Although it is often argued that left/right distinction in modern politics doesn’t matter anymore, yet public discourse is still full of references addressed to ideologically named opponents. The aim of this paper is to analyze how conception of left-wing ideology (its characteristics and contextualization) in Lithuanian public right-wing discourse is constructed to form coherent discourse of imaginary left. Ervin Goffman’s and Marvin Minsky’s frame analysis theoretical perspective is used to analyze framing of left-wing discourse in three levels: meta-, mezzo- and micro-. Discourse analysis method is used in research.
This article asks what philosophers can learn from social research in order to develop the notion of reification further. At first, we present a theoretical analysis of the concept of reification. Then we survey the main research into employment and management strategies through various sectors (industry, services and knowledge work) asking to what extent this research is informed by the notion of reification. The last part of the article focuses on Lithuanian research. We conclude that while the notion of reification is not often employed in contemporary social research, much of that research is close to the normative concerns implicit in the notion of reification. This research then provides a valuable input for further philosophical development of the theory of reification.
Straipsnyje nagrinėjama, ar gali būti protingų automatų pačia radikaliausia prasme, t. y. ar tokios būtybės gali būti asmenys? Bandoma parodyti, kad tokia galimybė yra logiška, jei priimama ypatinga ontologinio monizmo ir epistemologiškai reikšmingo savybių dualizmo pozicijų dermė. Parodoma, kad tokios galimybės realizacija pirmiausia priklauso nuo ypatingo ontologinio įsipareigojimo šios galimybės tikrumui.
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