Theoretical innovations of Zenonas Ivinskis by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…The criticism of pragmatism and the substantiation of historism are clear in his scientific heritage; he devoted special works to the theoretical problems and the analysis of the development of historiography. …”
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The Ontology of Biological Groups: Do Grasshoppers Form Assemblages, Communities, Guilds, Populations, or Something Else? by Jeffrey A. Lockwood

“…By adopting the framework of constrained perspectivism—a form of philosophical pragmatism—it is argued that a term is correct if it accurately reflects the conceptual framework of the investigator and effectively communicates this perspective to others. …”
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Comment se repérer dans un monde problématique ? by Michel Fabre

“…If we cannot follow the traditions or the Nature and if the idea of progress is not any more obvious, the last way is to think of experience in its absolute immanence, as pragmatism knew how to make it. If the education does not any more consist in following and in making follow quite drawn roads, it is necessary to invent new types of marks. …”
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Eliot’s Modernist Manifesto by Viorica Patea

“…It also analyzes the way in which his theories present affinities with modern trends of philosophical thinking, such as historicist hermeneutics, relativism and pragmatism.…”
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Les États-Unis, l’Europe et la Libye : de la réhabilitation de Kadhafi à son renversement by Yahia Zoubir

“…This article shows how Gaddafi managed to pursue a policy based opportunistic pragmatism which allowed him to survive and prolong the existence of his regime until 2011.…”
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Effect of Multimodal App-Based Interventions on Glycemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Emma Bodner, Lena Roth, Kathleen Wiencke, Christian Bischoff, Peter EH Schwarz

“…The average mean within-group reduction in HbA1c was –0.79 (95% CI –1.02 to –0.55), with no significant difference between RCTs (–0.69, 95% CI –1.13 to –0.24) and non-RCTs (–0.87, 95% CI –1.16 to –0.57; P<.01, differences between RCTs and RCTs P=.44). A pragmatism rating showed that both study types were on average (very) pragmatic, that is, close to usual care. …”
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Yorùbá Values and the Environment by John Ayọtunde Iṣọla Bẹwaji

“…It argues that in contrast with the Judeo-Christian tradition of environmental anthropomorphic domination as the destiny of humanity or American pragmatism which encourages no stable traditions of values but what conduces to desired ends, the Yorùbá value system is by far more advanced in being more eco-respecting, eco-friendly and geared toward sustainable human habitation in a world in which he/she constitutes one small fraction of sentience. …”
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Les nouvelles relations entre l’Inde et les pays du Maghreb by Isabelle Saint-Mézard

“…The article first looks at state to state political relations, showing how relations once structured around a pro-Arab policy of non-alignment have been recomposed on a pragmatic basis with priorities fixed by economic and Indian energy interests. …”
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Le nationalisme galicien, de la transition démocratique à l’autonomie by Xosé M. Núñez Seixas

“…However, it is suggested here that deep changes which have affected Galician society since the 1960s and 1970s, together with the strong mobilisation campaigns promoted by newly-born left-wing nationalist groups during the 1970s and first 1980s, alongside the peculiar mixture of ideological radicalism and ever increasing pragmatism shown by the nationalist leadership, has made it possible for Galician radical left-wing nationalists to settle the basis for their later growth. …”
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De la multifonctionnalité des Coopératives d’activités et d’emploi : des modèles socioproductifs expérimentaux dans les zones grises de l’emploi et du travail by Justine Ballon

“…Creating a dialogue between the conceptual architecture of the regulation theory and the pragmatism of the social economy, this thesis revisits the productive models to qualify the cooperative government compromises of the BECs, by analysing their multifunctional productive dynamics. …”
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"Janus" Puzzle: a Case of Creative Application of Marxist Theory in the Soviet Lithuanian Historiography? by Aurimas Švedas

“…Bumblauskas (Communist pragmatism, Stalinism - Leninism, Marxism), the analysis regards this study as an effort to dissociate from the Stalinism-Leninism. …”
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The German Social Democratic Party Between Idealistic Pro-Europeanism And Domestic Ideological Priorities In The Post-Reunification Germany by Uğur Tekiner

“…Over time, this tension led to the greater prominence of ideological pragmatism in the SPD’s official European Union (EU) narrative, rendering Europe a politically and ideologically salient issue for the party.…”
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Less Stringent Global Health Treaties: Insights from Various Regimes by Rafsi Azzam Hibatullah Albar

“…Then, it compared two sides of the debate on flexibility: the idealism of full commitment by all and the pragmatism of willingness to participate and enforce. …”
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Economic aspects of a “middle layer” of administration and government: some experience from Austria by Walter Scherrer

“…Section 2 finds that history, a strong political preference for federalism, and pragmatism are major explanations for the emergence and durability of the system. …”
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Soviet Diplomacy: Waging and Winning Its Own War – Introduction to the Forum by K. M. Barsky

“…Secondly, it discusses the adeptness in striking a careful balance between steadfastly maintaining one's stance and employing flexibility and pragmatism to achieve the ultimate objective of victory over the enemy. …”
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Skrif en kerkorde by A. Celliers, P. J. Strauss

“…The outlines of the nature and order of the church should be addressed in all church orders to avoid pragmatism and arbitrariness on the one hand, and to create space for the various demands of local circumstances on the other. …”
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Le renouvellement de la pensée économique durant la crise des années 1930. Le découplage théorie économique / politique économique by Jean-François Ponsot, Michel Rocca

“…Policy makers at the origin of innovative policies to exit from the crisis (for example Roosevelt and the New Deal), were more guided by the pragmatism and the necessity of bringing concrete answers to the crisis that by the prescriptions of the new economic theory in gestation. …”
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THE POLITICS OF HUNGARIAN SOVEREIGHTY by L. A. Yurasova

“…But Hungarian leadership advocated its policy in a very tough way, which is a good example of self-reliance and pragmatism for the future of Europe.…”
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SOCIAL NETS AS A NEW FACTOR OF SYSTEM SECURITY IN RUSSIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY by S. A. Kravchenko, A. I. Podberezkin

“…Overcoming new security risks and vulnerabilities authors see in the ways of changing the vector of development of scientific knowledge from a pragmatic to a humanist mode.…”
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The Dynamics of Terminal and Instrumental Values of Education on the Example of MGIMO Students by A. L. Temnitskiy

“…At the same time, the increase of pragmatism in society and in demands of employers for graduates doesn't stimulate students' interest in terminal values of education. …”
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