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  1. Liberal democracy: An African critique.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2019 - South African Journal of Philosophy 38 (1):108-122.
    Despite the end of the Cold War and the ascendancy of liberal democracy celebrated by Francis Fukuyama as “the end of history”, a growing number of scholars and political activists point to its inherent shortcomings. However, they have tended to dismiss it on the basis of one or two of its salient weaknesses. While this is a justifiable way to proceed, it denies the searching reader an opportunity to see the broad basis for the growing rejection of liberal democracy among (...)
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  2. Eternal Damnation: A Reply to Karori Mbugua’s “Gentler Theology of Hell”.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2015 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 7 (2):123-140.
    This article is a reply to Karori Mbugua’s article titled “The Problem of Hell Revisited: Towards a Gentler Theology of Hell” (Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya, New Series, Vol.3 No.2, December 2011, pp.93-103). The present article does not in any way seek to argue for or against the existence of eternal damnation. Instead, it advances the view that while Mbugua raises important philosophical issues around the question of eternal damnation, those questions deserve a more (...)
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    Africa Beyond Liberal Democracy: In Search of Context-Relevant Models of Democracy for the Twenty-First Century.Reginald M. J. Oduor (ed.) - 2022 - Lexington Books.
    The contributors to this volume ask whether democracy is universal or culturally bound, how the adoption of Western liberal models of democracy has hindered democratisation in Africa, and how indigenous African political thought can be utilised to design models of democracy suitable for twenty-first-century African countries.
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    Eternal Damnation.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2015 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 7 (2):123-140.
    This article is a reply to Karori Mbugua’s article titled “The Problem of Hell Revisited: Towards a Gentler Theology of Hell” (Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya, New Series, Vol.3 No.2, December 2011, pp.93-103). The present article does not in any way seek to argue for or against the existence of eternal damnation. Instead, it advances the view that while Mbugua raises important philosophical issues around the question of eternal damnation, those questions deserve a more (...)
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    Editor’s Note.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2015 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 7 (1):1-2.
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  6. The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Inclusiveness, Affordability, Cultural Identity, and Ethical Orientation.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2021 - Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions 10 (3):57-77.
    Discussions on the impact and future directions of technology often proceed from an empirical point of view that seems to presume that the ebb and flow of technological developments is beyond the control of humankind, so that all that humanity can do is adjust to it. However, such an approach easily neglects several crucial normative considerations that could enhance the standing of individual human beings and whole communities as rational users of technology rather than its slaves. Besides, more often than (...)
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  7. The Concept of Human Dignity in German and Kenyan Constitutional Law.Rainer Ebert & Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2012 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 4 (1):43-73.
    This paper is a historical, legal and philosophical analysis of the concept of human dignity in German and Kenyan constitutional law. We base our analysis on decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, in particular its take on life imprisonment and its 2006 decision concerning the shooting of hijacked airplanes, and on a close reading of the Constitution of Kenya. We also present a dialogue between us in which we offer some critical remarks on the concept of human dignity (...)
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    The History of Ethnicised Politics in Kenya and its Impact on the Management of the Country’s Public Affairs.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2023 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 8 (2):29-62.
    This paper deploys historical analysis, conceptual analysis and critical reflection to examine the history of ethnicised politics in Kenya and its negative impact on the management of the country’s public affairs. It sets out with a conceptualisation of ‘ethnicised politics’. It then traces the growth of ethnicised politics in Kenya from the dawn of British colonialism to the present. Thereafter, it reflects on the five-pronged negative impact of ethnicised politics on the country, namely, the gross disparities in economic development along (...)
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    Concrete Data and Abstract Notions in the Philosophical Study of Indigenous African Thought: The Struggle for Disciplinary Identity in the Era of the Near-Hegemonic Natural and Social Sciences.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2021 - Philosophia Africana 20 (2):153-167.
    Due to the growth of neo-liberalism with its emphasis on “market-driven courses,” the humanities, of which philosophy is a part, find themselves disparaged and under-funded. As a result, some African philosophers have yielded to the temptation to deploy the empirical methodology of the natural and social sciences in a bid to illustrate the practical value of their discipline, thereby eroding philosophy’s distinctive characteristic, namely, reflection. Consequently, drawing from the contemporary discourse on methodology in African philosophy, this article argues that in (...)
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    Editor's Note.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2011 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 3 (1):i-iii.
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    Editor’s Note.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2014 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 6 (1):1-2.
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    Mental Impediments to Desirable Social Transformation in Contemporary Africa.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2009 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 1 (1):1-29.
    Africa’s current socio-economic predicament is often solely attributed to political and economic mismanagement. However, such an analysis is far from comprehensive, as it fails to account for the historical, sociological and psychological causes of the current unsatisfactory social conditions in the continent. Consequently, using the critical and prescriptive techniques of philosophic reflection, this paper examines four apparent mental impediments to desirable social transformation in contemporaryAfrica, namely, conservatism, feeble social consciousness, blind acceptance of the white-black dichotomy, and a fixation with foreign (...)
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    Odera Oruka’s Account of the Foundation of Human Rights: A Critique.Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2012 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 4 (2):219-240.
    While H. Odera Oruka is best known for his views on sage philosophy, he spent a considerable portion of his philosophical career agonizing over the question of human rights. The present paper argues that there is need for further philosophical reflection on Oruka’s account of the foundation of human rights with a view to refining it.
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    Review of Helen Lauer and Kofi Anyidoho’s Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities through African Perspectives. [REVIEW]Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2014 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 6 (1):1-8.
    This article opines that in view of its detailed presentation of the contemporary discourse on Ubuntu, its incisive analysis of key concepts in this discourse, as well as its bold and thoroughgoing critique of the assumptions of both the advocates of Ubuntu and the defenders of the hegemonic Western liberal tradition, Leonhard Praeg’s seminal work, A Report on Ubuntu, is an outstanding contribution not only to the Southern African discourse on Ubuntu, but also to the ongoing quest for methodology in (...)
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    Review of Helen Lauer and Kofi Anyidoho’s Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities through African Perspectives. [REVIEW]Reginald M. J. Oduor - 2014 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 6 (1):1.
    This article opines that in view of its detailed presentation of the contemporary discourse on Ubuntu, its incisive analysis of key concepts in this discourse, as well as its bold and thoroughgoing critique of the assumptions of both the advocates of Ubuntu and the defenders of the hegemonic Western liberal tradition, Leonhard Praeg’s seminal work, A Report on Ubuntu, is an outstanding contribution not only to the Southern African discourse on Ubuntu, but also to the ongoing quest for methodology in (...)
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    Reginald M.J. Oduor’s Introduction to Ethics. [REVIEW]Samson O. Gunga - 2009 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 1 (2):105-107.
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    Editor’s Note.R. M. J. Oduor - 2009 - Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 1 (1):5-6.
    Welcome to the new series of "Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya". Africa’s socio-political crisis is multi-faceted, and therefore requires a many-pronged approach. It is for this reason that Thought and Practice seeks to serve as a forum for scholars with broad interests in the humanities and social sciences, where they can exchange ideas on various facets of Africa’s current realities and challenges.
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  18. Family physicians' and general practitioners' approaches to drug management of diabetic hypertension in primary care.Khalid A. J. Al Khaja PhD, Reginald P. Sequeira PhD, Vijay S. Mathur M. D. D. Phil Fams, Awatif H. H. Damanhori MBBCh & Abdul Wahab M. Abdul Wahab Frcs - 2002 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 8 (1):19-30.
    Rationale, aims and objectives To compare the pharmacotherapeutic approaches to diabetic hypertension of family physicians (FPs) and general practitioners (GPs). Methods A retrospective prescription-based study was conducted in 15 out of a total of 20 health centres, involving 115 primary care physicians – 77 FPs and 38 GPs, representing 74% of the primary care physicians of Bahrain. Prescriptions were collected during May and June 2000 to comprise a study population of 1266 diabetic-hypertensive patients. Results As monotherapy, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (...)
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    Nine Mediaeval Thinkers: A Collection of Hitherto Unedited Texts.J. Reginald O'donnell, Nikolaus M. Häring, Armand A. Maurer & Edward A. Syman - 1974 - Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
  20. Francis Bacon: the commemoration of his tercentenary at Gray's Inn.Reginald J. Fletcher, Henry Edward Duke Merrivale & Arthur James Balfour (eds.) - 1913 - London: Printed at the Chiswick press by order of the Masters of the bench for private circulation.
    Introduction by the Rev. R. J. Fletcher -- The memory of Francis Bacon. A speech delivered in Gray's Inn hall at the tercentenary celebration by Mr. H. E. Duke -- List of benchers and guests present at the tercentenary celebration, 1908 -- Francis Bacon. A speech delivered by the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, M. P., on the occasion of the unveiling of the Bacon statue at Gray's Inn [27th June 1912] -- Francis Bacon's essays: Of gardens and Of masques (...)
     
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    Diurnal variation of prescribing pattern of primary care doctors in Bahrain.Awatif H. H. Damanhori, Khalid A. J. Al Khaja, Reginald P. Sequeira & Thuraya M. Al-Ansari - 2007 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 13 (1):25-30.
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    M. de Certeau, J.-M. Domenach, Le christianisme éclaté, Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 1974, , 124 pages. [REVIEW]Réginald Richard - 1976 - Laval Théologique et Philosophique 32 (3):318.
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    Essays in honour of Anton Charles Pegis.Anton Charles Pegis & J. Reginald O'Donnell (eds.) - 1974 - Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
    O'Donnell, J. R. Anton Charles Pegis on the occasion of his retirement.--Conlan, W. J. The definition of faith according to a question of MS. Assisi 138: study and edition of text.--Spade, P. V. Five logical tracts by Richard Lavenham.--Maurer, A. Henry of Harclay's disputed question on the plurality of forms.--Brown, V. Giovanni Argiropulo on the agent intellect: an edition of Ms. Magliabecchi V 42.--Synan, E. A. The Exortacio against Peter Abelard's Dialogus inter philosophum, Iudaeum et Christianum.--Fitzgerald, W. Nugae Hyginianae.--Sheehan, M. (...)
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    Studies in the Philosophy of J. N. Findlay. Edited by Robert S. Cohen, Richard M. Martin, and Merold Westphal. [REVIEW]Reginald Lilly - 1989 - Modern Schoolman 66 (2):171-173.
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    Science of Logic.M. J. Petry, G. W. F. Hegel, A. V. Miller & J. N. Findlay - 1970 - Philosophical Quarterly 20 (80):273.
    First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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  26. Abelson, RP 64 Adams, MJ 94-5 Adler, JE 310n Ajjanagadde, V. 138, 139, 152-6 Ajzen, I. 310n.R. D. Alexander, M. J. Almeida, Anderson Jr, L. Aqvist, R. Audi, R. Axelrod, B. J. Baars, A. Baddeley, G. A. Barnard & B. Barnes - 1993 - In K. I. Manktelow & D. E. Over (eds.), Rationality: Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives. Routledge.
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    Introduction.M. H. Werner, R. Stern & J. P. Brune - 2017 - In Jens Peter Brune, Robert Stern & Micha H. Werner (eds.), Transcendental Arguments in Moral Theory. Boston: De Gruyter. pp. 1-6.
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  28. The inference of function from structure in fossils.M. J. S. Rudwick - 1964 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 15 (57):27-40.
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    The Foundation of the Geological Society of London: Its Scheme for Co-operative Research and its Struggle for Independence.M. J. S. Rudwick - 1963 - British Journal for the History of Science 1 (4):325-355.
    The Geological Society of London was the first learned society to be devoted solely to geology, and its members were responsible for much of the spectacular progress of the science in the nineteenth century. Its distinctive character as a centre of geological discussion and research was established within the first five years from its foundation in 1807. During this period its activities were directed, and its policies largely shaped, by its President, George Bellas Greenough, on whose unpublished papers this account (...)
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    Models of Possibilities Instead of Logic as the Basis of Human Reasoning.P. N. Johnson-Laird, Ruth M. J. Byrne & Sangeet S. Khemlani - 2024 - Minds and Machines 34 (3):1-22.
    The theory of mental models and its computer implementations have led to crucial experiments showing that no standard logic—the sentential calculus and all logics that include it—can underlie human reasoning. The theory replaces the logical concept of validity (the conclusion is true in all cases in which the premises are true) with necessity (conclusions describe no more than possibilities to which the premises refer). Many inferences are both necessary and valid. But experiments show that individuals make necessary inferences that are (...)
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    Hutton and Werner Compared: George Greenough's Geological Tour of Scotland in 1805.M. J. S. Rudwick - 1962 - British Journal for the History of Science 1 (2):117-135.
    George Greenough was one of the influential group of early nineteenth-century English geologists who rejected both Hutton's and Werner's attempts to propound all-embracing geological theories, and followed a deliberately empirical approach. He travelled through Scotland in 1805, studying geological phenomena in the light of both the Plutonist and the Neptunist theories, and generally concluded that neither was entirely satisfactory as an explanation of the observable facts. He was also the first to suggest that the ‘Parallel Roads’ of Glen Roy were (...)
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    The solid-liquid interfacial free energy of lead from supercooling data.M. J. Stowell - 1970 - Philosophical Magazine 22 (175):1-6.
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    The early Latin Church Fathers on Herod and the Infanticide.M. J. Mans - 1997 - HTS Theological Studies 53 (1/2).
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    The relationship between the Hervormde Kerk in Suidelike Afrika and the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika in the new South Afrika: co-existence or merger? 1.M. J. Manala - 2000 - HTS Theological Studies 56 (2/3).
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    A general analysis of the structure of simple tilt boundaries.M. J. Marcinkowski & E. S. P. Das - 1972 - Philosophical Magazine 26 (6):1281-1300.
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    A study of defect sub-structures in the Fe–Cr sigma phase by means of transmission electron microscopy.M. J. Marcinkowski & D. S. Miller - 1962 - Philosophical Magazine 7 (78):1025-1059.
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    Hegel.M. J. Petry - 1976 - Philosophical Books 17 (3):111-113.
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    The dependence of saturation nucleus density on deposition rate and substrate temperature in the case of complete condensation.M. J. Stowell - 1970 - Philosophical Magazine 21 (169):125-136.
  39. Fodor's Attempt to Naturalize Mental Content.M. J. Cain - 1999 - Philosophical Quarterly 49 (197):520-526.
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    The effect of delay on simultaneous and successive discrimination in children.M. J. Perkins, H. P. Banks & Allen D. Calvin - 1954 - Journal of Experimental Psychology 48 (6):416.
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    Enhancement of items and associations.M. J. Peterson & A. Murray - 1973 - Journal of Experimental Psychology 101 (1):82.
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    Effects of imagery instructions, imagery ratings, and number of dictionary meanings upon recognition and recall.M. J. Peterson & S. H. McGee - 1974 - Journal of Experimental Psychology 102 (6):1007.
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    Gesammelte Werke, 8: Jenaer Systementwurfe III.M. J. Petry, G. W. F. Hegel, R. -P. Horstmann & J. H. Trede - 1977 - Philosophical Quarterly 27 (109):363.
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    G. W. F. Hegel: An introduction to the science of wisdom.M. J. Petry - 1974 - Philosophical Books 15 (3):26-28.
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    Hegel and the Natural Sciences.M. J. Petry - 1984 - The Owl of Minerva 15 (2):242-245.
    During the first week of October 1983, the Italian Institute for the Study of Philosophy, together with the Philosophical Seminar of the University of Tübingen, organized a public colloquium on Hegel’s philosophy of the natural sciences. Those attending included a selected group of Italian scholars doing advanced research into early nineteenth century German philosophy, students and members of the general public from Tübingen, and a number of specialists from elsewhere in Germany and from the Netherlands.
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    Hegel. Gesammelte Werke 6: Jenaer Systementwurfe I.M. J. Petry, G. W. F. Hegel, K. Dusing & H. Kimmerle - 1976 - Philosophical Quarterly 26 (104):270.
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    Cognitive failures, dysfunctional attitudes, and symptomatology: A longitudinal study.M. J. Power - 1988 - Cognition and Emotion 2 (2):133-143.
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    Wonders, Logic, and Microscopy in the Eighteenth Century: A History of the Rotifer.M. J. Ratcliff - 2000 - Science in Context 13 (1):93-119.
    The ArgumentContrary to the dominant historiography of microscopy, which tends to maintain that there was no microscopical program in the Enlightenment, this paper argues that there was such a program and attempts to illustrate one aspect of its dynamic character. The experiments, observations, and interpretations on rotifers and their management by scholars of that period show that there did exist a precise axis of research that can be followed historically. Indeed, the various controversies these scholars engaged in imply that they (...)
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  49. Interpreting Quantum Interference Using a Berry’s Phase-like Quantity.M. J. Rave - 2008 - Foundations of Physics 38 (12):1073-1081.
    We show that quantum interference can be interpreted in terms of a phase invariant quantity, not unlike the Berry’s phase. Under this interpretation, closed loops in time become fundamental quantum entities, and all quantum states become periodic. Decoherence is then seen to occur naturally as a consequence. This formalism, although counterintuitive, provides another useful way of assigning meaning to quantum probabilities and quasi-probabilities.
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    Essay Review: The Principle of Uniformity: Natural Law and Divine MiracleNatural Law and Divine Miracle. HooykaasR. . Pp. xiv + 237.M. J. S. Rudwick - 1962 - History of Science 1 (1):82-86.
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