to works of art, very often involves the notion of trust; in such cases—perhaps most or even, implicitly, all—the question ‘Do I trust the artist (or art-maker)?’, is inescapable. (shrink)
From reinforcement of acts to reinforcement of social preferences.Daniel John Zizzo -2002 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (2):282-283.detailsRachlin rightly highlights behavioural reinforcement, conditional cooperation, and framing. However, genes may explain part of the variance in altruistic behaviour. Framing cannot be used to support his theory of altruism. Reinforcement of acts is not identical to reinforcement of patterns of acts. Further, many patterns of acts could be reinforced, and Rachlin's altruism is not the most likely candidate.
Introspection and intuition in the decision sciences.Daniel John Zizzo -2004 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27 (2):274-275.detailsSelf-experimentation is uncommon in the decision sciences, but mental experiments are common; for example, intuition and introspection are often used by theoretical economists as justifications for their models. While introspection can be useful for the generation of ideas, it can also be overused and become a comfortable illusion for the theorist and an obstacle for science.
Implicit learning of (boundedly) rational behaviour.Daniel John Zizzo -2000 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23 (5):700-701.detailsStanovich & West's target article undervalues the power of implicit learning (particularly reinforcement learning). Implicit learning may allow the learning of more rational responses–and sometimes even generalisation of knowledge–in contexts where explicit, abstract knowledge proves only of limited value, such as for economic decision-making. Four other comments are made.
Individual psychology, market scaffolding, and behavioral tests.Daniel John Zizzo -2001 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 (3):432-433.detailsHertwig and Ortmann (H&O) rightly criticize the usage of deception. However, stationary replication may often have no ecological validity. Many economic experiments are not interactive; when they are, there is not much specifically validating H&O's psychological views on script enactment. Incentives in specific market structures may scaffold even zero rational decision-making, but this says very little about individual psychology.
The indeterminacy of the beliefs, preferences, and constraints framework.Daniel John Zizzo -2007 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 30 (1):44-45.detailsThe beliefs, preferences, and constraints framework provides a language that economists, and possibly others, may largely share. However, it has got so many levels of indeterminacy that it is otherwise almost meaningless: when no evidence can ever be a problem for scientific construct Z, then there is a problem for Z, for nothing can also be considered supportive of Z. (Published Online April 27 2007).
1898 the monadology.Daniel Bonevac -unknowndetails1. The Monad, of which we shall here speak, is nothing but a simple substance, which enters into compounds. By 'simple' is meant 'without parts.' (Theod. 10.).
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A theory of individual sovereignty as a natural birthright.Daniel Martinez -2010 - Gainesville, FL: FAP Books, Florida Academic Press.detailsOverview of the concept of the sovereign individual -- Personal sovereignty as a natural psychological state in human development -- Human development theories -- Philosophical basis of the right to individual sovereignty -- The philosophy of Jose Ingenieros in Argentina, 1913 -- Recognizing that society, church, government, and corporations are mostly fraudulent, coercive, and corrupt -- Our avoidant-defensive posture : a moral or practical decision? -- The desire to live life as we wish : the need to be genuine -- (...) Summary of my theory on individual sovereignty. (shrink)
(1 other version)A Critical Return to Moshe Idel's Kabbalah: New Perspectives: An Appreciation.Daniel Abrams -2007 -Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies 6 (18):30-40.detailsThe publication of Moshe Idel’s book, Kabbalah: New Perspectives marks a turning point in the field of Jewish mysticism. In this volume, Moshe Idel offered phenomenology as an alternative key to appreciating the history and ideas of Jewish mystical traditions. This study returns to this book in order to assess and critique the meaning and function of phenomenology in his early scholarship, as a prelude to the developing and possibly changing methodologies that he has employed in numerous studies published since (...) the appearance of his now classic study. The study considers the connection between phenomenology and experience and its role within the multiple perspectives suggested in the volume. Moshe Idel’s methodology is thus appreciated within the larger context of his work, positioned within the history of scholarship in the field and serves as a measure of the turn to new perspectives. (shrink)
The mystery ofC. elegans aging: An emerging role for fat.Daniel Ackerman &David Gems -2012 -Bioessays 34 (6):466-471.detailsNew C. elegans studies imply that lipases and lipid desaturases can mediate signaling effects on aging. But why might fat homeostasis be critical to aging? Could problems with fat handling compromise health in nematodes as they do in mammals? The study of signaling pathways that control longevity could provide the key to one of the great unsolved mysteries of biology: the mechanism of aging. But as our view of the regulatory pathways that control aging grows ever clearer, the nature of (...) aging itself has, if anything, grown more obscure. In particular, focused investigations of the oxidative damage theory have raised questions about an old assumption: that a fundamental cause of aging is accumulation of molecular damage. Could fat dyshomeostasis instead be critical? (shrink)
Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume Ii: Socrates, Plato, and Their Tradition.Daniel W. Graham (ed.) -1996 - Princeton University Press.detailsGregory Vlastos was one of the twentieth century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. Over a span of more than fifty years, he published essays and book reviews that established his place as a leading authority on early Greek philosophy. The two volumes that comprise Studies in Greek Philosophy include nearly forty contributions by this acknowledged master of the philosophical essay. Many of these pieces are now considered to be classics in the field. Perhaps more than any other modern scholar, (...) Gregory Vlastos was responsible for raising standards of research, analysis, and exposition in classical philosophy to new levels of excellence. His essays have served as paradigms of scholarship for several generations. Available for the first time in a comprehensive collection, these contributions reveal the author's ability to combine the skills of a philosopher, philologist, and historian of ideas in addressing some of the most difficult problems of ancient philosophy. Volume I collects Vlastos's essays on Presocratic philosophy. Wide-ranging concept studies link Greek science, religion, and politics with philosophy. Individual studies illuminate the thought of major philosophers such as Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and Democritus. A magisterial series of studies on Zeno of Elea reveals the author's power in source criticism and logical analysis. Volume II contains essays on the thought of Socrates, Plato, and later thinkers and essays dealing with ethical, social, and political issues as well as metaphysics, science, and the foundations of mathematics. (shrink)
Die Flucht in der Verfolgung - eine Legitime Alternative zu Martyrium oder Apostasie?: Tertullians Traktat De fuga in persecutione im Historischen und theologischen Kontext seiner Zeit.Daniel Greb -2021 - Berlin: Peter Lang. Edited by Tertullian.detailsIn seinem Traktat de fuga in persecutione bezieht der frühchristliche Theologe Tertulian v. Karthago (ca. 160-220 n. Chr.) Stellung zur Frage, ob es für Christen erlaubt sei, in der Verfolgung zu fliehen. Seine ebenso von der klassischen Rhetorik wie der Stoischen Philosophie und dem Kontakt zum Montanismus beeinflusste Argumentation kommt zu einem klaren Ergebnis: Einzig Standhaftigkeit und Martryiumsbereitschaft können die rechte Antwort auf die Verfolgung sein. Die vorliegende Publikation bietet eine Einleitung, Übersetzung und umfassende Kommentierung dieser Schrift und versucht, sie (...) mittels eines multiperspektivischen Ansatzes im historischen und theologischen Kontext ihrer Zeit auszulegen. (shrink)
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Autopsy and Didactic Authority: Rethinking the Prologue of thePeriodos to Nicomedes.Daniel R. Hanigan &Grant R. Kynaston -2022 -Classical Quarterly 72 (2):558-572.detailsAll modern critics have read verses 128–36 of Pseudo-Scymnus’ iambic Periodos to Nicomedes (c.133–110/109 b.c.e.) as a description of the personal autopsies of the author. However, close analysis of both the literary dynamics of the poem and the syntax of the lacunose text that precedes this passage shows that this cannot be the case. This article proposes that Timaeus of Tauromenium (c.350–260 b.c.e.) is a superior candidate for the referent of these lines, and offers a coherent approach to emending the (...) manifestly corrupt text. This reinterpretation makes better sense of the extant text of the Periodos, and allows these verses to be read as a second-century witness to Timaeus’ autoptic prowess. (shrink)
A Schutzian Bridge to Radical Constructivism.Dániel Havrancsik -2023 -Schutzian Research 15:27-56.detailsIt is well known that the movement of social constructionism rests on foundations laid by Alfred Schutz, but the relationship between his thought and epistemological constructivism has scarcely been addressed. Scholars devoted to the investigation of Schutz’s oeuvre paid little systematic attention to the specific constructivist character of his epistemological position, and proponents of the modern form of epistemological constructivism, second order cyberneticians and radical constructivists have failed to recognize Schutz’s relevance for their project. This paper attempts to show that (...) Schutz’s epistemologically oriented phenomenological-pragmatic theory is compatible with the core tenets of epistemological constructivism and proposes to erect a bridge between Schutzian minded interpretive sociology and constructivism, where arguments could travel both ways. After a brief introduction to Schutz’s theory and Ernst von Glasersfeld’s radical constructivism, I try to point out some topics, where intellectual transfer would be beneficial for both camps. (shrink)
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