The conflict between science and spirituality is an established fact, even though some scholars dispute this reality arguing that it rather unfashionable for contemporary academic inquiry. present study interrogates the foregoing position, submitting two fields of knowledge still subsists. It advocates recognition as alternative field, despite its lack deductive, empirical procedures. propositi...

The article addresses the problematics of use qualitative adjective corteis in Old French epic poems 12–13th centuries included “Le petit cycle de Guillaume d’Orange”. This characterizes its object as belonging to royal court and implies a whole series notions important for medieval consciousness. On basis this adjective, an abstract noun courtoisie is formed middle 12th century, which stands a...

This paper revisits the debate between positivism and its alternatives in the field of information systems from a philosophical point of view. It will argue that the heart of the debate is the ontological difference between the views of reality as observer-independent versus observer-dependent. The logical axiom of the excluded third (tertium non datur) informs us that two contradictory options...

The nature of human interaction, particularly within the context of family, is necessarily complex due to the multitude of characteristics which influence the individual's intention toward the other, as well as the characteristics and effects of interaction as a function of the co-construction of meaning between interactants. This essay delineates two arguments, philosophical and pragmatic, whi...

This paper considers the future transformation of management theory and practice towards greater sustainability by framing it as a battle competing faiths rather than logics. We apply lens ‘syncretism’, process that describes religious faith interactions to understand critical role ‘missionaries’ ‘believers’ in business progress sustainability. Using analogical reasoning, we argue missionaries ...

The verb in the fist clause of each of the examples above assigns accusative case (ACC) to the raised noun phrase. The verb in the second clause assigns nominative case (NOM) to the raised noun phrase. When the RNRed noun is not syncretic for the two cases assigned (ACC and NOM), as in (1), the construction is ungrammatical. On the other hand, when the raised noun is syncretic for NOM and ACC, ...