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Book Review: Habermas, Kristeva, and Citizenship by Noelle McAfee
No full textThe definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
Postmetaphysical Thinking
No full textThe development of empirical research methods in both the social and the natural sciences has deeply impacted the self- conception of philosophy. Jürgen Habermas aims to strike a balance between two ways of understanding the relationship between philosophy and the sciences: between a conception of philosophy as an Archimedean point from which to view the human condition and a conception of philosophy as a mere artefact of Western culturally embedded assumptions. Against the first, Habermas aims to integrate the resources and methods of the social sciences into philosophy and to deny that philosophy can proceed outside of historical and social contexts. On his view, philosophical knowledge is produced communicatively, through socially embedded dialogue. Against the second, Habermas claims fundamental questions about the human condition cannot be answered by purely social or natural scientific approaches. His “postmetaphysical” methodology aims to integrate empirical resources into philosophy without losing sight of what is unique to philosophy: namely, its ability to step back from the empirical data in order to reconstruct in a systematic way underlying universal truths about us, our societies and our place in the world.This is the author's final version of a book chapter that was published in Jürgen Habermas: The Key Concepts.Yates, Melissa. "Post-Metaphysical Thinking," in Fultner, Barbara, ed., Jurgen Habermas: The Key Concepts. New York, NY: Routledge, 2011, 35-53
Reply to letter Yates et al.
No full textTO THE EDITOR—We thank Yates et al [1] for their interest in our article and positive comments regarding careful control of potential confounding variables in the analyses [2]. In addition to confounding, other types of bias—including collider bias (the subject addressed by Yates et al) as well as recall bias, regression dilution, and reverse causation bias (which are not mentioned)—are important to consider when interpreting the results of the association between human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and cardiovascular disease (CVD).No Full Tex
Michigan State University Professor Emeritus Donald A. Yates talks about Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges and his relationship with MSU
No full textIn a lecture entitled "Borges and MSU", Michigan State University Professor Emeritus Donald A. Yates discusses his long personal and professional relationship with acclaimed Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. Yates describes Borges' childhood, reads from his work and tells of helping bring the author to MSU as an artist in residence in 1976. Yates says that knowing Borges "is probably the most important thing in my life". Yates is introduced by MSU Assistant Director of Libraries Peter Berg and MSU Professor Michael Koppisch
Rawls and Habermas on Religion in the Public Sphere
No full textIn recent essays, Jürgen Habermas endorses an account of political liberalism much like John Rawls’. Like Rawls, he argues that laws and public policies should be justified only in neutral terms, i.e. in terms of reasons that people holding conflicting world-views could accept. Habermas also, much like Rawls, distinguishes reasonable religious citizens, whose views should be included in public discourse, from unreasonable citizens in his expectation that religious citizens self-modernize. But in sharing these Rawlsian features, Habermas is vulnerable to some of the same objections posed to Rawls. In this article I assess Habermas’ ability to overcome two objections frequently posed to Rawls: (1) that religious citizens are unfairly expected to split their identities in public discourse, and (2) that the burdens of citizenship are asymmetrically distributed. I conclude that while he may be able to overcome the second, the first remains a problem for him.Peer reviewe
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No full text Laura Yates reveals why education should be seen as a voyage of discovery rather than a chore </jats:p
Mont Blanc
No full textIncludes a memoir of the author by Edmund Yates. Book describes history of attempts on Mont Blanc, as well as his own ascent, which become the subject of his well-known illustrated lecture. Black and white illustrations
Indians Near and Around Fort Yates, North Dakota, Undated
No full textThis undated document contains a list of name of tribal members near and around Fort Yates, North Dakota. Each person\u27s name is followed by a brief description of where their residence is. Document is annotated with check marks and circles.https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/1055/thumbnail.jp
Design of a professional development programme for palliative care nurses (Part Two)
No full textYates et al (1996) provided a review of the literature on educational approaches to improving psychosocial care of terminally ill patients and their families and suggested that there was an urgent need for innovation in this area. A programme of professional development currently being offered to 181 palliative care nurses in Queensland, Australia, was also described. \ud
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This paper presents research in progress evaluating this programme which involves use of a quasi-experimental pre-post test design. It also includes process and outcome measures to assess effectiveness in improving the participant's ability to provide psychosocial care to patients and families. \ud
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Research examining the effectiveness of various educational programmes on care of the dying has offered equivocal results (Yates et al 1996). Degner and Gow (1988a) noted that the inconsistencies found in research into death education result from inadequate study designs, variations in the conceptualisation and measurement of the outcomes of the programmes and flaws in data analysis. \ud
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Such studies have often lacked a theoretical basis, few have employed well-controlled experimental designs, and the programme outcomes have generally been limited to the participant's 'death anxiety', or other death attitudes which have been variously defined and measured. \ud
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Whilst Degner and Gow (1988b) have reported that undergraduate nursing students who participated in a care of the dying educational programme demonstrated more 'approach caring' behaviours than a control group, the impact of education programmes on patient care has rarely been examined. \ud
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Failure to link education to nursing practice and subsequent clinical outcomes has, however, been seen as a major limitation of nursing knowledge in this area (Degner et al 1991). This paper describes an approach to researching the effectiveness of professional development programmes for palliative care nurses
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