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Integrated Spatial Reasoning In Geographic Information Systems: Combining Topology And Direction, Jayant Sharma
Integrated Spatial Reasoning In Geographic Information Systems: Combining Topology And Direction, Jayant Sharma
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As Geographic Information Systems (GISs) have gained wider acceptance and application, the interest in spatial modeling and reasoning has deepened. The purpose of a model and reasoning framework is to permit a user to experiment and study causal relationships in the real world by operating on the model only. Traditionally GISs employ purely quantitative methods to represent and infer spatial information. This approach has serious shortcomings when dealing with qualitative spatial information, which may be incomplete or imprecise and does not contain knowledge of the geometry of the spatial objects, which humans are particularly adept at utilizing in their daily …
The Rise Of The Marburg Phoenix: Karl Vorlaender's Kantian/Marxian Synthesis As Key In The Debate Over Capitalism Vs. Economic Democracy, Kevin M. Mccarron
The Rise Of The Marburg Phoenix: Karl Vorlaender's Kantian/Marxian Synthesis As Key In The Debate Over Capitalism Vs. Economic Democracy, Kevin M. Mccarron
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Mainstream economics has long avoided two issues pressing on the discipline and on society: Ownership of the means of production and ethics. While Adam Smith clearly presented his Wealth of Nations as a normative adjunct to his Theory of Moral Sentiments, he left alone the question of ownership. While Karl Marx presented a detailed critique of the theory and practice of capitalism, he failed to produce an explicit ethical theory to explain why capitalism is unacceptable. In 1971 there appeared a work that would have great impact on the academic world, John Rawls' A Theory of Justice. Here was a …