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Why is it possible to reasonably ask В‘How do you loosen a screw?В’ while it is not rea-sonable to ask В‘How do you raise your arm?В’ For Ricoeur, the exercise of a capacity does not simply result from knowledge. In fact, I do not В‘knowВ’ my body when I am acting: I am able to act; that is all. I am able to do it because В‘I canВ’. The corporal events В‘I knowВ’ are not what В‘I doВ’. However, if a paralysed man were to ask the question В‘How do you raise your arm?В’, it would have the same meaning and logical ar...

For Ricoeur, the discourse of action – more specifically, the ‘say your doing’ – can and must be examined from different levels and from different traditional philosophical per-spectives, as follows: (1) conceptual analysis (i.e. the analysis of concepts used to de-scribe action), (2) logical analysis of statements of action (i.e. the proposition by which action is expressed and represented), and (3) the logic of action (i.e. the argumentative construction through which a strategy of action is built and just...

Servant leadership is a philosophy that includes methods, principles, practices and many useful concepts that can be applied to build better organizations, help businesses run more effectively and efficiently, to protect and encourage well-being. The term servant leadership is firstly used in essay “The servant as leader" and is created by Robert Greenleaf in 1970 [5]. Servant leadership is important for its approach and views of organizations, individuals and communities, it focuses on their growth and well-bei...

Irregular structures in areas with high seismic activity are always at risk of earthquakes. These type of structures should not have irregularities in any type to avoid heavy damage from earthquakes. Otherwise, the structures will be severe damaged from earthquakes. This damage, results in loss of innocent civilians and damage to the valuable property. Because of this, the limit values of many irregularities in the structures are controlled by codes. One of the irregularities in the buildings is set-back irregular...

Because of some, ideological rather than scientific, reasons, explanations of human behavior referring to culture as an all-encompassing nomos and as an axionormative matrix shaping all individuals, let alone those accounts referring to the genetic influence, are treated by many social and cultural scientist as reductionistic, deterministic, depersonalizing and reifying. These epithets are subsumed under relatively new term “essentialism” which has become, as Steven Pinker notices, “just about the worst thin...

Background: Sexual risk behaviour is one of the most significant forms of risk behaviour in adolescence. Therefore, the demand for a systematic sexual education in primary and secondary schools has been rising in the Czech Republic. Recently, a discussion has taken place about the need of sexual education in Czech schools. That is why many authors pay attention to sexual risk behaviour as a part of the general risk behaviour of children and youth. The contribution pays increased attention to the respondents aged l...

The aim of the article is to present the contemporary changes in the functional and spatial structure of Krakow. The article discusses transformations going on in several spatially, functionally and dimensionally varied fragments of the city which have become attractive locations for new development projects in recent years. Realising these areasВ’ growth potential derived from their local conditions has changed their character and relations with the surrounding structure. The new varied forms of development in th...

Active competition for good employees can currently be observed among employers because the most frequently mentioned topical issues in the labour market in Latvia are associated with ageing of the society, emigration of working-age population. The shortage of qualified labour due to the demographic processes and also the high levels of competition in the labour market in the transportation sector, the high levels of personnel turnover and the low levels of responses to the announced vacancies from potential emplo...

In this paper I am going to investigate the influence of Hegelianism in process philosophical theories such as Simondon's Ontogenetic Theory or the dialectical shape assumed by the Systems Theory. First, I will outline the common points between Simondon's philosophy and the Systems Theory, with a particular reference to the concepts of В«analogyВ» and В«transductionВ». I intend to show how these notions lead their respective theories close to Hegel's idea of Being. Second, I will notice that both Simondon and syst...

Melodic interpretation of an instrument (the piano) is the main part of piano performance. One of the most important criteria of the quality of a pianist’s performance is an ability to show piano’s melodic potential, to convey the vocal expressiveness to the sound of a melodic “tapestry”. Many well-known concert pianists used exquisite piano cantilena, a piano “sang” in their performances, relaying a palette of nuances of vocal intonation using the means of pianistic sonority. The study and research of t...

Currently slope protection is a serious and important issue, but one which is very often overlooked in urban public spaces especially in Poland. Although the site selected for this case study, Warsaw slope, is protected by the Warsaw Provincial Heritage Monuments Protection Office (Polish: Sto?eczny Konserwator Ochrony ZabytkГіw), there is no consensus as to its revitalization via the use of stabilization projects. Additionally, Warsaw slope is being progressively and continuously destroyed by erosion and the poor...

The aim of this paper is to apply parts from the technique of value analysis in the area of architectural engineering, trying to answer to the opportunity of using new solutions in water management of a smart building still from the conceptual phase of designing. To reach this issue were used various methodologies and tools as: scientific method, tree diagram, Computer Aided Design (REVIT software student, AutoCAD2017 student). Through a careful analyse of collected data, the paper indentifies trends and opportuni...

To develop the northern and arctic territories, highly skilled workers are needed. But the problem is that if the quality of life and work does not meet their expectations, they will not be equal in other regions, this can be an important condition for obtaining and consolidating the results of research and development of the Arctic areas and on the ecology of the northern region. It is necessary to create or transform settlements that should be maximally adapted to a particular territory, should not violate the b...

Previous research in the field of protest activity showed that protests are result of a multifactorial impact of socio-economic factors on the individual and group consciousness of citizens, taking into account the cognitive and axiological refraction of the surrounding reality which differs drastically for different regions, time periods, other circumstances. The key finding is the fact that any protest activity is conditioned by nonlinear influence of social and economic factors which form particular patterns of...

The current policy of the Russian Federation in the Arctic is aimed to large-scale expansion of the resource base in the region, development of economic sectors and construction of infrastructure facilities. The implementation of these ambitious projects requires recruitment of qualified labor resources to the region and attractive social and labor conditions. In the article, the current state of the socio-labor sphere of the northern region is considered on the example of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) as one of...

Nowadays companies due to the growing external influence are placing greater emphasis on social responsibility, they are not only paying attention to these activities, but also supporting these from their resources, which is often very different from the central economic beliefs. Very often the expectations are vague, but powerful, nevertheless it is worth dealing with them. Although certain requirements appear in the law also, yet, corporate managers dedication remains an open question like their willingness to i...

The paper presents results of studies devoted to assess the role of social capital and its relation to innovations, including social innovations, and development, particularly in rural areas. As an example of an indicator or category of social capital and innovation, the development of cooperatives in rural areas has been evaluated. Moreover, the benefits (i.e. for farmers, consumers and society) of rural, especially agricultural, cooperatives are estimated. Besides, the nature and impact of state support for agri...

After the economic crisis, all member states of the European Union have begun to take drastic measures to adjust national economies and to tackle the main problems that have affected and that still affect some countries, such as unemployment and in particular youth unemployment. Romania is one of the European Union countries that still faces this problem, despite the measures taken since the end of 2008. Although youth unemployment fell from 22.4% in Romania in 2014 to 21.7 % in 2015 reaching 2016 at 20.3%, Romani...

The proof of differentiation of estimates of quality and availability of services of institutions of infrastructure and satisfaction with the living environment with families of the different types living in city and rural areas of Russia acts as the purpose of work. Conclusions of a research are constructed on the analysis of data of the official statistical account during 2005-2014 and results of the representative selective research "Complex Observation of Living Conditions of the Population" conducted in the m...

The quality of life is at present estimated both on the grounds of material values determining the societyВ’s standard of life and through non-material values, which affect the level of human satisfaction with life, such as good health, leisure time, a level of independence or social relations. Measuring the quality of life is a complex task, because it regards subjective aspects, which are difficult to express on a numerical scale. This article presents problems of constructing a universal meter describing the le...

Nowadays we are witnessing the growing proliferation of social media in almost every sphere of our lives – from economics, to politics, society and education. Undoubtedly, the new opportunities of various social media applications such as social networking sites, collaborative projects, blogs, wikis, content communities, forums, etc., have their impact on educational process for both teachers and students. The main goal of this research is to identify some notable trends, opportunities and limitations regarding ...

Social media have become one of the most influential communication phenomena of the 21st century. It is therefore no surprise that publishing journalistic content via social networks is quickly overcoming the rather “articificially” created distinctions between professional journalists, civic activists and “regular” members of the media audiences. As the institutionalized press is now just one of the many existing ways of reaching the general public, journalism theorists as well as professional journalists...

Wide adoption of social media in everyday life and professional activity involves the formation of a complex of normative-legal acts, aimed at comprehensive regulation of the generated relations. One of the key directions in this field was the development and testing of mechanism of providing the state and municipal employees reporting on the activity carried out in the virtual space. Despite the fact that competent agencies have yet to give the final assessment of the accuracy and completeness of the information ...

Occupational therapists are specialists who facilitate independence and support participation of their clients in occupations that are personally meaningful to them, in order to enhance their well-being and quality of life. One of the core values which support occupational therapy (OT) practice is viewing the client as someone who acts on the environment. The history of OT at university level in Poland is very short – the teaching of future occupational therapists started only 5 years ago. Persons active in the ...

The study is done because in Latvia supervision rapidly takes its place between professions recognized in the national level, becoming an integral part of professional components. As there is an increasing demand for supervisors, the aim of this study is to find out attitudes about the supervision service and consumer social representations. The main tasks of the research paper are to analyse scientific literature on supervision, consumer social representations and attitude towards supervision, create to gather da...

The article discusses the social risks and their role in the management of entrepreneurial structures. Risks are indicators of the degree of social tension and level of success of entrepreneurial environment on local level, regional level and enterprise specific, and macro. The General trend in Russia was strengthening the entrepreneurial activities of the state - state equity participation of large companies is becoming one of the most common forms of state regulatory impact on the economic activity of economic a...

This contribution is connected with the social skill development of children between the ages 14 -15 who come from socially excluded areas and are educated in non-mainstream informal education realised in low-threshold social clubs for children and youth in the Czech Republic. The theoretical introduction of the thesis characterizes the approaches towards informal education in the Czech Republic, the methods applied and possible realisation of intervention and education itself. Furthermore, another discussed issue...

The aim of the article is to analyze the impact and importance of social solidarity in Polish political and socio-economic thought in the period 1918-1939. The article explores the source of the idea of solidarity in Poland, with particular reference to the French and German concepts of social solidarity at the end of the 19th century, as well as the attitude towards them in selected political spheres during the development of regeneration after the period of the partitions of the Polish State. The idea of social ...

Introduction: The article is focused on interconnection of selected social and health characteristics with regard to the concept of quality of life and social determinants of health according to Wilkinson and Marmot. The selected characteristics include social exclusion and social support and their impact on the health of the Ukrainians living in the Czech Republic. The selected social characteristics were chosen with regard to the 10 social determinants of health: social gradient, stress, childhood, social exclus...

Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility requires balanced consideration of environmental, economic, ethic, philanthropic and social issues. The companiesВ’ effort to present relevant responsible activities can be considered as ones of the most meaningful reporting goal with strong impacts on important stakeholders as well as on the broad society. Presentation of economic and environmental information via regular reports and static companiesВ’ web pages can be considered as a common company practice, but social,...

The paper discusses one of the most interesting historical landmarks in the development of Slovak Music Aesthetics – that of Socialist Realism. The period of constructive effort (normative aesthetics) followed by the normalization period, paradoxically quite indifferent in the attitude to the “scientific” exploring of aesthetics through the application of Marxist philosophy, make the focus of the study. The aesthetics of Socialist Realism (normative aesthetics) and movements in music culture in the second ha...

In order to develop the model of analysis there is a need for definitions of a variety of approaches and policies with regard to conflict sensitivity and social inclusion. One of the precondition of building multiethnic society is to design public policies that are conflict sensitive and socially inclusive for all the segments of the society. This analysis will focus on policy making process in terms of ethnic inclusiveness and sensitiveness. For the purpose of this report at this stage, we will present the follow...

This paper explores the literature on social investment. Social investment is a form of implementing social responsibility and investment in human development. The effect of social investment is determined by the quality of life and has comprehensive direction for the development of social reproduction, because the system of social investment in its parameters beyond national interests. We provide empirical evidence of the influence of social preferences on formation of the investment portfolio of large Russian co...

The presented article is devoted to the study of the role of socio-ecological education in the development of the economy, which is associated with the threat of an ecological disaster, which requires an urgent search for options and ways to dramatically change people's consciousness, their worldview and value systems, requiring an urgent research for options and ways to principal change of people's consciousness, their world perceptionand value systems. The relevance of the research in the article is determined b...

Modern geography is certain about the significant influence of the coastal factor over the territorial organization of society, the economic, residential and ecological specifics of the coastal territories. In the past fifteen years, the pronounced shift of population and investments towards the sea became equally characteristic for the Russian Federation. This fact further facilitates the segregation of national maritime zones as a priority object of integrated management, initiating efforts on their delimitation...

The authors focused on the analytical work on the autism spectrum, the continuous growth in terms of number of clients of social work and difficulties with mental disabilities - of men, women, children, youth, adults and seniors, is a challenge to the scientific orientation. Precisely it is because of the issues of disadvantaged, communication, therapeutic activities, and economic support for mentally disabled people in their families and society are not paid enough attention. A typical reaction of the family afte...

The article deals with the phenomenon of staginess in choral performance as an artistic device of enlivening academic music and stage performance. The authorsВ’ research attitude is based on the interpretation of staginess as an effective device of enhancing communicative character of music, which manifests itself in the choral arts through the union of music and words, in which words are the script of a composition. The research was carried out on the basis of the following methods: cultural and historical method...

This report describes a document management system in the university related to the learning process. As an example of the application and shows a faculty. The design of the system has developed using three-tier architecture, which allows the separation of key components for efficient reuse of code and allow options for parallel development. The development of system allowing professors and students involved in the development increase their knowledge and acquire practical skills in the design, development and imp...

The paper aims to analyse the sole trader (Rom., persoana fizica autorizata or P.F.A.) from the Romanian law perspective, by focusing on the characteristics of this legal institution, the liability for performing economic activities under this form, as well as certain implied practical and fiscal issues. The Romanian legislation has suffered serious amendments in the last period as it is the case of the Romanian Civil Code, which has been amended in year 2011. The legal provisions on the sole trader have been also...

The nowadays Europe appears to us as a scenery reflecting, in other images, the history of a continent revolved by attempts, disputes, challenges for the exceeding of which is necessary finding, every time other solutions, the aimed finality being every time the same, security and peace on continent. The history has reflected the necessity of an international alliance between states, the fundamental aim being to ensure stability on a regional and continental level, as well as the fact that alliances created by mil...

It is essential to know how color choices influence people, the idea that there is one unique psychological reaction to certain colors being incorrect. Many of the reactions that color psychologists attribute to certain colors are based on personal experience. It is also interesting to note that many cultures have associations of colors with completely different interpretations. Therefore, we will explore some general associations that most people in Western cultures have as a response to certain colors. Although ...

Corruption is one of the biggest challenges of the time, a worrying phenomenon for the whole society, therefore society most oppose it by trying in various ways to prevent it. Corruption as a great evil, today is present in all societies in all its forms, certainly in some countries is more extended and in some other less extended. Corruption is one of the heaviest forms as a prevalent appearance in modern societies and unfortunately, some forms of the corruption have become an everyday concern in our country. Cor...

The article discusses some aspects of the distribution of rural population and settlements of the Republic of Tatarstan since 1959 for 2013. The main factors influencing the location of rural population and settlements – geographical, social, economic, environmental, transport etc. national peculiarities of the peoples such as Russians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Chuvash, Maris, Udmurts etc.who live on the territory of the Republic,influenced For the placement and formation of a network of rural settlements. In the early...

The issues of English intonation patterns are a significant part of phoneticiansВ’ research. However, much in this field remains a matter of considerable debate. This can be largely attributed to the multifunctional nature of intonation, as well as the complex emotional and volitional aspects involved. Prosodic arrangement of business speech is a separate topical research issue. The speech of business people is typically characterised by some specific features, including intonation peculiarities, and reflects the ...

As more and more companies invest a lot of money and effort into building their own corporate universities, the economic effectiveness of corporate universities is under increased scrutiny. However, not many researchers have addressed the issue of the evaluation of learning effectiveness in corporate universities. In our article, the main methods, applied by famous corporate universities to measure the results that corporate education delivers, are analysed. The importance of the evaluation of learning effectivene...

The article reviews some similarities of the present tense categories in the indicative mood in two unrelated languages. Unrelated languages (for example, French and Japanese), remotely related (French and Russian), close related (French and Spanish), variations of one language (French language in France and Canada), different stages of one language (modern French and Old French languages) can be an object of comparative and typological linguistics. In our article, we consider similarities of the present tense cat...

Criticism of speculative philosophy through the lens of existential communication is a theme that goes through the whole authorship of Danish religious philosopher Soren Kierkegaard; a special attention to it is paid in the works signed by Johannes Climacus. This is one of the reasons why the fore-mentioned works can be employed in researching Kierkegaard’s views on philosophy as method, or rather – his criticism of it. He speaks of the existential communication in the context of several contradictions, e.g. in...

This article analyses the sources for forming a common social identity between migrants of different ethnicities from Central Asia and a host community, the citizens of Ekaterinburg. Ekaterinburg is a big city hosting a large number of migrants belonging to different ethnicities. The ethnocultural characteristics possessed by the migrants and the citizens of Ekaterinburg are different; this makes it problematic to form a common social identity. The authors consider the formation of a social identity as a process t...

The current arguments based on the alleged “unusual size structure” of the Czech agriculture resulted in regulation by Act No. 395/2009 Coll., on Significant Market Power in the Sale of Agricultural and Food Products and the Abuse thereof and Act No. 50/2016 Coll., amending the Act No. 395/2009 Coll. which was issued on 13 January 2016. The article focuses on the research – when and under what circumstances concentrated economic structure of the Czech agriculture was created. It is the purpose of this articl...

According to the European Space Agency statistics posted on July 2013, the orbit contains a curious number of debris. Specifically, there are more than 170 million debris smaller than 1 cm (0.4 in), and about 670,000 debris ranging between 1 and 10 cm. Further, around 29,000 larger debris were estimated to be in orbit. Figures from the U.S Strategic Command drafted report indicate that in the EarthВ’s orbit, there are 17,852 artificial objects, including 1,419 operational satellites. Due to the fact that we can co...