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A Modest Argument Against Scepticism
2020
Abstract: In this paper we don’t intend to show, against the sceptic, that most of our everyday beliefs about the external world are cases of knowledge. What we do try to show is that it is more rational to hold that most of such beliefs are actually ca- ses of knowledge than to deny them this status, as the external world sceptic does. In some sense, our point of view is the opposite of Hume’s, who held that reason clearly favours scepticism about the independent existence of an external world rather than common sense belief in such an independent existence. In arguing for the superior rationality of this common sense, Moorean view, we also take a fallibi- list conception of knowledge t…
MR 3007673 Reviewed Geiss F. The Unirationality of Hurwitz spaces of 6-gonal curves of small genus. Documenta Mathematica (2012) 17, 627--640. (Revie…
2013
Let H (d, w) be the Hurwitz space that parametrizes degree d simple coverings of the projective line with w = 2g + 2d - 2 branch points. A classic result affirms the unirationality of these spaces for d \leq 3. Successively, Arbarello and Cornalba in [E. Arbarello and M. Cornalba, Footnotes to a paper of Beniamino Segre, Math. Ann. 256 (1981), 341--362] prove that the spaces H (d, w) are unirational in the following cases: d \leq 5 and g \geq d - 1, d = 6 and 5 \leq g \leq 10 or g = 12 and d = 7 and g = 7. In this paper, the author studies the problem of unirationality over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero when d = 6. In particular, the author proves that the spaces H (6…
Why Benefits Realization from ERP in SMEs Doesn't Seem to Matter?
2011
Author's version of a chapter in Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Also available from the publisher: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2011.497 It is often argued that IT investments require active management practices for benefits realization. This applies also to enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. As well, benefits realization efforts are assumed to create more value than they cost. Hence, the maturity of organizations should be increased and their cultures cultivated towards more rational benefits realization practices. Our study on ERP implementations in Egyptian medium-sized organizations, however, provides aberrant results that challen…
Inside “Pandora’s Box” of Solidarity: Conflicts Between Paid Staff and Volunteers in the Non-profit Sector
2020
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) are quite complex in terms of organizational structure, diversity at the workplace, as well as motivational mechanisms and value rationality. Nevertheless, from the perspective of organizational psychology, the systematic analysis of this context is scarce in the literature, particularly regarding conflicts. This qualitative study analyzes types, prevalence, and consequences of conflicts in a large NPO considering as theoretical framework several consolidated organizational psychology theories: conflict theory, social comparison theory, and equity theory. Conflicts were analyzed taking into account volunteers' perspective, who have been the consistent protago…
Moyen Âge : entre ordre et désordre
2004
La musique tient une place toute particulière dans la civilisation de l'Occident médiéval. Elle est à la fois le reflet immatériel de l'harmonie du monde supraterrestre et le fruit de l'activité musicale des hommes. Dans les deux cas, elle ordonne, règle, accorde. Elle reflète, exprime et installe un ordre qui dépasse l'homme et s'inscrit au plus profond de sa chair : de la musique des sphères aux pulsations vitales des organismes les plus primitifs, la musique irrigue le monde créé et le transcende. Il n'est pas surprenant dans ces conditions que les commanditaires et les artistes médiévaux aient eu recours si abondamment à la représentation figurée pour exprimer leur vision de la musique.…
The Stochastic Intelligence. A Technical Model from Ancient Greece to Robotics
2019
What do we mean when we talk about the “intelligence” of robots? In what sense does a robot “reason” and “take decisions”? Answering these questions can give food for thought towards understanding whether there is either something so specific in human beings that cannot be reproduced in robots, or—as an alternative—the way to improve robots in emulating human behavior. In the following pages I will try to give my contribution by shedding light on some characteristics concerning human reasoning and rationality, mainly referring to the ancient Greek philosophical tradition.
How much choice is "good enough"? Moderators of information and choice overload
2021
In today’s world, people face an abundance of information and a great number of choices both in important domains, such as health care, retirement, and education, and in less important domains, such as the choice of breakfast cereal or chocolate. Choice overload and information overload have strong negative effects on many important decision- making aspects such as processing and using information, the motivation to act, the quality of choices, and post- choice feelings, which are discussed in Chapter 43 in this volume in more detail. However, small choice and information sets are not always optimal either. Several variables– – such as information usage, decision accuracy, motivation to cho…
La integración de la Atención a la Dependencia en los Servicios Sociales Municipales del Ayuntamiento de Sagunto
2011
El cuarto Pilar del Bienestar Social es el sistema de Servicios Sociales, la atención a la dependencia debería ser considerada un subsistema del sistema de Servicios Sociales, el catalogo de prestaciones que recoge la Ley de Autonomía Personal y Atención a las Personas en Situación de Dependencia (Ley 39/2006) se corresponde con las prestaciones reconocidas en las leyes de servicios sociales de las diferentes Comunidades Autónomas, todas ellas aprobadas con anterioridad a la Ley 39/2006. La implantación por parte de la Generalitat Valenciana de la Ley de atención a la dependencia puede vulnerar el principio de Autonomía Local recogido en varios marcos normativos. La visión de atención integ…
Unravelling the rationalities of childhood cycling promotion
2022
Decrease of children’s independent mobility (CIM) has worried academics, policymakers, educators and other professionals for decades. Research and policy often emphasise that promoting children’s physically active and independent transport modes as cycling is important to achieve better public health, solve environmental challenges and increase related economic benefits. Yet, cycling promotion is not a neutral process and all promotion efforts are derived from latent notions of ‘cyclists’ and ‘cycling’. This paper discusses different rationalities of childhood cycling promotion and the representations of ‘children’ as independent ‘cyclists’ they entail. We argue that in order to efficiently…
Deliberative Democracy, Active Citizenship and Critical Culture: From Aristotle’s Rhetoric to Contemporary Political Philosophy
2013
The aim of this paper is to defend an adequate reading of Aristotle´s deliberative rhetoric that allows us to understand practical rationalization as a process of interpretation of human actions. After the consideration of rhetoric as a general human ability that is indispensable for political coexistence, the impact of the Aristotelian rhetorical proposal is presented, not just as a defense of the importance of rhetoric in a democratic society, but also as a novel attempt to understand what it means to speak of practical rationality.