We have read the point of view presented elegantly by Tzeng and Panerai (2018) with interest. We have to admit there is little hard evidence on which we can base our preference for enhanced blood pressure variability. The arguments against, however, are also not very strong. The argument is perhaps more strongly based on basic principles than solid evidence. We fully agree with Tzeng and Panera...

On 4 August 2020 Jurgen Troe celebrated his 80th birthday in good health and with continued intense scientific activity vitality. A symposium honour had been planned on this occasion, bu...

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The philosophical programme associated with the discourse ethics of Jürgen Habermas has been widely discussed in the literature. The fact that Habermas has devoted a considerable part of his work to the elaboration of this philosophical programme indicates that discourse ethics can be regarded as a cornerstone of his communication-theoretic approach to society. In essence, Habermas conceives of...

The print media in Kenya has been covering Kenya’s Parliamentary debates for decades. Parliament, on its part, played the role of being an important news source both and electronic media. As continues to fulfil core mandate informing public about operations latter also provides a vital media, hence, leading symbiotic relationship between two institutions, with main beneficiary. This research ex...

In this paper I explore the potential for viewing education as an “unrestricted communication community” (Habermas 1990: 88), using categorisations from Habermas of different kinds of action as analytical tools for examining educational practices. For the paper, I pursue two main themes: 1) how the concept of communicative action in relation to the three forms of knowledge-constitutive interest...

Purpose. The purpose of the article lies in studying main socio-anthropological measurements problem recognition represented primarily by philosophy Alex Honneth, which is actualized struggle Ukrainian people for their existence and national-cultural recognition. A consistent analysis communicative paradigm contemporary led to understanding its transformation into reality identification forms i...