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The current scientific vocabulary is one vocabulary among others . . . there is no need to give it primacy, nor to reduce other vocabularies to it. ~Richard Rorty, Consequences of Pragmatism, p. 142 Interesting philosophy is rarely an examination of the pros and cons of a thesis. Usually it is . . . a contest between an entrenched vocabulary which has become a nuisance and a half-formed new vocabulary which vaguely promises great things. ~Richard Rorty, Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity, p. 9

In this work I accept as an axiom that literature is a source of reflection and teaching of law. In this regard, I use a literary account of von Kleist, Michael Kohlhaas, to ask myself about the relationship - in the German novel - between the legitimacy of a government and the action of civil disobedience. In addition, I wonder how the moral character of an agent, in this case Kohlhaas, can lead to a tragic situation. ; En este trabajo admito como axioma que la literatura es fuente de reflexión y enseñanza del Derecho. Al respecto, utilizo un relato literario de von Kleist, Michael Kohlhaas, para preguntarme por la relación –en la novela alemana- entre legitimidad de un gobierno y la acción de desobediencia civil. Además de ello, me pregunto acerca de cómo el carácter moral de un agente, en este caso Kohlhaas, puede conducirlo a una situación trágica.

The purpose of this work is to provide a critical presentation and some extensions of two perspectives of informational efficiency: On the one hand the neoclassical perspective or «arithmomorphic approach» explains efficiency in terms of a concept mainly based on an explicit economic theory. On the other hand, in the Austrian perspective or «causal genetic approach» attention is drawn to the entrepreneurial element of human decision making related to an arbitrage theory of profit which is not traced back to anonymous market forces but rather to incessant discovery of information guided by entrepreneurial alertness.

Michael Staack: Fighting as Real as It Gets - A Micro-Sociological Encounter. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler 2019. 978-3-476-04990-2

In Crichton's best-selling novel Disclosure, a high-level manager who rejects the sexual advances of his new boss (who is also his ex-lover) is accused by her of sexual harassment. Meanwhile, their high-tech West Coast company is being considered for possible acquisition by a New York publishing conglomerate that would appear to be intolerant of even the tiniest intimation of impropriety. This novel can be used as the foundation for provocative discussion of topics, including the gray areas of sexual harassment, the relationship between sexual harassment and power, and the nature of gender relations in organizations.

This is intended as an introductory statement to the explorations undertaken in the essays that follow. The authors of these essays attempt to introduce the reader to some of the insights of Michael Polanyi and their implications for the reader who wishes to come to a greater understanding of modern technological society, which — for better or worse — has come to define his very existence. Arguably, no twentieth-century thinker has probed more deeply than Polanyi into the dynamics of scientific discovery or demonstrated more courage in his willingness to think outside the box of ruling orthodoxies and, consequently, come up with more profound insights and radically new ways of understanding the processes of scientific inquiry, their technological implications, and the sometimes fateful, but potentially fruitful, relationships that exist among science, technology, and society. Each of the following nine authors, grounded in different fields of study and research, but also in a common appreciation of Polanyi's contributions, offers valuable insights into this multi-faceted subject.

Contents -- A New Preface from MichaelCox, 2016 -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- E. H. Carr: the unmaking of a liberal -- Constructing a classic: The Twenty Years' Crisis -- Liberal critics: Carr's response -- Mr Carr goes to Washington -- Carr, Merrie England and the 'English School' -- Carr goes critical -- Conclusion -- A Brief Guide to the Writings of E. H. Carr -- A Guide to the Secondary Literature on E. H. Carr -- From the First to the Second Editions of The Twenty years' Crisis -- A Case of Self-censorship -- Glossary of Names -- Chronology -- Preface to the 1981 Printing

This book presents a comprehensive study of Oakeshott's conception of political activity. The author first examines Oakeshott in the contexts of liberal, conservative and Idealist thought, and then presents a detailed interpretation of the change in his conception of politics in the context of British postwar political thought. It is argued that Oakeshott's conception of political activity shifted from a near contempt of politics towards the applauding of politics as a deliberative and refle ...