Assuming that sound methodological indications regarding the evaluation of health promotion programs should be rooted in a critical reflection on the nature of health promotion programs, this paper reviews two traditional ontological perspectives at the basis of most scientific activity. While empirical realism conceptualises programs as natural objects, idealism and relativism strictly confine...

In this paper I attempt to show how Moore’s early emancipation from Bradley’s absolute idealism presupposes a fundamental adherence certain theses of itself. particular, argue that the idea an immediate epistemic access concepts and propositions Moore endorses in his platonic atomism (Hylton) is reworking form realism already present Bradley. Epistemic conjunction two theses: i) reality indepen...

Since the demise of the Sense-Datum Theory and Phenomenalism in the last century, Direct Realism in the philosophy of perception has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity. 1 Curiously, however, although there have been attempts in the literature to refute some of the arguments against Direct Realism, there has been, as of yet, no systematic treatment of all eight of the main arguments against it. ...

Abstract In Scientific Ontology , Chakravartty diagnoses a “dramatic conflict” between empiricism and metaphysics aims to overcome that conflict by opting for modern-day variant of Pyrrhonism, i.e. appreciating the equal strength ( isostheneia ) arguments against empiricist metaphysical positions, achieving tranquility ataraxia suspending judgment or remaining speechless in face . this paper, I...

With the approach of critical linguistics, the study compares and contrasts the personage description in Hong Kong and Mainland China entertainment news discourse. Examining the texts of the news reports against the different social contexts they were produced, the study establishes three contrastive parameters that characterize the personage reporting across the two regions: contrast in narrat...