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The Responsible University : Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond
This book explores how the notion of the responsible university manifests itself at various levels within Nordic higher education. As the impetus of the knowledge society has catapulted the higher education sector to the forefront of policy agendas, universities and other types of higher education institutions face increasing scrutiny, assessment and accountability. This book examines this phen…
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- 9783030256463
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- XVII, 318 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Heart Speaks unto Heart: On the Kinship of Spirit and Thought: John Henry New…
Both Newman and Stein present a mature response to the challenges of their eras. In like manner they reflect splendid examples of genuine persons in the grip of disrupting cultural trends. They show the primacy of individual conscience and the importance of individual integrity even at the expense of social ostracism and extermination. Newman and Stein are outstanding witnesses of individual fr…
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- Volume: 368
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- 978-90-04-46622-7
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Democratizing Risk Governance
This open access book features contributions from a multidisciplinary team of leading and emerging scholars focused on democratization of risk assessment, management, and communication. The volume identifies and sheds light on key risk governance dilemmas related to public trust, risk perception and public participation. The first part of the book articulates the relationship among science, exp…
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- 978-3-031-24271-7
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- XVIII, 421
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Learning, Philosophy, and African Citizenship
We acknowledge with gratitude the funding received from the Academy of Finland DEVELOP-programme (2018–2022) for the research project Theory and practice of learning to be a citizen: Experiences from Tanzania and Uganda (decision numbers 316098 and 316100) and from the Eudaimonia Institute of the University of Oulu for the research project Citizenship in Change: Constructing a Novel Theo…
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- 9783030948825
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- XIII, 221
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Migration Diversity and Social Cohesion : Reassessing the Dutch Policy Agenda
This open access book shows policymakers which initiatives work when responding to the increasing diversity in cities, towns and neighborhood's. In recent times, policymakers have grappled with ways of responding to this increase, which has resulted in a plethora of policy initiatives, some more effective than others. Bringing together a large amount of research and evidence-based policy recomm…
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- 9783031142246
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- XIII, 187 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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On the Power and Limits of Empathy
This book has two main objectives. The first is to identify and adequately describe the phenomenon of empathy. This essentially means offering a strong, reasoned and accurate description of the phenomenon of empathy in order to capture the essence of the empathic phenomenon and clearly distinguish it from other similar emotional phenomena such as sympathy or compassion The second part focuse…
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- 9783031375224
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- XIV, 374
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Between Psychology and Philosophy : East-West Themes and Beyond
This open access book discusses a variety of important but unprecedented ways in which psychology can be useful to philosophy. The early chapters illustrate this theme via comparisons between Chinese and Western philosophy. It is argued that the Chinese notion of a heart-mind is superior to the Western concept of mind, but then, more even-handedly, the relative strengths and weaknesses of Chine…
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- 9783030225032
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Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion : Confucian, Comparative, and Cont…
This pioneering book presents thirteen articles on the fascinating topic of emotions (jeong 情) in Korean philosophy and religion. Its introductory chapter comprehensively provides a textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious background on this topic in terms of emotions West and East, emotions in the Chinese and Buddhist traditions, and Korean perspectives. Chapters 2 to 5 of part I discu…
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- 9783030947477
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- XXXIII, 373 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Organization in Biology
This open access book assesses the prospects of (re)adopting organization as a pivotal concept in biology. It shows how organization can nourish biological thinking and practice, by reconnecting with the idea of biology as the science of organized systems. The book provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of the characterizations and uses of the concept of organization in both biologic…
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- 978-3-031-38968-9
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- VIII, 333
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- History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (HPTL, volume 33)
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Vitalism and Its Legacy in Twentieth Century Life Sciences and Philosophy
This Open Access book combines philosophical and historical analysis of various forms of alternatives to mechanism and mechanistic explanation, focusing on the 19th century to the present. It addresses vitalism, organicism and responses to materialism and its relevance to current biological science. In doing so, it promotes dialogue and discussion about the historical and philosophical importan…
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- 978-3-031-12604-8
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- VIII, 269
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- History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (HPTL, volume 29)
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