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Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from I. H. Kempner to M. M. Feld discussing the funding for a Jewish fraternity house at the University of Texas Medical School
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from I. H. Kempner to M. M. Feld discussing the funding for a Jewish fraternity at the University of Texas Medical School
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from M. M. Feld to I. H. Kempner discussing the funding for a Jewish fraternity house at the University of Texas Medical School
Beyond Transcendence and Immanence: the Hermeneutical Spiral
No full textThe spiral, which Ray L. Hart substitutes for the circle, traces the “hermeneutical arc” of the philosopher’s work from his two principal books, Unfinished Man and the Imagination: Toward an Ontology and a Rhetoric of Revelation (1968; 2001) to God Being Nothing: Toward a Theogony (2016). With this substitution, Hart offers much more than a pure and simple indication of his method, since the spiral is itself the method according to which his work proceeds. Indeed, this work is a form of thinking which progresses by intensifications, just like a spiral which grows and intensifies by revolving around an axis – not only upward and downward, but also toward the right and the left. And it is because Hart’s work is a spiral-like progression that the preposition which recurs the most frequently in his work is justified: “toward”. This preposition not only indicates the argument toward which the (philosophical and theological) work progress but signals the fact that this effort is intrinsically tension toward. Thus, “toward” is not a stylistic artifice which rescues the author from having to “define” the object of his research but is rather the preposition which expresses the fact that the author and his research are always in tension between a “terminus a quo” and a “terminus ad quem.” And given that the tension arises when two elements are conjoined and united without any annihilation of their differences, the spiral is the appropriate image for expressing that situation in tension because it is a figure capable of containing multiplicity within itself while also preserving differences. The spiral is capable of this because: (1) it begins by unfolding from a single point and revolving around an axis to progress toward someplace else, in order to (2) enrich itself with new coils which surpass one another without an annihilation of the previous ones, and (3) it does so in a way that is potentially infinite, going toward every possible direction. In sum, insofar as the spiral traces a movement which always goes “toward,” it expresses the way that all human investigation must occur. The originality of the spiral, however, appears when it is contrasted with two other figures which are typically used in philosophy to indicate the way in which research and knowledge are explained: that is, the circle and the line. The latter is the expression of knowledge which proceeds in a continuous and “linear” way: it is capable of sustaining contraries but not contradiction. Indeed, if – as Aristotle says – contraries are maximally distant terms of the same type, then there can be contraries in “linear” knowledge but there cannot be contradictions: the latter would be unproductive and fallacious (which is why they must be resolved). The circle, on the other hand, has presented itself in philosophy in different forms: as circulus in probando, circulus in definendo, petitio principiis, tautology, circulus vitiosus. In contrast to the line which proceeds “toward” in a linear way, the circle tautologically repeats itself – taking back up into itself not only contraries, but also contradictions. The spiral, on the other hand, is a curve which does not return upon itself but rather – as was mentioned above – unfolds by enriching itself with that which is different from it and by going toward that which is other: it intensifies and expands itself not in a linear way, but by appropriating that which precedes it. Accordingly, its “coils” which proceed in a progressive way can even contradict what existed before, as well. Unfolding “toward,” the spiral is capable of that contradictory quality of the multiple that returns on several occasions in Hart’s work. For this reason, although Hart introduces the spiral in order to emphasize its methodological fertility, we maintain that the entirety of his philosophical system proceeds like a spiral. We will attempt to demonstrate this by: (1) pointing out the moments in which Hart introduces this figure and inquiring into the philosophical role that he assigns to it; (2) showing how the spiral is not only the image which is announced by Toward a Theogony, but is also the image which opens philosophy toward what we will a metagony – that is, a philosophical method which, inheriting from tradition the patient inquiry into the “elements” of metaphysica generalis (being) and of metaphysicae speciales (God, the world/cosmos, and humankind), attempts to “comprehend the incomprehensible,” or their incessant genesis. (3) Finally, after highlighting the difference between “duality” and “dualism,” and after having identified the various pairs which Hart introduces, there will be an attempt to show how the spiral is the image which enables us to overcome the opposition of immanence and transcendence when these categories are – at least in philosophy – usually conceived according to a spatial scheme of inner and outer. The latter conception is rarely challenged in philosophical thought that investigates the human experience of the world, of humankind, and of God
LA GESTION DE CONOCIMIENTO: LA PROFESIONALIZACION DEL ROL DOCENTE EN LAS INSTITUCIONES DE EDUCACION SUPERIOR.
No full textEl trabajo pretende una reflexión a partir de considerar aspectos que hacen a la realidad de la Universidad en el mundo actual. Se consideran aspectos que van desde las tendencias en Educación Superior hasta la problemática de la profesionalización del rol docente a partir de la capacitación permanente. Se señalan los aspectos fundamentales que hacen a la relación docente- alumno a partir de los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje, incorporando lo que en nuestra investigación hemos denominado “pensamiento creativo” como instrumento cognitivo para la adquisición del conocimiento universitario. Finalmente se presenta una propuesta implementada en el CBC (Ciclo Básico Común) de la UBA para trabajar con los docentes, para que a su vez ellos la extiendan a sus alumnos: los Programas de Intervención
Violent Youth and Public Policy: A Case Study of Juvenile Justice Law Reform
No full textThe purpose of this article by Feld was to examine the work of Minnesota\u27s Juvenile Justice Task Force of 1994 in light of policy, case law, and prior task force recommendations. The author, a member and co-chair of the Task Force, analyzed revisions in the Minnesota juvenile justice adjudicatory system as it converged juvenile and criminal court adjudication procedures and philosophy. Ultimately, the recommendations of the Task Force were presented and accepted by the Minnesota legislature, and subsequently included Minnesota\u27s 1994 Juvenile Crime Bill
On Tax Competition: The (Un-)Expected Advantages of Decentralized Fiscal Autonomy
No full textTax competition is much discussed in the political arena these days. Although it is not a new phenomenon, the political pressure has increased to restrict tax competition by intensifying tax coordination and accomplishing tax harmonization. This particularly holds for the EU which has established a Code of Conduct for business taxation in 1997 and is about to establish a system of information exchange with respect to capital income taxation (allowing Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg a minimum source tax on capital income as an alternative). In 2001, the Commission has additionally released the so called ‚Ruding II‘-report in which a uniform corporate tax base with formulary apportionment is proposed for the EU. In addition, the OECD (1998) aims at stronger tax coordination among its members also favoring a system of information exchange. Such a system would necessarily involve the abolishment of (or the reduction of the strictness of) bank secrecy laws around the world (Feld 2002).
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Geschlechterreflexive Beratung im Feld "Familie"
No full textGröning K. Geschlechterreflexive Beratung im Feld "Familie". In: Gröning K, Kunstmann A-C, eds. Geschlechtersensible Beratung. Traditionslinien und praktische Ansätze. Gießen: Psychosozial-Verlag; 2015: 129-206
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The evolution of the juvenile court ::race, politics, and the criminalizing of juvenile justice /
No full text"The juvenile court lies at the intersection of youth policy and crime policy. Its institutional practices reflect our changing ideas about children and crime control. [This book] provides a sweeping overview of the American juvenile justice system's development and change over the past century. Noted law professor and criminologist Barry C. Feld places special emphasis on changes over the last 25 years--the ascendance of get tough crime policies and the more recent Supreme Court recognition that "children are different." Feld's comprehensive historical analyses trace juvenile courts' evolution though four periods--the original Progressive Era, the Due Process Revolution in the 1960s, the Get Tough Era of the 1980s and 1990s, and today's Kids Are Different era. In each period, changes in the economy, cities, families, race and ethnicity, and politics have shaped juvenile courts' policies and practices. Changes in juvenile courts' ends and means--substance and procedure--reflect shifting notions of children's culpability and competence. [This book] examines how conservative politicians used coded racial appeals to advocate get tough policies that equated children with adults and more recent Supreme Court decisions that draw on developmental psychology and neuroscience research to bolster its conclusions about youths' reduced criminal responsibility and diminished competence. Feld draws on lessons from the past to envision a new, developmentally appropriate justice system for children. Ultimately, Feld argues, providing justice for children requires structural changes to reduce social and economic inequality--concentrated poverty in segregated urban areas--that disproportionately expose children of color to juvenile courts' punitive policies." -- Publisher's website
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