In “‘Population’ is Not a Natural Kind of Kinds,” Jacob Stegenga argues against the claim that the concept of “population” is a natural kind and in favor of conceptual pluralism, ostensibly in response to two papers of mine (Millstein 2009, 2010). Pluralism is often an attractive position in the philosophy of science. It certainly is a live possibility for the concept of population in ecology a...

One widely held view of prenatal screening (PNS) is that its foremost aim is, or should be, to enable reproductive choice; this is the Pure Choice view. The article critiques this position by comparing it with an alternative: Public Health Pluralism. It is argued that there are good reasons to prefer the latter, including the following. (1) Public Health Pluralism does not, as is often supposed...

Globalization is a dynamic process which impacts differentially on various cultures around the world. It permeates cultural boundaries and in the process results in the spread of Western ideologies and values across the world. This paper investigates the relationship between globalization and cultural identity crisis underlying assumption that globalization is manifested in the intercultural pe...

In this paper, I distinguish different kinds of pluralism about logical consequence. In particular, I distinguish the pluralism about logic arising from Carnap’s Principle of Tolerance from a pluralism which maintains that there are different, equally “good” logical consequence relations on the one language. I will argue that this second form of pluralism does more justice to the contemporary s...

Pluralism and inclusivity are important aspects that need to be understood in the context of today’s multicultural society. However, pluralistic societies, conflicts often arise due differences disagreements among different groups. This study aims analyze concepts pluralism thoughts Tariq Ramadan, with a focus on European Muslim Dar al-Shahadah. research is literature philosophical approach exa...

Every religion teaches the values of tolerance and longing for peace. Islam as a concept differences is called social necessity in reality religious diversity, because necessity, there are love, wisdom (wisdom), universal benefit, justice. The question is, obligation or imperative? This study uses qualitative methodology with normative approach. findings this indicate that context viewed from s...

The study provides an overview of the history town Makó between 1944 and 1990. From Soviet occupation to change regime, most important economic, social cultural changes Rákosi Kádár eras can be seen. It touches on major points socialization, co-operative farm organizations, deals with demographic conditions era elimination pluralism political life.

Traditionally different approaches to the study of cognition have been viewed as competing explanatory frameworks. An alternative view, explanatory pluralism, regards different approaches to the study of cognition as complementary ways of studying the same phenomenon, at specific temporal and spatial scales, using appropriate methodological tools. Explanatory pluralism has been often described ...

Terms such as transnational social spaces, transnational social Želds or transnationalism usually refer to sustained ties of persons, networks and organizations across the borders across multiple nation-states, ranging from little to highly institutionalized forms. However, there are two large conceptual gaps in the study of transnational social spaces arising out of international migration and...

There is a continuing discussion on methodological pluralism in IS research. Several claims have been made both for and against methodological pluralism. The debate focuses mainly on discussing the relationship between research methods and IS research paradigms, especially positivism and interpretivism. Also, the literature analyzes the epistemological assumptions of research paradigms, but pay...