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The Theory of Family Resemblances

R.W. Beardsmore
- 01 Apr 1992 - 
- Vol. 15, Iss: 2, pp 131-146
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This article is published in Philosophical Investigations.The article was published on 1992-04-01. It has received 15 citations till now.

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Kuhn's Account Of Family Resemblance: A Solution To The Problem Of Wide-Open Texture

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a construction of Kuhn's theory and argue that his solution necessitates a developmental perspective with builds on both the transmission of taxonomies betweengenerations and a progressive development through history.
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Three Different Conceptions of Know‐How and their Relevance to Professional and Vocational Education

TL;DR: The authors discusses three related aspects of know-how: skill, transversal abilities and project management abilities, which are often not distinguished within either the educational or the philosophical literature, and concludes with a discussion of the educational implications of these distinctions and of their interrelationships.
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A Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Types, Styles and Persons

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that sexual identity is not one unitary objectivity but includes two different levels of objectivity: one sensuous and the other conceptual, and that our concepts of man and woman do not automatically emerge from our pre-conceptual perceptions of sexed bodies but are constituted by an active focus of attention.
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“Spirituality” and Mysticism

TL;DR: This article explored the relationship between the self-rating as "spiritual" and mysticism as measured by Hood's Mysticism Scale and argued that "spirituality" may be the product of experiences that can be described in terms of mysticism.
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No Picnic: Cavell on Rule-Descriptions

TL;DR: In this article, an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.