VOLUME 14 • 2015
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, MATHEMATICAL REASONING, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CREATIVITY
ABSTRACT. The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of organizational elements that further or enable creativity, the cognitive foundations of creativity, the nature of mathematical creativity, and features of mental activity related to creative mathematical thought. This paper generates in..
IN PRAISE OF LIBERALISM: AN ASSESSMENT OF LIBERAL POLITICAL THOUGHT FROM THE 17TH CENTURY TO TODAY
ABSTRACT. The author of this essay maintains that liberalism has been the primary source of progressive change in the United States since its earliest history. To support his claim, he traces the philosophical and political history of liberalism in England and the United States. The specific forms o..
IRIGARAY AND THE FEMINISM OF SEXUAL DIFFERENCE
ABSTRACT. The material gathered in this study provides a rich and diverse context for understanding Irigaray’s philosophy of natural sexual difference, her accounts of nature and sexed humanity, and the Irigarayan interval of sexual difference. The analysis presented in this paper contributes to res..
THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF LYING IN PUBLIC LIFE
ABSTRACT. This paper provides an introduction to the history and practice of lying in public life. The paper argues that such an approach is required to balance the emphasis on truth and truth-telling. Truth and lies, truth-telling and the practice of lying are concepts of binary opposition that hel..
ETHICAL VALUES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the major trends in scholarship about the status of public sector ethics, ethical decision-making for actors in the public sphere, the ethical aspect of public administration managers’ activity, and adequate institutionalization of ethics policies. The findings of this..
REFLECTIONS ON MODERN DEMOCRACY
ABSTRACT. The main thesis of this article is that democracy by itself is insufficient for deciding what is right versus wrong. Democracy presupposes a prior moral stance, namely, that individuals in the polity have basic rights to their lives, liberty and property. Democracy is a method for reaching..
THE EFFECTS OF EMOTIONAL CONTENT ON MEMORY IN PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DEMENTIA
ABSTRACT. Over the past decade, there has been increasing evidence describing the impact of emotional features of dementia on both the distinct and broader social arrangements, emotion processing in Alzheimer’s disease, the key function of the amygdala in handling negative emotions, and behavioral a..
DEFINITION OF DUTY AND FREEDOM WITH CONFLICT
ABSTRACT. The author gives a definition of duty and freedom. Many other normative concepts like crime, harm, guilt, punishment and justification are defined too. The aim is to define these concepts in not normative but descriptive terms. The conceptual basis of the theory is the concept of will. Nev..
GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE, NEOLIBERAL CITIZENSHIP, AND SOCIAL IDENTITY
ABSTRACT. The main objective of this paper is to explore and describe the discursive politics of surveillance, the constitutional norm that aims to defend citizens from government power via unjustified infringements, the function identity can have as a decisive point of entry into surveillance, and ..
HEURISTIC REASONING IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the ecological rationality of the recognition heuristic, heuristic decision-making in people, and the employment of judgment heuristics to make social decisions. The current study has extended past research by elucidating heu..
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this study is to examine the function of individuals and stakeholders in governance, the effectiveness of the citizen involvement process, processes of direct citizen participation, and challenges to thickening democracy via raised citizen involvement. The analysis presented..
NAMES AND NAMING IN LITERARY WORKS
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the major trends in scholarship about linguistic onomastic processes of construing names, the semantic standing of proper names, and the probable consequences names have on readers. The objective of this paper is to emphasize the relevance and potential of literary ono..