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Dear friends, #Congress (#INC) likes to claim that it "fought" for #India's independence & refers to its political opponents as #fascists. How many of you know that only did #INC *not* EXCLUSIVELY "fight" for #Independence (AND #Gandhi was "happy" to settle for #DominionStatus)+
But also the party known as #INC by #IndiraGandhi was *not* even the same party that was formed in #1885 ? A thread about the #Congress follows: +
I'm very excited to say my book "How #Kant Matters for #Biology" will soon be published! The thread below explains some of the key issues dealt with. I'm essentially resituating Kant in relation to biology, especially with key figures in the develop of biology in the in Britain. 
Please get in touch if you want to review, I can help get the book out to journals relevant for you.
Links for the book:
University of Wales Press: tinyurl.com/yckedjks
Chicago University Press: tinyurl.com/yeyrrthe
Blackwells: tinyurl.com/yze8puhd
Links for the book:
University of Wales Press: tinyurl.com/yckedjks
Chicago University Press: tinyurl.com/yeyrrthe
Blackwells: tinyurl.com/yze8puhd
Chapter 1 focuses on debates about Kant's influence on biology. I push back against how #influence tends to be understood in #philosophyofscience and argue that we need to recognise the importance of #misunderstanding - especially for Kant's philosophy. 1/10
#Incident reporting should follow & precede #riskmanagement?
The two are slightly different areas of specialization
in the office environment.
It is akin to the debate between #reliability and #safety.
Both are contrasting concepts in organizational #resilience studies.
The two are slightly different areas of specialization
in the office environment.
It is akin to the debate between #reliability and #safety.
Both are contrasting concepts in organizational #resilience studies.
They are certain leading businesses including big banks that have separated incident reporting desks from risk management co-ordination cells.
Actually, incidents are events which require an eye and a taxonomy for recognition.
Coding outcome events into loss database is essential
Actually, incidents are events which require an eye and a taxonomy for recognition.
Coding outcome events into loss database is essential
The most difficult area in financial risk management was the coding of operational risk incidents or potential events having adverse negative probabilistic outcomes, which can yield material quantifiable losses in the financial statements.
@BIS_org changed the AMA RiskMetrics
@BIS_org changed the AMA RiskMetrics
Quelle est l'origine de nos jugements moraux ?
La réponse de David Hume et d'Adam Smith. 🧵 Thread : [1/25]
#adamsmith #morale #ethique #philo #philosophie #liberalisme #hume #davidhume
La réponse de David Hume et d'Adam Smith. 🧵 Thread : [1/25]
#adamsmith #morale #ethique #philo #philosophie #liberalisme #hume #davidhume
Adam Smith (1723-1790) est un philosophe dont la pensée ne se réduit pas à la théorisation et à la justification du capitalisme ou libéralisme économique. Tout comme David Hume (1711-1776), il fait partie du courant "sentimentaliste", approche philosophique [2/25]
selon laquelle nos états affectifs, notamment les émotions et les désirs, sont au cœur de nos évaluations, notamment morales. Mais Hume et Smith se distinguent de certains autres sentimentalistes en soutenant il n’est pas nécessaire de postuler l’existence d’un [3/25]
⬇️ Qu'est-ce que le libre arbitre ?
Voici un petit (😅) schéma qui présente certaines positions 🔍
#philo #philosophie #liberte #liberté #librearbitre #kant #hume #descartes #hobbes
Voici un petit (😅) schéma qui présente certaines positions 🔍
#philo #philosophie #liberte #liberté #librearbitre #kant #hume #descartes #hobbes
Pour poursuivre la réflexion, je conseille les 15 très bons cours de @CovaFlorian en ligne sur youtube :
Je conseille également la thèse de Jean-Baptiste Guillon : books.openedition.org/cdf/4937?lang=…
¿Hay algo más en la filosofía azteca que el "sacrificio humano"? Sigan el 🧵 de @maffiej #Historia #Aztecas #filosofía #Occidente #pensamiento #teotl #movimiento #pensar #Hume #Kant #Locke #respeto #animales #Etica #Critico #Metafisica #pensamiento #filosofia #Mexica #Hilo
Para empezar, podríamos preguntar de forma análoga a Aristóteles y su teoría del esclavo natural: ¿dónde está la ventaja o beneficio?
Hume, Kant, Hegel y el racismo antinegro: ¿dónde está el beneficio?
Hume, Kant, Hegel y el racismo antinegro: ¿dónde está el beneficio?
John Locke, estado de naturaleza y colonialismo de colonos, ¿dónde está la ventaja?
La Ilustración europea, la invención de la blancura, el contrato racial, la trata de esclavos africanos, el imperialismo y el genocidio de los pueblos indígenas: ¿dónde está el beneficio?
La Ilustración europea, la invención de la blancura, el contrato racial, la trata de esclavos africanos, el imperialismo y el genocidio de los pueblos indígenas: ¿dónde está el beneficio?
On April 20th @Dom_Perrottet and @BradHazzard announced easing of self isolation rules and lifting of vaccine mandates. A week later is there any increase in freedom? The answer will not surprise you.
nsw.gov.au/media-releases…
#auspol
#ausvotes
#hume
#freedom
nsw.gov.au/media-releases…
#auspol
#ausvotes
#hume
#freedom
Only "General" and "Self Isolation" health orders have been updated, let us see the details of those changes....
legislation.nsw.gov.au/information/co…
#auspol
#ausvotes
#hume
#freedom
legislation.nsw.gov.au/information/co…
#auspol
#ausvotes
#hume
#freedom
The update in "General" only adds another place where the government claims to own you if you are over 12 years old. Another decrease in freedom
legislation.nsw.gov.au/file/Public%20…
#auspol
#ausvotes
#hume
#freedom
legislation.nsw.gov.au/file/Public%20…
#auspol
#ausvotes
#hume
#freedom
anyone handy with animations? here's my rough outline:
zoom to photo angus taylor. voice: "minister for emissions reduction has done more to slow down emissions reduction than anyone else."
cont…
zoom to photo angus taylor. voice: "minister for emissions reduction has done more to slow down emissions reduction than anyone else."
cont…
zoom to his wife: "hard-right warrior #LouiseClegg reckons australian plebs need more blackouts so that we might better appreciate coal. lou is on the board of hard-right think tank sydney institute… run by gerard henderson"
zoom to gerard: "widely referred to as gollum, gerard periodically emerges from his crypt to grumble about everything good. gollum hates @climate200, having written about it twice in two weeks…"
The pain and joys felt by all human beings are more or less the same!
Then why keep double standards?
Then why keep double standards?
When thinking about #Afghanistan and other wars around the world, we must not lose sight of the great philosopher #Hume!
A moral premise will also have a moral conclusion.
A moral premise will also have a moral conclusion.
well, Aldous Huxley, the famous British Psychologist, used to say that it is important to note what divides human beings against what unites them.
Simply put, differences should be recognized ahead of similarities.
how would fascists use the above statement?
Simply put, differences should be recognized ahead of similarities.
how would fascists use the above statement?
We are being feted by #ideological #purists who pretend that they would never want the American economy restarted until the risk that a single life will be lost is reduced to zero.
Maybe you're a purist as well?
Well, maybe you are, but maybe you aren't.
Maybe you're a purist as well?
Well, maybe you are, but maybe you aren't.
Have you ever benefitted from the transshipment of goods through the #PanamaCanal?
Did you ever benefit from power generated by the #HooverDam?
Then you are feasting on the remains of the human life cost of construction.
Did you ever benefit from power generated by the #HooverDam?
Then you are feasting on the remains of the human life cost of construction.
Yes, you have enjoyed the #cannibalization embodied in risks related to the #construction of dams, canals, buildings, ships, roads, etc.
So how many lives is your front porch light worth?
Take a look to get an idea:
slideshare.net/damfirm/the-hu…
So how many lives is your front porch light worth?
Take a look to get an idea:
slideshare.net/damfirm/the-hu…
