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Logical Theory Choice: The Case of Vacuous Counterfactuals
Get PDFThere is at present a certain dispute about counterfactuals taking place. What is at issue is whether counterfactuals with necessarily false antecedents are all true. Some hold that such counterfactuals are vacuously true, appearances notwithstanding. Let us call such people vacuists. Others hold that some counterfactuals with necessarily false antecedents are true; some are false: it just depends on their contents. Let us call such people non-vacuists. As a notable representative of the vacuists, I will take Tim Williamson. On the other side, I will take the position defended by Berto, French, Priest, and Ripley. I will argue (unsurprisingly) that the better choice is Non-Vacuism. That, however, is a subsidiary aim of this paper. The main point is to illustrate the method of theory-choice
"Why Not Live There?" Two 1908 houses in Addington and Hataitai
Get PDFIn 1908 two houses were erected. They were both long and narrow. They both featured "stick" style half-timbered decoration. They both featured typical joinery of the era - double-sash windows, four-panel doors and elegantly profiled skirtings. And both were the product of speculative builders capitalising on an expanding housing market. One house was built in Hataitai, Wellington. The other was built in Addington, Christchurch. In the early twentieth century, the introduction of electric trams and an associated tunnel through Mt Victoria led to out-lying settlements like Hataitai becoming densely populated suburbs. In 1908 Addington was already an established inner suburb, but intensification was underway as remaining pockets of farmland were subdivided for housing. This paper will compare and contrast the respective careers of the developers of these two homes: J. W. Easson – an ambitious builder and joinery factory owner who oversaw the construction of 600 houses in the capital between 1905 and 1914, and Frederick Crawford, a smaller-scale speculator who built 50 houses in Christchurch in the same period
Christchurch's houses in 1900
Get PDFWhat did Christchurch's domestic architecture look like in 1900? And how had it evolved to look like that? The demolition of numerous nineteenth-century houses in the city following the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 provides a unique opportunity to examine the development of the city's domestic architecture using the techniques of buildings archaeology. This research, which is part of my doctoral thesis, reveals a nuanced picture of how Christchurch's houses evolved and provides a starting point for understanding why these changes took place, what they might have meant and how they might have related to the city's identity
A Retrospective on the Woodhouse Report: The Vision, the Performance and the Future
Get PDFThe following is a revised version of the second Woodhouse Memorial Lecture given at both the Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Auckland in September 2018. It traces the history and policy iterations of New Zealand's accident compensation scheme that flowed from the 1967 Woodhouse Report (the Report), a Royal Commission report chaired by Sir Owen Woodhouse. It discusses the features of the Report and the determination it showed to get rid of the common law action for damages for personal injury. It analyses the degree to which the Report was not followed in the journey it took through the political decision-making system. There is a critical analysis of the delivery of benefits, the administration of the scheme and its financing. The performance in accident prevention and rehabilitation is briefly covered. The method of settling disputes in the scheme has seen an unwelcome return to legalism. The lecture concludes with a strong plea to remove the anomalies created by the accident compensation scheme between the vicitims of accident who receive earnings related-benefit and those who are dealt with under the Social Security Act 2018 under which they receive flat rate benefits. The lecture concludes with some lessons for policymakers
The Trial of the Tormented Rowland Edwards
Get PDF"The law should take its course". With this pronouncement, Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois, Governor of New Zealand, sealed the fate of Rowland Herbert Edwards. The Governor's words conveyed his confirmation of the death sentence that had been imposed upon Edwards for the murder of his wife, Mary, following his trial in the Supreme Court at Napier. This article explores the trial of Rowland Edwards and the questions that persist about the quality of the trial that resulted in Edwards' execution in circumstances where a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity was reasonably available
The Order of the Magic Lantern Slides: Stories, colonial medicine, and power
Get PDFDr Sylvester Lambert, an American public health doctor who worked for the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, created a magic lantern slide presentation to retell the arrest of a sorcerer that he had witnessed in 1925 on the island of Malakula in Vanuatu. In this article, I use creative non-fiction to envision other audiences and narrators of this storied event to present an expanded picture of life for Pacific Islanders at that time. I also reflect on how particular events make for good stories because they are contests about belief and incredulity. Reimagining medical stories of sorcery reminds us that medicine is part of larger contests over the nature of reality. This is an imaginative ethnographic experiment with decolonizing intentions which combines archival research, ethnographic research, colonial images and creative non-fiction. It aspires to untie the images from a single fixed colonial narrative and to revisit the images in ways that are open to multiple interpretations, audiences, and narrators
NGO-Research Collaborations and Conflicts: A view from the field
Get PDFEthnographers collaborating with NGOs and non-profits while simultaneously researching their organizational structure, practices, and beliefs about service, advocacy, and activism face myriad challenges. However, collaboration – as it exists in a dialectical relationship between stakeholders working towards common goals – may also generate ethnographic insights that add to anthropological knowledge of NGOs. According to Lassiter (2005a, 2005b), researchers undertaking collaborative ethnography have four commitments: (1) ethical responsibilities to stakeholders; (2) honesty/transparency about research; (3) accessible writing; and (4) collaborative reading, writing, and interpretation. Collaborations may be interrupted at various points, but especially where bureaucratic structures and operations intervene. For example, agreements and documentation (e.g., memoranda of understanding, or MOUs) often challenge the interests and affect of collaborative work. In this article I draw on five years of collaborative NGOgraphy, Lassiter’s conceptualization of collaborative ethnography, and respond to Hymes’ (1972) call for a personal ethnography, in order to discuss the challenges and opportunities of NGO-researcher collaboration
Noha Alghamdi translates Rupi Kaur
No full textAs a poetry lover, I have noticed that poetry has become more accessible nowadays than ever. With the revolution of social media, I need only a smartphone to fulfill my poetry reading desire. Platforms such as Instagram and Twitter on top of the other platforms help me to read vast range of poetic texts by multiple poets. Posting poetry on Instagram is known as ‘instapoetry’. Rupi Kaur is considered the pioneer of this literary activism, having than 3.5 million followers on Instagram. Kaur has published two books which remained on the New York Times bestselling list for more than a year. Kaur's debut book also has been translated into more than 30 languages. Interestingly, no Arabic translation has yet been made of either of her books. Therefore, I have translated some of her poems into Arabic
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