I analyze here Benacerraf’s criticism of Thomson arguments on the impossibility of ω-supertasks. Although Benacerraf’s criticism is well founded, his analysis of Thomson’s lamp is incomplete. In fact, it is possible to consider a new line of argument, which Benacerraf only incidentally considered, based on the functioning laws of the lamp. This argument leads to a contradictory result that comp...

Resistance in the workplace, by nurses, has not been extensively studied from a sociological perspective. In this paper, nurses' resistance to the implementation and use of computer systems is described and analysed, on the basis of semistructured interviews with 31 nurses in three UK NHS hospitals. While the resistance was not "successful", in that it did not prevent the implementation of the ...

Criticism of the conference model should be put in context. Evidence suggests that the essential features of this model have emerged as responses to challenges posed by current trends of scientific research and the impact of the new techno-economic paradigm: the age of Information and Communication Technology [8]. The economic, social and technical impact of this revolution on the whole scienti...

The article presents an analysis of the real participation Vietnamese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in local government and their interaction with authorities. Particular attention is paid to such areas as access information, political initiatives, public criticism, control, self-government, volunteer movement, etc. In course study, author conducted a sociological survey, results which ...

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Five separate studies examined the associations of self-criticism and self-oriented perfectionism with goal pursuit across a variety of domains. Although self-criticism has previously been shown to be related to diminished goal progress, a controversy remains regarding the potential association between aspects of "positive perfectionism," such as self-oriented perfectionism, and enhanced goal p...

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the accident involvement of elderly drivers to date is low, corresponding to their low traffic participation. With a definite increase in the number of elderly drivers in the near future frequent adverse effects on traffic safety are expected. Particularly age changes in vision and reaction ability are considered to be important. Compared to a representative ...

the iranian new wave filmmakers pay attention and focus on the social changes in years before the islamic revolution in 1357 (1979).in these years due to the economical and social changes and the government’s attempt for modernizing the traditional social system and social uplifting has spread and this caused criticism by the iranian new wave filmmaker of that era. social approach and mobility ...

The author responds to Professor Kottow's criticisms, explaining numerous errors and misconceptions.

This study aims to reveal poverty which is one of the social problems reflected in Andrea Hirata's novel Orang Biasa. research considered important and feasible do because it an effort convey criticism government related parties on most common problem often faced by society. a descriptive qualitative applies sociological theory literature put forward Laurenseon Swingewood (1972) understand eval...