Idea Of Reason Research Articles

The Struggle of the Memphis Grizzlies: NBA Basketball Team Operation Management Strategy Optimization Analysis

Recent years have witnessed the continuously growing popularity of NBA, which contributes to the rapid enlargement of NBA basketball teams’ marketing size. Nevertheless, among the 30 NBA basketball team, the Memphis Grizzlies has the lowest franchise value, in 2.4 billion dollars in 2023.The reasons why Memphis Grizzlies has the lowest franchise value are diverse and complex, including economic factors, poor team performances, fan base engagement and market. This paper organizes the relevant literature and looks into the factors of the low franchise value of Memphis Grizzlies from the aspects of economy, team performances, fandom and market. Moreover, this paper would also provide some reasonable solutions for Memphis Grizzlies to deal with the challenges they face in the future. The conclusion and solutions provided by this paper might help Memphis Grizzlies reveal and analyse the current situation of them and provide some reasonable ideas for them to get rid of the barries, promoting them to improve their franchise value and have a prosperous future.

The influence of family cultural capital on higher vocational school admission opportunities: A case study in China

In the face of the great influence of family background on educational opportunities and educational achievements, an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of vocational college students’ family cultural capital can offer a clearer understanding of this group and help society, families, schools, and individuals to establish a scientific concept of growth and talent. Using the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) database, through a regression analysis of the adult and children’s self-answers to 840 follow-up questionnaires, it was found that the concern for children’s education and the achievement outcomes of educational expectations in the dimension of educational involvement show significant effects in most models. The value cognition in family cultural capital has a reproduction effect. A person’s self-inflicted efforts can significantly reduce individual vocational college admission opportunities. In the context of the globalization of educational equity, China should break the extant human capital evaluation model that links academic performance with identity at the social level. At the family level, the formation of reasonable educational ideas and expectations is recommended. More importantly, individuals must clearly recognize the mechanism of cultural reproduction, reshape their self-perception and worldview, and transcend habitus.

Илюзиите в антиутопията „Ние“ на Евгений Замятин, или критика на чистия разум

The article analyzes the illusions in Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel “We” in relation to Kant’s transcendental dialectic, which explores the ideas of pure reason. Through an intertextual approach and comparative analysis methods, the study traces the connection between the philosophical work and the fictional world of the 20th-century novel through the lens of the four antinomies of pure reason. The research reveals multiple allusions and reminiscences to transcendental illusions in “The Critique of Pure Reason,” manifested in the artistic reinterpretation of Kant’s philosophical concepts. The analysis of antinomies uncovers fundamental oppositions in the novel between limitation and infinity, individuality and collectivity, freedom and submission, faith and denial. The results demonstrate that the novel transcends traditional dystopian criticism, evolving into a complex philosophical reflection on the dangers of reason’s absolutization. The study establishes how the artistic reimagining of Kantian philosophical concepts enables Zamyatin to problematize the idea of reason as the supreme criterion for human perfection. The research findings reveal that through examining the implicit relationship between the four pure reason antinomies and the novel’s narrative structure, Zamyatin creates a sophisticated critique of rational absolutism. This interpretation gains particular relevance in the context of contemporary technological progress and the drive toward rationalization of human life at the expense of emotionality and creative imagination.

Waluchow’s constitutional morality and the artificial reason of the Common Law

This article proposes to elucidate Wilfrid Waluchow’s notion of constitutional morality by explaining how it relates to the classical common law idea of artificial reason. It examines how Waluchow’s effort to reconcile insights from the thought of H.L.A. Hart and Ronald Dworkin through the idea of constitutional morality is both reminiscent of the artificial reason of the common law and distinct from it. It shows that constitutional morality evokes the subtle union of custom and reason found in artificial reason, but also that it proposes, under the influence of Hart’s notion of rule of recognition, a narrower understanding of law’s foundation in established practices, and that it gives, consistent with Dworkin’s vision of law as integrity, a greater theoretical scope to law’s rationality.

Leaving the State of Nature. Strengths and Limits of Kant’s Transformation of the Social Contract Tradition (online first)

I first outline how Kant’s ideal account of rightful external freedom transforms the social contract tradition as found in the works of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, before proposing a way to see Kant’s two-layered non-ideal theory as complementing his ideal theory of rightful freedom. This enables us to envision a conception of rightful external freedom and of rightful human freedom in particular societies. These arguments also show us the importance of realizing that the four possible political conditions for Kant – anarchy, barbarism, despotism, and republic – are ideas of reason, which means that they are never perfectly realized. Hence, historical societies are not either in the state of nature or in civil society, and in historical republics, there are pockets of injustice or pockets devoid of justice that can only be captured by means of one of the three political ideas that are not constitutive of the republican legal-political framework.

Leaving the State of Nature. Strengths and Limits of Kant’s Transformation of the Social Contract Tradition

I first outline how Kant’s ideal account of rightful external freedom transforms the social contract tradition as found in the works of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, before proposing a way to see Kant’s two-layered non-ideal theory as complementing his ideal theory of rightful freedom. This enables us to envision a conception of rightful external freedom and of rightful human freedom in particular societies. These arguments also show us the importance of realizing that the four possible political conditions for Kant – anarchy, barbarism, despotism, and republic – are ideas of reason, which means that they are never perfectly realized. Hence, historical societies are not either in the state of nature or in civil society, and in historical republics, there are pockets of injustice or pockets devoid of justice that can only be captured by means of one of the three political ideas that are not constitutive of the republican legal-political framework.

Performance study of high energy storage supercapacitor from waste corn husk biomass electrode materials

Waste biomass carbon materials are used as green and environmentally friendly electrode materials for supercapacitors (SCs) have great development prospects, therefore, miscellaneous elements-rich and recycled renewable porous carbon materials have important applications value in the field of energy storage device. In this paper, waste corn husk as biomass precursor to prepare corn husk porous carbon (CHPC) using two steps of high-temperature carbonization and KOH activation. The CHPC-2 optimized by KOH shows a specific surface area (SSA) of 1103 m2 g−1 and a total pore volume of 0.83 cm3 g−1, achieving a high specific capacitance of 413.4 F g−1 at 0.5 A g−1. After 10,000 cycles, only 4.17 % of the capacitance was lost. In a two-electrode system with 1 M Na2SO4 as the electrolyte, CHPC-2//CHPC-2 exhibits a specific capacitance of 333 F g−1 at a wide voltage window of 0–1.8 V, and energy density of 37.46 Wh Kg−1 when power density is 450 W kg−1, which possesses the capacitance retention rate of 85.16 % after 5000 cycles. The assembled symmetrical SCs contain capacitance of 308.79 F g−1, and 21.02 Wh kg−1 under a power density of 350 W kg−1 in PVA/KOH gel electrolyte. Consequently, CHPC materials provide a scientific and reasonable research idea for the development of SCs with inexpensive, non-polluting, and high energy density.

Mecanismos, deducción y semiosis: Charles S. Peirce y las “Máquinas lógicas”

Charles S. Peirce was interested on logical machines developed in the late 19th century and discussed whether they could develop the authentic semiotic processes indispensable for deductive reasoning. Is it possible for machines to have a genuine capacity to carry out inferences? In this paper, Peirce's arguments are analyzed, who argued that deduction, in general, cannot be reduced to mechanical factors. To this end, reference will be made to the idea of theorematic reasoning, which is fundamental for mathematical proofs and goes beyond mechanical procedures. The idea of semiosis in Peirce will also be explored, which seems to extend to the organic realm, but not to the artificial inorganic world of machines. Finally, some conclusions will be drawn about Artificial Intelligence from Peirce’s semiotic perspective.

Natures, ideas, and essentialism in Kant

Despite recent essentialist approaches to Kant’s laws of nature, it is unclear whether Kant’s critical philosophy is compatible with core tenets of essentialism. In this paper, I first reconstruct Kant’s position by identifying the key metaphysical and epistemological features of his notion of ‘nature’ or ‘essence’. Two theses about natures can be found in the literature, namely that they are noumenal in character (noumenal thesis) and that they guide scientific investigation as regulative ideas of reason (regulative thesis). I argue that Kant’s notion of nature does not entail the noumenal thesis and, based on his model of causal explanation, I propose a novel, phenomenal thesis, that allows for a better understanding of the function of natures as regulative ideas. In the last part of the paper, I show that Kant’s ‘essentialism’ is a genuine form of essentialism committed to de re modality, although it differs in several respects from major contemporary essentialist accounts. I conclude by suggesting that Kant’s essentialism (if appropriately updated) can be relevant to the contemporary debate, which has so far been dominated by Humean and Aristotelian proposals.

Menasseh ben-Israel and reason of state: the intersection of ideas and politics in the petitions to re-settle Iberian Jewry (1645–1655)

ABSTRACT Menasseh ben-Israel petitioned to re-admit Jews to England in 1655. Historians have been aware that Menasseh utilized the ideas employed by Simone Luzzatto in Luzzatto’s efforts to avoid the expulsion of the Jews from Venice. Luzzatto employed the humanist language of reason of state, while Menasseh’s writings were all exegetical in nature prior to 1655. How did Menasseh, a messianist whose writings focused on explaining Jewish thought, who had shown no interest in humanist political discourse, come to employ the humanist ideas of reason of state popular in the mid-seventeenth century? Furthermore, Luzzatto’s petition is a meek request to allow Jews to continue to reside in the Venetian ghetto, while Menasseh addresses Cromwell as an ambassador of one nation to the leader of another boldly requesting to be admitted to England without disabilities. How can we explain this dramatic change in tone? This paper traces the links, as well as the crucial differences, between these two petitions by examining several other petitions on behalf of Atlantic Jewry as well as the international developments in the intervening period. This paper argues that these factors were critical in the development of Menasseh’s thought as well as his choice of language and tone.

Kant and the project of a philosophical history of philosophy

This paper reconstructs the premises and meaning of the final chapter of the first Critique, The History of Pure Reason. It argues that the project of a history of pure reason rests on the main arguments developed throughout the work, especially the idea of pure reason as an organized whole. It also claims that this philosophical history has a regulative status.

Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Siswa Pada Materi Perbandingan Trigonometri Pada Segitiga Siku-Siku Menggunakan Media Edukatif Pada Kurikulum Merdeka

Trigonometry material is very important in mathematics learning because it become one aspects that needs to be trained and developed. The activity using Macromedia Flash can help students develop reasoning, make conjectures and tests ideas in solving problems. Reality, most of students face difficulties of comparison of right triangle Trigonometry as well as. Besides that ,learning process rarely give students opportunity to build their knowledge as suitable as their own cognitive development. The aim of this reserch is action research can help students to understand of comparison of right triangle Trigonometry with Macromedia Flash giving students opportunity to build their own knowledge in high school. The research method which used classroom action research and the research subjects were of X class of SMA Plus Negeri 17 Palembang, South Sumatera. The results of the research obtained learning method can help students to understand right triangle Trigonometry. Start with combination material of Macromedia Flash as starting point, independently and/or interacting with other learning sources such as books, peers, class discussions and teacher reinforcement, students find out comparison of right triangle Trigonometry. The learning results show that by using Macromedia Flash material of comparison of right triangle Trigonometry is easy for students to understand and comprehend

Political liberalism, public reason and the Goldilocks problem: On Michelman’s Constitutional Essentials

Michelman's Constitutional Essentials raises important questions about the idea of political liberalism and related idea of public reason. This essay offers a sympathetic commentary while also exploring the importance of the idea of reciprocity for both Rawls and Michelman.

Research on "The Belt and Road Initiative" report of think tank based on theme evolution and identification--Taking 2013-2020 as an example.

China's "the Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI) is a top-level cooperation initiative among countries proposed by China, which has promoted China's cooperation with relevant countries in various aspects and fields. Research reports from think tanks and experts on the evaluation, analysis, and research conclusions of the BRI can reflect the stance, opinions, and demands of various countries abroad regarding the initiative. This paper takes the BRI reports of important think tanks in the " Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2020" as the subject of its research, and analyzes the key points and development trends of foreign think tank research on the BRI by using text mining, topic evolution, and social network analysis. It provides reasonable suggestions and ideas for promoting the construction of the BRI and deepening related cooperation in China. Research shows that the thematic distribution of research reports on the BRI by think tanks is mainly focused on the fields of politics, economy, and military. The research areas are relatively stable, and there is not a strong trend of thematic evolution. The evolution paths are also mainly distributed in the fields of politics, economy, and military. There are not many expansions in the thematic evolution directions over the years, and there is a strong inheritance of themes. The connection between research themes and the main purpose of the BRI is somewhat inadequate, indicating a certain limitation in the understanding of the BRI.

Between Revolution and Reaction: The Political Significance of Kant’s Doctrine of the Idea

Abstract This essay argues that Kant’s conception of regulative ideas of practical reason introduced in the Critique of Pure Reason serves an important twofold function in his political philosophy. First, Kant’s version of the ideal, Platonic republic acts as the a priori paradigm of a rightful state to which existing regimes can and should conform. Second, Kant frames the regulative status of such practical ideas as a resolution of the conflict between the extremes of dogmatism and skepticism. In his principal political writings from the 1790s—i. e., “Theory and Practice,” “Perpetual Peace,” and the Doctrine of Right—Kant draws on his account of practical ideas in the Critique to articulate a counterfactual norm of popular sovereignty that distinguishes his political standpoint from opponents on the left and the right. Radicals repeat the error of the dogmatists by affirming that the norm of collective self-legislation is completely attainable in experience. By contrast, conservatives make the mistake of the skeptics by denying that rational political standards can be applied to reality at all. I show that Kant reconciles these extremes through his model of gradual, non-violent political reform guided by the regulative ideal of a perfectly self-legislating state.

P‐121: Research on heat dissipation of high power consumption LED display

The use of high‐power circuit devices puts forward high heat dissipation requirements for LED display. Several heat dissipation methods are studied in this paper to provide a reasonable idea of high power consumption LED display.

Strategic inertia and renewal: Contrasting responses to market changes

The academic, consulting, and practitioner-oriented literatures present many examples of companies that have failed to adapt their strategy in the face of a changing competitive arena, even when their top managers and executives acknowledged the need for change—and had a reasonable idea of what ought to be done. By means of an in-depth study of two polar cases of large companies from the fast-moving consumer goods sector, this study sheds light on the complex intertwined causes that lead some companies into strategic inertia, while others engage in strategic renewal. Our theoretical framing of possible causes of inertia encompasses cognitive schema, power and politics, emotions, and communication. Our findings provide credible evidence that strategic inertia (or renewal) is the outcome of conjunctural causation, so that a similar initial cause may result in different outcomes depending on the processual interaction with other contributing factors at the organizational, group, and individual levels. The conjunction of various causes can lead a company's managers to adhere rigidly to their sources of past success or, alternatively, embrace novel pathways despite short-term uncertainty and anxiety.

Increasing the content of fiber and minerals in gnocchi with added dragon fruit peels as sub stitution of ingredient for improvement of food product quality and human health

Gnocchi is a type of homemade pasta made from potatoes, flour and eggs. Improving food product quality in terms of nutrition in gnocchi products it is possible now also use food waste. In addition to improvement of food product quality and human health, the addition of dragon fruit peel, which is considered as waste, can provide reasonable solutions or ideas about recycling of food waste. In this study, the produced food product was gnocchi with addition of by-product — dragon fruit peel, which was tested for fiber content and content of the following minerals: iron, potassium, calcium. The data obtained were then analyzed statistically by the SPSS program to determine the effect of variation using the T-test. Based on the results of the study it was concluded that the content of dietary fiber of dragon fruit peel in the sample of gnocchi denoted as F3 featured the highest water-soluble dietary fiber content with a score of 1.33%, water insoluble dietary fiber content with a score of 1.86%. and total dietary fiber content with a score of 3.19%. This also shows that the more dragon fruit peel is added, the higher is the total dietary fiber content in gnocchi with addition of dragon fruit peel. This high dietary fiber will be beneficial to humans, especially good for the digestive system. Meanwhile, the mineral content of gnocchi with dragon fruit peel also showed that the F3 sample had the highest mineral content, in particular — iron (Fe) in amount of 1.886 mg/100 g, potassium (K) 6.179 mg/100 g, and calcium (Ca) in amount of 25.339 mg/100 g. This also shows that the addition of dragon fruit peel is useful for improvement of human health and the quality of food product, i. e. gnocchi by increasing the total content of dietary fiber and improving the mineral composition of gnocchi due to addition of dragon fruit peel.

Interlingual relations as a main factor in mutually enriching languages

There are both reasonable and unjustified ideas in the assumptions and theories about the root commonality in languages of different systems. In this work presented to the readers, special attention is paid to the analysis of the right and wrong aspects of those ideas. Because the contradictions themselves are very important to reveal the truth. Later, in order to eliminate the difficulty in understanding the comparison of roots, it was considered appropriate to provide information about the structure and formation of the genetic roots of the Azerbaijani language itself. This work also analyzes the commonality of monosyllabic roots and words with root-formative composition, as well as parallelisms and motivational similarities. In this analysis, the latest sources of linguistics were used and analyzes and comparisons were made. The mutual development of languages is the reflection of interlingual interaction. The cooperation of nations and peoples affects primarily their language. Conversion of the achievements of scientific and technological achievements into the common property of humanity, the mutual development of their cultural values, in the creation and development of mutually beneficial relations between languages as well as in literature. In the process of its own historical development, the languages have been and continue to be in the process of mutual language interaction.

Social Reasons

ABSTRACTThe goal of this article is to motivate the idea of a social reason and demonstrate its usefulness in social theorizing. For example, in a society that values getting married young, the fact that one is young is a reason to get married. In racist and sexist societies, we have social reasons to be racist and sexist. Social reasons give rise to social requirements and obligations, where these requirements often conflict with prudential and moral requirements. My application of reasons to social philosophy parallels Charles Mills' and Carole Pateman's applications of social contract theory to political philosophy. While they use social contract theory to make sense of patriarchy and white supremacy, I use the theory of normative reasons to make sense of social injustice. The theory of normative reasons meets non‐ideal theory.