David Gauthier and The Development of a Contractarian Morality

2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-101
Author(s):  
Pedro Frances-Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Intellectual Biography ◽  
Systematic Account ◽  
David Gauthier

AbstractThe appearance of the following pages might suggest an "intellectual biography". My purpose is not, though, to offer such a simple thing (interesting as it might be). Indeed, I would like to follow the evolution of Gauthier's thought not only to show how a thinker evolved from a particular view about a particular problem toward a quite original and suggestive formulation, but also to deepen our comprehension of moral contractarianism and its implications, by means of its contextualization. For this reason, I will focus not on Gauthier's philosophical production as a whole (we will pay little attention to his historical works, for example), but on the papers and works that mark the line toward moral contractarianism as it is found in Morals by Agreement (henceforth MA). The trajectory we are about to go over is not, therefore, only a personal adventure (though it will be displayed this way), but (if I may use this pompous language) the adventure of ideas. This will not be an easy journey. Our focus on the historical development of concepts will prevent us from giving a fully systematic account of every one of them. The unfamiliar reader may be disappointed as we use somewhat strange terms without completely explaining their meaning. We beg acquiescence with our method, hoping that, on the whole, the essential ideas will be understandable without a detailed discussion.

scholarly journals The Enduring Relevance of Karl Marx

2018 ◽  
pp. 2-34
Author(s):  
Paul Prew ◽  
Tomás Rotta ◽  
Tony Smith ◽  
Matt Vidal
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
First Century ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Intellectual Biography ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Life Work

This chapter is the introduction to The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx. It demonstrates the continuing applicability of Marx’s concepts and theories to understanding twenty-first century capitalism, its crises, and the historical development of human society across varying modes of production. It presents an intellectual biography linking the major moments in Marx’s life to his ideas and theories. The biography also gives insight into Marx’s approach to research by focusing more closely on the method he outlined in the Grundrisse. It demonstrates, among other things, that Marx continually revised his ideas in light of new evidence or theoretical understanding. The chapter concludes with brief summaries of the handbook’s contributions, paying specific attention to the ongoing relevance of each chapter to societal concerns. While the introduction introduces the reader to the varied chapters in the handbook, it goes beyond mere summary to provide fresh insight into Marx’s life, work, and promise.

scholarly journals Carlos E. Alchourrón. Breve biografía intelectual

1996 ◽  
Vol 28 (82) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Gladys Palau
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Theory Change ◽  
Intellectual Biography ◽  
Defeasible Logic ◽  
Normative Systems ◽  
Logic Of Theory Change ◽  
Agm Theory ◽  
Normative Logic

This paper is a short intellectual biography of Professor Carlos E. Alchourrón. I analyze his main contributions in three fields: 1) the logic of normative systems, 2) the logic of theory change, and 3) the logic of defeasible conditionals. I review the historical development of his thought on these three subjects. Furthermore, I show how the problems that arise in the field of normative logic stimulated him to find solutions in the AGM theory and in defeasible logic. Lastly, I show how in his last papers these three fields converge in a general englobing approach.

Light Dramaturgy as an Element of an Integrated Approach to the Creation of Museum Expositions and Exhibition Projects

2019 ◽  
pp. 108-114
Author(s):  
Nicolay R. Vorobyov
Keyword(s):  
Final Stage ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Lighting Design ◽  
Lighting System ◽  
Scientific Concepts ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Artistic Styles ◽  
The Creation

Architectural and artistic construction of museum is one of the most complex genres in environment development and design, with its inherent qualities, means of expressiveness, principles of environment and image development, scientific concepts, in the context of historical development, artistic styles and trends. The author of the article considers the artistic lighting design in isolation from the integral dramaturgy of the project to be deeply flawed, and the setting of accent lighting at the final stage Ц to be simple, but not outstanding. Based on extensive hands-on experience in the construction of museum expositions, the author of the article reveals some peculiarities, especially significant to the participants of the lighting system setting for museums and other cultural facilities.

NÖROPAZARLAMA ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erol Ustaahmetoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Correct Answer ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Consumer Responses ◽  
General Evaluation ◽  
Traditional Research ◽  
Technological Developments

Traditional research methods are inadequate to predict and explain consumer behavior accurately in some cases. Marketing discipline tries to benefit from new technological developments in order to make up the deficiency subjects’ competence and willingness to express how they feel when they face with stimulus in traditional data collection method has an effect on the success of the method. In traditional methods, subjects often cannot remember or know the correct answer, or even if they know the answer they will give answers that satisfy the researcher. The inadequacy in traditional techniques has driven the researchers to evaluate theconsumer response more accurately. It is observed that in recent years neuromarketing techniques began to be used extensively to measure consumer responses accurate in marketing field. Although neuromarketing is commonly used in marketing field, there are some questions about the efficiency of the method. This study emphasizes the efficiency on the general evaluation of neuromarketing techniques and criticism of it. The aim of this study is to indicate the historical development of application of neuro science on marketing and consumer behavior, and to establish the future of neuro science, its opportunities and threats.

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