Institutional Philosophy Research Articles

O Ensino da Filosofia nas Instituições do ensino fundamental e universitário angolanos: da utilidade à essencialidade

This article addresses the pressing issue of the essential importance of teaching Philosophy, often questioned for its utility, especially in the Angolan educational context. It emphasizes the urgent need to implement Philosophy courses to educate academically prepared professionals. Under the auspices of contemporary philosophers such as Imbamba, Valentim, Pondé, and others, this article argues that, despite utilitarian societies, Philosophy provides crucial skills such as critical and argumentative thinking, essential for shaping reflective citizens. It is imperative to analyze the relevance of teaching Philosophy in Angolan institutions, considering the challenges faced by teachers. Furthermore, the teaching of Philosophy is not an academic luxury but a crucial necessity for the intellectual and ethical development of all citizens. The importance of Philosophy as a discipline dedicated to promoting essential skills, such as analysis, criticism, and argumentation, crucial for democratic societies, should be highlighted. In the face of the devaluation of the Humanities, especially Philosophy, it is opportune to appeal to public administrators to humanize Angola by integrating humanistic courses into curricula, aiming to educate not only qualified professionals but also conscious and engaged citizens. Philosophy, ipso facto, is presented as a possible "salvation" for the new youth, providing a space for existential questioning amidst an educational system often marked by commercialism and a lack of academic merit.

Unlocking Value Co-Creation in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: The Vital Role of Institutions

The entrepreneurial ecosystem is quite complicated because of the presence of numerous stakeholders and the inclusion of multicultural and social elements in diverse communities. The role of entrepreneurship education in developing entrepreneurial skills and aptitude has evolved. The collaboration between universities, companies, and organizations in the collaborative online international learning (COIL) approach plays an important role in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to enhance value co-creation. To extend the limited literature on value creation through entrepreneurship education among stakeholders and analyze the entrepreneurial ecosystem from a micro perspective, this study investigated why companies and organizations support universities at the individual, organizational, and institutional levels to foster entrepreneurial ecosystems. Following a global career course using the COIL approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted in person or via Zoom with four representatives of the Embassy of Canada to Japan, Ernst & Young, and Manulife from April to May 2022. The modified grounded theory approach was used to analyze the responses from three institutions. The results showed that students were provided with the opportunity to solve actual issues that the three institutions faced and the students’ perspectives were considered to identify and develop high-quality proposals at the individual, organizational, and institutional levels. The institutional philosophy, organizational engagement and development, and personal development of the representatives of these institutions effectively create values within universities while also forming entrepreneurial ecosystems at Japanese and Canadian companies, organizations, and universities to help build the next generation of leaders. This study has important implications through its contribution to society and the development of an entrepreneurial ecosystem in collaboration with the academic, industrial, and public sectors.

PHILOSOPHIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION THE ADMINISTRATIVE INSTITUTION IN TIMOR-LESTE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (2024)

Introduction : Starting with the foundations of the old Traditional Philosophy of Administration that was in force in a generalized way in the countries, and about the so-called pure modern systems that emerged after the English and French revolutions, it will also be addressed the evolution that has occurred in these philosophiessince their creation, until the present day, and if this evolution tends to separate them more and more or to bring them closer together, evaluating or appreciating how the philosophy of administrative institutionin Timor-Leste has been established and also influenced up to the present time, and what may be its future, of continued development. Objectives: Tofacilitate public or general understanding of the origins and evolution of existing philosophies of administrative institutions and to frame the organizational philosophy in an administrative system of Timor-Leste to aid its assimilation, facilitating communications and discussions related to the process of development and evolution of the present most appropriate system or philosophy in the country. Research of Methodology: It is elaborated or made deductive, and based on literary and legislative research work, whose sources will be cited in the bibliography of the academic study in consistency the theoretic framework in research guide. Conclusion: To be achieved in order to deepen and improve our knowledge of the main philosophies of administrative institutions and their evolution over time. At the same time, analysing the origins of the philosophy of administrative organisation in Timor-Leste, ascertaining the present state of the same and assessing or appreciating where philosophy is heading in the system of administrative organization in Timor-Leste, is grounded in the public and private institution cited by (Corte Real AG & Faria V.S., 2024).

Liberalism and Confucianism as Normative Powers within Chinese-European Relations

This article is concerned with the normative power of cultural values within Chinese-European relations. It proposes that dialogue between European and Chinese stakeholders within educational, cultural, sociological, and philosophical institutions is of the utmost importance in paving a possible way for overcoming the current political crisis. European engagement with Chinese thought in early modernity and the recent reception of early Western liberalism in China both show that there is potential for a non-exclusionary assessment of the “other” in both political cultures. European policy should be aware of its historic potential for critical engagement with Chinese political history.

Ingeborg Bachmann und der Wiener Kreis

When Ingeborg Bachmann began studying philosophy, the Vienna Circle of Logical Empiricism had long since ceased to exist. What Bachmann may have found in this regard at the University of Vienna were traces, and traces of the Vienna Circle can also be found in her dissertation. This article attempts to pursue both. Its path leads from a sketch of institutional philosophy at the University of Vienna in the years after 1945 via a concise overview of the Vienna Circle to the references to it in Bachmann's doctoral thesis.

Мир счастья человека и его философские истоки

The subject of this research is various ideas about happiness in the history of philosophy. Happiness is a concept of a special kind, the importance of which in motivating human activity is extremely great. The subject arouses a constantly renewed interest among philosophers, psychologists, educators, sociologists and other specialists throughout the foreseeable intellectual history of mankind from Antiquity to the present day. All people strive for happiness, understanding it as a guarantee of a prosperous existence, but they put the most diverse meaning into this concept. Happiness has always been the most important motive of human actions, therefore it is necessary to clarify the actual content of this phenomenon in the conditions of the modern spiritual situation of the time of the confrontation of cultures and civilizations. The purpose of the work is an attempt to analyze from the historical and philosophical positions the intellectual and emotional-spiritual state of a person in which he feels happy. Each historical epoch put forward its own ideals, so intellectuals offered new formulas of happiness. The philosophical origins of the concept of happiness investigated in the article allow us to consider and substantiate its substantive aspect from various positions (theological, social, psychological). The methodological basis is the general scientifi c methods of cognition (historical, system-structural and dialectical, due to the complexity and internal inconsistency of the subject) in combination with the philosophical and anthropological approach. The main method of research is the historical-deductive method, a method of comparative analysis of philosophical approaches to solving the problem of happiness in various historical epochs. In conclusion, the authors assert that happiness is a deeply experienced complex integral physical, mental, intellectual, social and spiritual state that depends on the person himself. A person’s happiness is himself, his life created by him, in which all the acquired values of culture fi nd their true place and meaning. The results of the study can be used in the process of educating young people and teaching philosophy and humanities in various educational institutions.

Primary Sources of History of Russian Philosophy of the XIX-XX Centuries in Russian State Archives: the Current Condition and Prospects of Study

The study contains the review, analysis, assessment of the current state and prospects for further scientific study of the materials of the Russian state archives, including the personal funds of philosophers and philosophical institutions of Russia in the 19th-20th centuries, which are of the greatest relevance to historians of Russian philosophy. In this regard, on the one hand, the study considers the largest research and scientific-publishing historical and philosophical projects, testifying to the already achieved results of the scientific development of vast arrays of archival documents; on the other hand, a number of collections of Russian state archives (federal, regional, municipal, departmental) have been monitored in order to identify archival collections that were little or insufficiently studied from this point of view. The results of the collective research presented in the article can be considered as the beginning of a large systematic work on the analytical mapping of the content of Russian archival collections relevant to the problems of the history of Russian philosophy. The study shows the importance and productivity of conducting parallel research work both with the personal funds of Russian philosophers of the 19th-20th centuries, and with funds containing documentation of philosophical institutions (magazine editorial offices, faculties, departments, research institutes, publishing houses of philosophical literature, professional and thematic associations of philosophers). In this regard, the question was raised about the need to develop historical and philosophical archiving and source studies in Russia, to include this set of subjects into the system of training historians of philosophy, and also about the need to coordinate the joint efforts of historians of Russian philosophy towards the formation of an archive of Russian philosophy as a significant and publicly available mapped resource. The results obtained in the course of the study should contribute to the emergence of the history of Russian philosophy as a dynamically developing branch of Russian science to a qualitatively new source study and methodological level, necessary for solving the large-scale research tasks, related, in particular, to the scientific preparation of academic collections of works by Russian philosophers and the development of modern fundamental history of Russian philosophy.

Enhanced Organizational Performance: Integrating Dimensions for Sustainable Growth

This study examined how different factors—environmental, human resources, managerial, technological, and innovation—influence the organizational performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). For the study methodology, a correlational research design was used to examine the relationships between variables in a sample of 476 SMEs in Colombia. Advanced statistical techniques were used, such as regression and correlation analyses with Monte Carlo simulation. We evaluated four dimensions, 16 factors, and 197 related variables to understand their impact on business performance. The results show that all the studied factors, i.e., environment, structure, management, and people, have a positive relationship with organizational performance. Additionally, the results indicate that SMEs tend to have strong performance in the dimensions of finance, infrastructure, and production but weaker performance in those of international, socioenvironmental, technological, institutional philosophy, process, and human resources management. These findings provide valuable insight into the areas that SMEs may need to focus on to improve their performance while underscoring the importance of considering a variety of factors when developing strategies to improve organizational performance.

Stylistic appearances and linguistic diversity

AbstractPhilosophy is beginning to pay problems of linguistic justice the attention they deserve in today's heavily interconnected and migrant world. Contemporary philosophy itself, however, has a particular problem of linguistic justice that deserves metaphilosophical attention. At least in the philosophical tradition that is mainstream in much of the world today, viz., analytic philosophy, methodological and sociological mechanisms make it the case that the voices of non‐(native) Anglophone philosophers are substantially less heard. Among the mechanisms responsible for this situation, argues this paper, is the emphasis given by influential philosophical institutions to linguistic style and appearances as signs of clarity, precision, and rigour in the treatment of philosophical problems. Such an emphasis is not justifiable, in part because it deprives philosophy of a wider variety of perspectives. The paper concludes by presenting and motivating a recent initiative that aims to foster greater linguistic and cultural diversity within the profession.

The Grounding Islamic Washatiyah-Based Peace Education At al Qodiri Islamic Boarding School Jember Indonesia

Since its establishment, Al Qodiri Islamic Boarding School has set itself as a peace boarding school with moderate character. When radicalism, extremism, and terrorism threaten world peace, the schools consistently campaign for peaceful movement. Therefore, this study focuses on peace education in planning, implementing, and its implication on students’ behavior and attitude in Al Qodiri Islamic Boarding School Jember to find a learning model of planning, implementing, and implication of peace education. This study used a qualitative research design using a multiple case study approach. The informants were chosen using a purposive sampling technique. The findings of the research are: first, peace education planning in al Qodiri Islamic Boarding School Jember refers to vision, mission, institutional philosophy, Islam washatiyah, started with the need analysis of an era, society, and students and by considering the suggestion of education users formulated by an educational institution. Second, peace education implementation employs an adaptation of religious text material using a moderation approach, Islamic method, and universal method, a website supporting media containing digital washatiyah literacy and digital sufism literacy implemented in formal institution integrated with ahlussunnah waljama’ah teaching through class-based-extracurricular activities and intensive and doctrinal extracurricular activities. Third, the peace education implication in Islamic boarding schools builds students’ polite and tolerant behavior, moderate and contextual perspective, sufistic behavior, and positive image for the local, national, and regional society and supports Islamic boarding schools' continuous transformation.

Does the Presence of Missing Data Affect the Performance of the SORG Machine-learning Algorithm for Patients With Spinal Metastasis? Development of an Internet Application Algorithm.

Does the Presence of Missing Data Affect the Performance of the SORG Machine-learning Algorithm for Patients With Spinal Metastasis? Development of an Internet Application Algorithm.

Pediatric Panfacial Fractures.

Pediatric panfacial trauma is a rare occurrence with poorly understood implications for the growing child. Treatment algorithms largely mirror adult panfacial protocols with notable exceptions including augmented healing and remodeling capacities that favor nonoperative management, limited exposure to avoid disruption of osseous suture and synchondroses growth centers, and creative fracture fixation techniques in the setting of an immature craniomaxillofacial skeleton. The following article provides a review of our institutional philosophy in the management of these challenges injuries with important anatomic, epidemiologic, examination, sequencing, and postoperative considerations.

Integrating Philosophical Teaching into Kenya’s Educational Curriculum

This research explores the integration of philosophy into Kenya’s educational curriculum, aiming to discern its potential benefits, and impact on critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and provide actionable recommendations for policy changes and curriculum development. Employing the Literature Review method, the study conducts a thorough examination of scholarly works by esteemed philosophers, educators, and researchers in the field. The findings underscore the multifaceted advantages, including the development of critical thinking skills, enhancement of ethical reasoning, cultural awareness, and tolerance among the students. The paper offers recommendations that encompass the integration of an inclusive curriculum design, teachers’ professional development, an assessment and evaluation framework, and collaboration with philosophical institutions. These recommendations are collectively used to develop a comprehensive strategy for successful philosophy integration into the education curriculum in Kenya. In conclusion, this research asserts that embedding philosophy into the educational fabric can foster a generation of critically thinking, ethically conscious individuals, contributing to a more enlightened and harmonious society. The paper serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, educators, and researchers committed to advancing the discourse on the transformative power of philosophy in education.

Philosophical discussions on the pages of the magazines «Adam alemi» and «Tamyr» in the period from 1999 to 2022

In an article on philosophical issues with a debatable component in the journals as «Adam Alemi» and «Tamyr» for the period 1999 to 2022. The conducted research formed most allowed to reveal themes, firstly, as a modern institutional Kazakh philosophy after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Secondly, a component as established important volume ans level discussion component of philosophical research in publications of two leading Kazakhstan journals, which are focused on philosophical issues. Thirdly, the analysis revealed how the process of «discovery» of new topics, research cases that different than dialectic. The results obtained indicate that the most relevant topics of domestic institutional philosophy are interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary topics at the intersection of philosophy with history, sociology, political science, religion, and mythology. The content of philosophical studies devoted to Kazakh history and the problems of modern Kazakh philosophy, its place in the global philosophical continuum is also significant.

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems as Amplifiers of the Lean Startup Philosophy: Management Control Practices in Earliest‐Stage Startups*

ABSTRACTEntrepreneurial ecosystems play a key role in the development of startups not only by providing support—such as flexible office space and access to skilled employees, mentors, and investors—but moreover by promoting concrete ideals about “good” entrepreneurship. However, we know less about the role that ecosystems play in managerial practices of startups. In our empirical analysis of management control systems (MCSs) in earliest‐stage startups, we witness a strong influence of entrepreneurial ideals—above all, the Lean Startup philosophy—on the MCSs analyzed. Building on cross‐sectional field study data resulting from a comprehensive field‐immersion strategy and 50 interviews with key actors in an entrepreneurial ecosystem as well as with founder‐managers of startups, we consider the entrepreneurial ecosystem as a collective meso‐level community that mediates between macro‐level institutional pressures and micro‐level practices of startups. We show how this community, through a variety of what we term amplifying mechanisms, actively deinstitutionalizes a legacy entrepreneurial philosophy epitomized by the business plan concept. At the same time, the community propagates the Lean Startup philosophy so that this alternative has become the dominant institutional philosophy in the studied ecosystem and its startups. Due to the amplifying mechanisms exerted by the meso level, startups use MCSs that play a crucial role in the rapid experimentation and learning process toward finding a scalable business model that is characteristic of the Lean Startup philosophy. We highlight that this philosophy of scientific experimentation has, to a significant degree, transformed intuitive entrepreneurial processes into a set of transactions that can be steered and accelerated by MCSs.

Голоса философов

The article examines the generational approach to study of the philosophical traditions’ development. The philosophical generation is a powerful intellectual pattern with its own optics, issues, and methods of research. The author distinguishes six philosophical generations that nowadays live and work in Russia. The specificity of philosophical generation is determined by existential input to philosophy of people that are close to each other in the experience of discipleship and integration into official and unofficial philosophical institutions, the commonality of the intellectual basis. As for philosophical generation, it is not about age of philosophy makers but about the emergence of new problems and a new relation to philosophy, about the promotion or development of new ideas and meanings, about new trends in the discussion of already familiar problems and phenomena, about the new social and cultural role of philosophy, about a new understanding of the world and man, about changing what is called the “philosophical way of life”. The study of philosophical generations is important for recovery of the human context for the development of philosophy. The path of knowledge from the generational type to texts is no less important than the usual path from texts. Reading the history of philosophy as the history of philosophical generations pays attention of researchers to the personal connections within the philosophical community (horizontal and vertical ones), which will clarify both the individual contribution of thinkers and the mutual influences that determine the inception and development of philosophical ideas.

A text-net analysis of mission statements in the healthcare industry: Evidence from public and private hospitals’ websites

ABSTRACT This study explores components of hospital mission statements by combining text mining techniques and network analysis. By considering 153 public and private hospitals with a published mission statement in English, it evaluates influential words and identified clusters and components in hospital mission statements, determined (in)connections among the statements. Similarities and differences based on hospital ownership status (i.e. public or private) are provided. The assessment of English versions of mission statements in Turkish hospitals generated seven clusters: (1) quality and quality of health services, (2) technology orientation, (3) focus on modern medicine, (4) societal expectations, (5) universal standards, (6) institutional philosophy, and (7) employees. Significant differences in the components of public and private hospital mission statements are identified and the potential contributions to practitioners in developing their mission statements is discussed.

Philosophical Society at the Russian Free University in Prague: Based on the A.V. Florovsky's Materials in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Based on some materials from the A.V. Florovsky's Foundation in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the author of the article reconstructs a little-known page from the history of academic and philosophical life of the Russian migr, that is the history of the Philosophical Society at the Russian Free University (Russian Scientific Academy) in the 1930s-1940s, including during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. It is justified that the reconstruction of the history of Russian philosophical institutions can set a new research perspective that allows us to consider the history of Russian philosophy as a process of formation and development of institutionalized forms of production, reproduction and translation of philosophical knowledge, which would allow to create a new historical and philosophical cross-section of Russian thought, complementing traditional approaches to the historiography of Russian philosophy. The article reveals new aspects of the scientific activity of N.O. Lossky and I.I. Lapshin, who played a key role in the work of the Philosophical Society. In addition, the analysis of archival materials made it possible to identify and reconstruct new facts from the creative biography of such thinkers of Russian emigration as S.L. Frank, E.V. Spektorsky, B.P. Vysheslavtsev, G.V. Florovsky. Russian Free University's Philosophical Society report for 1941 is given as an appendix to the article, as well as the reconstruction of the problems of the circle for the study of the Russian national idea (1939-1941). It is concluded that scientific and philosophical activity at the RSU was carried out through an extensive network of scientific societies, associations, circles and seminars, which allowed developing a wide variety of issues - aesthetics, the history of Russian and Western philosophy, philosophical problems of Russian literature and history, the Russian national idea.

University Social Responsibility: Challenging Systemic Racism in the Aftermath of George Floyd’s Murder

In this paper, we examine university discretionary interpretation of the 2020 social upheaval that emanated from George Floyd’s murder as an element of university social responsibility (USR) policymaking. The paper addresses two research questions: (a) What are university presidents’ implicit and explicit social justice responses to George Floyd’s death and the idealistic protests of 2020? (b) To what degree are principles of social justice embedded in universities’ intellectual roots and social responsibility? Using a sample of university presidents’ public statements in response to George Floyd’s death and the idealistic protests of 2020, we analyze the response and responsibilities of universities in the struggle for a just society. We cross-check mission statements and strategic plans to corroborate universities’ public statements with their institutional philosophies, mission, and action plans relating to discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities and systemic racism. We use critical discourse analysis and the Voyant Tool to perform a textual analysis of 62 university presidents’ letters and mission statements. They all denounced the dehumanization and inequitable treatment of Black people. An important implication of our work is the sharp difference in the depth and forthrightness of responses by university presidents across university types. Some presidential letters are forthright in their denouncement of the murder of George Floyd and systemic racism, while others were, at best, vague in their approach. Presidential letters disclose their institutions’ priorities, organizational identities, and social responsibility convictions. Overall, mission statements and strategic plans included addressing systemic racism and inequality. While there is no ordered symmetry between presidential narratives and institutional action, we anticipate social responsibility as a core institutional value. We argue for social justice anti-racist platforms as critical dimensions of USR. We call for university milieus that promote a fair and just society among all stakeholders.

A qualitative study of early career Australian midwives’ encounters with perinatal grief, loss and trauma

ProblemThe health of women is dependent on midwifery workforce stability. Retaining new midwives is paramount, however without support, the early career can be a vulnerable time for midwives. BackgroundMidwives care for women who experience poor perinatal outcomes like stillbirth and neonatal death. Midwifery care in these sentinel events is complex. There is limited understanding of early career midwives’ experiences within these encounters. AimTo understand the experiences of Australian early career midwives’ clinical encounters with perinatal grief, loss and trauma. MethodsA qualitative descriptive/exploratory study using in-depth interviews. FindingsFour themes were identified from interview data: (1) all eyes on the skills; (2) support is of the essence; (3) enduring an emotional toll; (4) at all times, the woman. Most participants had minimal exposure to perinatal loss as a student. As a result, most felt unskilled and unprepared for this as a new midwife. DiscussionTypes and degrees of support varied in these encounters. Early career midwives who were well supported reflected positively on working with grief and loss. In contrast, inadequate or absent support had detrimental effects on participant wellbeing. Poorly supported encounters with death (intrapartum fetal, early neonatal, and maternal) in the early career period were significantly distressful, giving rise to mental and emotional distress. ConclusionPre-registration perinatal loss skill development and supported experiences are necessary for preparedness. Continued education, formalised debriefing and mentoring, institutional philosophies which promote collegial ethics of care, and the expansion of continuity of midwifery care models will improve new midwives’ experiences.