Aim. The aim of this study is to analyze and evaluate two versions the theory liberalism which emerged within philosophical tradition pragmatism: Richard Rorty’s “ironic liberalism” John Dewey’s “renascent liberalism”.
 Methods. based on: 1) comparative analysis, shows differences points contact between classical pragmatism neo-pragmatism, in particular, different their liberal theories; 2...

Despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the National Health Service (NHS) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. But if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.

BACKGROUND Subsistence norms are part of the "ecosophy" or ecological philosophy of Alaska Native Peoples in the sub-Arctic, such as the Inupiat of Seward Peninsula. This kind of animistic pragmatism is a special source of practical wisdom that spans over thousands of years and which has been instrumental in the Iñupiat's struggle to survive and thrive in harsh and evolving environments. OBJE...

in this article, in order to demonstrate the pragmatic elements of rawls’s viewpoint, the developmental path of his a theory of justice shall first be investigated. this development has two phases: in the first phase, justice has an ethical-philosophical basis. in a theory of justice, this phase is specifically shown under the title of theory of justice. in the second phase, justice has no phil...

despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the national health service (nhs) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. but if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.

The present chapter discusses the different epistemologies behind different strands of management thinking and calls for the need for further theoretical development. It proposes a specific management methodology, Semiotic Learning, that corresponds to an innovative approach to the field of organizational learning, one that draws on social semiotics and on ontological hermeneutics in order to d...

About 20 years ago, very shortly after antiretroviral drugs were fi rst shown to inhibit HIV replication and improve clinical outcomes, studies of animals showed that preexposure and post-exposure antiretroviral treatment could protect against retroviral challenges. The fi rst use of antiviral drugs for chemoprophylaxis in human beings was that of zidovudine in HIV-infected pregnant women to pr...

After years of development, the Topic Maps community is in the process of consolidating its standards landscape. This work tries to outline an integrated scenario and sketches how the individual pieces may fit together. This is mostly achieved by a mathematical formalization for Topic Maps. It serves as basis for high-level data models and also for a query language.

Purpose Pragmatism is very relevant to workplace management and performance measurement, yet in the accounting literature, it a term used loosely colloquial manner. By drawing on framework based classical pragmatism, this study aims examine how pragmatic perspective discernible form use of control (MC) practices. Design/methodology/approach This collects data using case firm green energy constr...