Five Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid–Term Mass Trauma Intervention: Empirical Evidence

AbstractRoughly 50 years ago, the eminent German philosopher and social scientist Hans Albert presented a critique of ‘Model-Platonism’ in economics to describe essential elements of the ‘neoclassical style of economic reasoning’. Specifically, Albert advanced a series of epistemological arguments to illustrate conceptual shortcomings in neoclassical theory, which may be utilized to immunize the latter against conflicting empirical evidence. This article summarizes Albert's main arguments and illustrates his most important insights by using simple propositional logic. Based on these findings, a clarification and definition of ‘Model-Platonism’ is offered and the applicability of the Model-Platonism-critique to current developments in mainstream economics is assessed. Finally, two possible extensions of Albert's argument, the concepts of oscillating informational content and axiomatic variation, are illustrated with respect to their potential for immunization against critique.

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Mass Trauma Intervention: A Case for Integrating Principles of Behavioral Health with Intervention to Restore Physical Safety, Order, and Infrastructure

Psychiatry ◽

10.1521/psyc.2007.70.4.358 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 70 (4) ◽

pp. 358-360 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Farris Tuma

Keyword(s):

Behavioral Health ◽

Mass Trauma ◽

Trauma Intervention

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Towards an Integrated (and Possibly Pan-European?) Prima Facie Legitimacy Test: Merging the Rechtsgut Theory, the Offensività Principle, and the Harm Principle

European Journal of Crime Criminal Law and Criminal Justice ◽

10.1163/15718174-bja10025 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (3-4) ◽

pp. 241-263

Author(s):

Lucille Micheletto

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Prima Facie ◽

Essential Elements ◽

Harm Principle ◽

The European Union ◽

European Union Level ◽

Core Elements ◽

Anglo American ◽

Key Aspects

Abstract The Anglo-American harm principle, and its European counterparts – the legal goods theory and the offensività principle – attempt to provide an answer to the question of which conducts can be prima facie legitimately criminalised. Despite the historical, conceptual, and practical differences between these criminalisation approaches, they share important elements, particularly from a functional and operational perspective. By merging the key aspects of these theories, this work elaborates an instrument to assess the prima facie legitimacy of criminalisation – the Integrated Legitimacy Test – that embeds their essential elements and further conceptualises them. The Test strives to overcome some of the criticisms directed against the Anglo-American and European theories by narrowly defining their core elements and linking them to empirical evidence. Moreover, its transnational nature makes it suitable to feed the criminalisation debate at the European Union level.

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Challenges to the social motivation theory of autism: The dangers of counteracting an imprecise theory with even more imprecision

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18002339 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mirko Uljarević ◽

Giacomo Vivanti ◽

Susan R. Leekam ◽

Antonio Y. Hardan

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Social Motivation ◽

Motivation Theory ◽

The Social

Abstract The arguments offered by Jaswal & Akhtar to counter the social motivation theory (SMT) do not appear to be directly related to the SMT tenets and predictions, seem to not be empirically testable, and are inconsistent with empirical evidence. To evaluate the merits and shortcomings of the SMT and identify scientifically testable alternatives, advances are needed on the conceptualization and operationalization of social motivation across diagnostic boundaries.

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Integrating perspectives: How the development of second-personal competence lays the foundation for a second-personal morality

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x1900236x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

John Corbit ◽

Chris Moore

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Developmental Process ◽

Focal Point ◽

Personal Information ◽

Personal Competence ◽

Triadic Interactions ◽

Personal Morality ◽

Integrative Process

Abstract The integration of first-, second-, and third-personal information within joint intentional collaboration provides the foundation for broad-based second-personal morality. We offer two additions to this framework: a description of the developmental process through which second-personal competence emerges from early triadic interactions, and empirical evidence that collaboration with a concrete goal may provide an essential focal point for this integrative process.

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Effective Clinical Interviewing

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.0904.265 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 265-271 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pauline T. Flynn

Keyword(s):

Family Members ◽

Essential Elements ◽

Speech Language Pathologist ◽

Lay Persons ◽

Clinical Interviewing ◽

Client Management

Speech, language, and hearing professionals rely on many individuals to provide information about a client. Management programs, in part, are devised, modified, and evaluated according to responses obtained from the client, family members, educators, and other professional and lay persons who have contact with the client. The speech-language pathologist has the responsibility of obtaining pertinent, complete, unbiased information about clients. This article provides an overview of the essential elements of an interview.

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