Monthly Archives: February 2008

Are US copyright laws unconstitutional: Default states semantics

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Dominik Lukeš

LII: Constitution To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; I had no idea that copyright was part of the US … Continue reading →

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Individual perspicacity, collective naïveté

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Dominik Lukeš

Nicholas Kristof is puzzled and pleased that the US electorate is keeping two individuals as front runners who are willing to express unpopular opinions: The World’s Worst Panderer – New York Times All of this is puzzlingly mature on the … Continue reading →

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Two models of governance: Foundations of policy negotiation

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Dominik Lukeš

Lakoff in ‘Moral Politics’ talks about how competing models of family influence policy and politics debates in the US. This model duality is not only present in a variety of contexts but I would claim is the very foundation of … Continue reading →

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Finally! The truth about truth: Folk foundations of scientific reductionism

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Dominik Lukeš

On The Media I’m not a psychologist, but I think that at some deep level, if the situation you’re living is a lie, and the situation these boys were living was one, and, moreover, at least the father was complicit … Continue reading →

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