Seungbae ParkPages 179-194DOI: 10.5840/cultura20129128 ABSTRACT I criticize the following three arguments for moral objectivism. 1. Since we assess moral statements, we can arrive at some moral truths (Thomson, 2006). 2. One culture can be closer to truths than another in moral matters because the former can be closer to truths than the latter in scientific […]
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Reena CheruvalathPages 195-204DOI: 10.5840/cultura20129129 ABSTRACT It is proposed to examine the need for redefining self deception in an Indian socio-cultural context and also on the basis of different social roles that one plays in his/her life time. Self-deception can be defined as the process of acting or behaving against one’s true inner feelings to maintain
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Alexander BaumgartenPages 205-213DOI: 10.5840/cultura20129130 ABSTRACT This article investigates the original meaning of a passage of Plotinus’ Enneads, the treatise On Fate (Enneads, III, 1, 5). The thesis of the article envisages the understanding of the passage in the light of a Plotinian critic of astrology and argues that the understanding and the modern translations of
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Morten Ebbe Juul NielsenPages 215-234DOI: 10.5840/cultura20129131 ABSTRACT Do we have a “duty to recognize culture”? The aim of this paper is to examine the following question: assuming we have reasons to respect or value recognition per se, do we on that background also have reasons to recognize culture? More specifically, does “culture” furnish a particular
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Madalena D’Oliveira-MartinsPages 235-247DOI: 10.5840/cultura20129132 ABSTRACT For some years now, amongst contemporary Western societies (where capitalism and globalization have a great influence), the presence and development of a well-defined and peculiar emotional culture has become clear. The appropriate use and management of emotions, support a system of relations and codes that draw new limits between public
Vilmos VoigtPages 249-258DOI: 10.5840/cultura20129133 ABSTRACT This paper aims to describe the importance of bridges – from the semiotic point of view, stressing their capacity in connecting nature and culture. It is arguing for the importance of establishing technosemiotics as a separated chapter in sign system studies. The author mentions some famous bridges, such as the
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