Search results for "Kant"

On the Objective Scope of the Methodological Prescriptions of the Regulative Function of Theoretical Reason in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

2017

En el ´Apéndice a la dialéctica trascendental´ de su "Crítica de la razón pura", Kant presenta prescripciones metodológicas para el conocimiento empírico. Expondré los dos conjuntos de prescripciones más importantes de esa metodología: a) la necesidad de introducir conceptos ´teóricos´; b) el uso hipotético de la razón y la exigencia de sistematicidad, que se refieren a leyes empíricas y a los conceptos vinculados con tales leyes. Cada uno de estos conjuntos de prescripciones tiene una dimensión objetiva propia, esto es, su aplicación es condición de posibilidad de la formación y validez objetiva de determinadas clases de leyes y/o conceptos. Mi objetivo es presentar las diferencias y relac…

Antropologia come "general Weltkenntniß" Kant e la concezione cosmica dell'umano

2018

Il progetto antropologico di un mondo-ambiente nel quale l'uomo, grazie allo sviluppo delle proprie capacità, trova la sua posizione e conquista un ruolo centrale, si inserisce, in Kant, all'interno in un disegno più ampio che pone l'uomo al cospetto di scopi la cui realizzazione va ben al di là di quel che egli può fare; va ben al di là dell'immagine pragmatica di un mondo pensato e progettato a misura d'uomo. Come risulta insufficiente, dunque, ogni antropologia fisiologica che rimanga limitata al punto di vista dell'uomo in quanto prodotto del gioco della natura, altrettanto insufficiente risulterebbe un'antropologia pragmatica che si legasse unicamente alla rappresentazione antropocentr…

When phenotypes fail to illuminate underlying genetic processes in fish and fisheries science

2019

Abstract Advances in genetic and genomic technologies have become widely available and have potential to provide novel insights into fish biology and fisheries science. In the present overview, we explore cases for which genomic analyses have proven instrumental in the rejection of hypotheses that have been well-motivated based on phenotypic and ecological properties of individuals and populations. We focus on study systems for which information derived using genomic tools contradicts conclusions drawn from traditional fisheries science methodologies and assumptions. We further illustrate the non-intuitive interplay of genomics and ecology in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) owing to the re…

Calibrating Expert Assessments Using Hierarchical Gaussian Process Models

2020

Expert assessments are routinely used to inform management and other decision making. However, often these assessments contain considerable biases and uncertainties for which reason they should be calibrated if possible. Moreover, coherently combining multiple expert assessments into one estimate poses a long-standing problem in statistics since modeling expert knowledge is often difficult. Here, we present a hierarchical Bayesian model for expert calibration in a task of estimating a continuous univariate parameter. The model allows experts' biases to vary as a function of the true value of the parameter and according to the expert's background. We follow the fully Bayesian approach (the s…

Potential for managing life history diversity in a commercially exploited intermediate predator, the goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris)

2019

Abstract Small-bodied wrasse species are important for structuring coastal marine ecosystems but are also increasingly harvested as parasite cleaners on farmed salmon. Identifying management regulations that will support long-term sustainability of wrasse fisheries is challenging, because there is still limited knowledge about the impacts of fisheries on the demography of these intermediate predators in their natural environments. To this end, we studied individual growth histories of goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris) at a fine spatial scale across replicated marine protected areas (MPAs) and areas open to commercial harvesting on the Norwegian coast. The MPAs were established 1–7 ye…

Competition between marine mammals and fisheries in contemporary harvested marine ecosystems

2019

Competitive interactions between marine mammals and fisheries represent some of the most complex challenges in marine resource management worldwide. The development of commercial fisheries and recovering marine mammal populations have contributed to a decrease in fish availability. Whilst ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) can counteract this decrease, achieving the EBFM objectives faces certain major obstacles including insufficient or unreliable data, inapplicable assessment models, as well as inadequate management decisions that do not account for fisheries-induced morphological alterations (FIMA) and marine mammal management. Despite a body of evidence addressing various aspect…

Simple Muscle Architecture Analysis (SMA): An ImageJ macro tool to automate measurements in B-mode ultrasound scans

2020

In vivo measurements of muscle architecture (i.e. the spatial arrangement of muscle fascicles) are routinely included in research and clinical settings to monitor muscle structure, function and plasticity. However, in most cases such measurements are performed manually, and more reliable and time-efficient automated methods are either lacking completely, or are inaccessible to those without expertise in image analysis. In this work, we propose an ImageJ script to automate the entire analysis process of muscle architecture in ultrasound images: Simple Muscle Architecture Analysis (SMA). Images are filtered in the spatial and frequency domains with built-in commands and external plugins to hi…

Biplanar ultrasound investigation of in vivo Achilles tendon displacement non-uniformity

2019

The Achilles tendon is a common tendon for the medial and lateral gastrocnemius and soleus muscles. Non‐uniform Achilles tendon regional displacements have been observed in vivo which may result from non‐uniform muscle loading and intratendinous shearing. However, prior observations are limited to the sagittal plane. This study investigated Achilles tendon tissue displacement patterns during isometric plantarflexor contractions in the coronal and sagittal planes. Fourteen subjects (5 female, 9 male, 26 ± 3 year) performed maximal isometric plantarflexor contractions with the knee in full extension and flexed to 110°. An ultrasound transducer positioned over the free Achilles tendon collecte…

Latvijas nacionalās valsts idejas tapšana un viņas izpausmes veidi: (1892.g.-1919.gada 18. novembrim), 2. daļa

1935

Diskurssianalyysi kantasolututkimusta koskevista teksteistä vuosina 2001-2013

2013

Tämän tutkielman tarkoitus on perehtyä kantasolututkimuksen bioetiikkaan ja diskurssianalyysin avulla selvittää miten kantasolututkimuksesta puhuvat tiedetaustaiset sekä uskontaustaiset henkilöt ja miten diskurssit eroavat toisistaan. Empiirisenä aineistona toimivat erinäiset tieteelliset ja uskonnolliset julkaisut (n=30). Metadiskursseina toimivat lääketieteellinen eli bioeettinen sekä uskonnolliset diskurssit. Lääketieteellisestä diskurssista paljastui myös sairauksien parantamisen-, tutkimustyön-, lakiin pohjautuvan-, taloudellisen sekä uhkien aladiskurssit kun uskonnollisessa ne olivat kritisoiva, poliittinen ja taloudellinen. Tutkimuksen metodologiset ratkaisut pohjautuivat sekä perint…