How Not To Be A Reductivist

Intention and Motivation : Reduction or Constitutive Part

On a reductivist conception of intentions, an intention to do an action or a plan A is reducible to a predominant desire to A, to the belief that one will A or to the judgment that A is the best thing to do or even to some combination of these states. Against these views, non-reductivist about intentions have argued that decisions and intentions move us a step beyond the simple possession of de...

Does ReDUCtIvIst event-CAUsAL CoMPAtIBILIsM LeAve AnytHIng oUt? Lynne BAkeR’s REFLECTIVE-ENDoRSEMENT AnD tHe BoUnDs oF tHe tRADItIonAL AnALyses oF MoRAL ResPonsIBILIty

Is Head Movement Still Needed for Noun Incorporation

This paper compares Baker’s head-movement analysis of noun incorporation to alternative nonlexicalist theories of noun incorporation, including Massam’s pseudoincorporation analysis, Van Geenhoven’s base generation analysis, and the Koopman/Szabolcsi analysis in terms of remnant movement. It is shown that the headmovement approach captures important facts about noun incorporation in the Mapudun...

Can Social Contagion Help Global Health ‘Jump the Shark’?; Comment on “How to Facilitate Social Contagion?”

The instrumental use of social networks has become a central tenet of international health policy and advocacy since the Millennium project. In asking, ‘How to facilitate social contagion?’, Karl Blanchet of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine therefore reflects not only on the recent success, but also hints to growing challenges; the tactics of partnerships, alliances and platfo...

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Who is a really successful manager? A manager who spends less money, or the one who earns more? A manager who can survive for a longer period of time, or an administrator who expands his organization, and opens up new branches? Which one is the most successful? The article tries to answer these questions and provides, some simple guidlines for the managers in every domain of management who wan...