Abstract In this article I defend what call a ‘particularist approach to arguments by analogy.’ Particularism is opposed generalism, which the thesis that analogy require universal principle covers cases compared and guarantees conclusion. rejects claim holds operate on particular cases. elaborate two ideas support position. On one hand, contend an can be seen as parallelism of argumentative re...

The compensation system for public works damage has a particular nature, not only in relation to private law, but also the provisions of law administrative liability. Most resulting from these was exclusively determined by case that extended particularism system. However, obviously remains subject certain rules liability similar those law. Regarding eligibility conditions rights, area seen vari...

Sociology was founded as a positivist and universal science that obscured its national parameters. A first response was to attack false universalism with the particularism of indigenous sociologies, but this effectively reproduced the domination of northern sociologies. A second response has been to recognize and trace the superimposition of national traditions in a hierarchical world. With the...

Even though the last 30 y has witnessed a remarkable increase in worldwide efforts to understand agricultural origins (OA), Gremillion et al. (1) find fault with the vast majority of this work, which they label as “particularism” and argue that it lacks sufficient inclusion of theory in the initial formulation of OA explanations. This label of particularism is applied to a remarkably broad spec...

This article seeks to explore how Enlightenment narratives and categories framed the perception image of Zaporozhian Cossacks both in imperial center south-western periphery Russian Empire late eighteenth century. It demonstrates that Catherine II deployed discourse civilizational mission justify disbandment Cossack Host liquidation Sich. The historical works Voltaire became an important source...

Der Streit zwischen den Befürwortern der Vision des Kosmos und Menschheit als Harmonie Ordnung (in einer tiefen Struktur) Konflikt, „Kampf Gegensätze“, geht auf die Anfänge Philosophie zurück. Die Lehre Pythagoreer war harmonisch, Heraklit dynamisch. Beim Nachdenken über Wertekonflikte werde ich mir näheren dialektischen Weg gehen. Daher denke ich, dass Widersprüche (auch in dem, was Menschen f...