VOLUME 11 • 2012
PARADIGMS REVISITED: TOWARDS A PRACTICE-BASED APPROACH
ABSTRACT. The concept of “paradigm” is among the most influential philosophical ideas of the 20th century. However, as ideas disseminate across disciplinary borders, they lose some of their original sense by a selective reading. Returning to the original works of Thomas S. Kuhn, I argue for a practi..
GO HOME, OCCUPY MOVEMENT!! (THE MCFB – WAS IST DAS?)
ABSTRACT. Revisiting Weber’s theory and rethinking the writings of the US sociologist George Ritzer, author elaborates on a well-known argument of “defensive modernization” of Fukuyama, by claiming that throughout the entire human history a technological drive was aimed to satisfy the security (and ..
SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING AND THE POLITICS OF OPENNESS: KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITIES
ABSTRACT. This paper argues that the development of a philosophy of openness in scholarly publishing is an incomplete project. For some commentators, this incompleteness is understood as primarily a technical matter; one that will be addressed as technologies and systems improve. Others focus on leg..