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Varieties of Parthood: Ontology learns from Engineering
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Vectors and Beyond: Geometric Algebra and its Philosophical Significance
(2009)An account of the history and recent revival of geometric algebra (first invented in the 19th century but later sidelined by vector theory), together with reflections on its importance for the philosophy of mathematics. -
'Vengeance is sweet': a herdswoman's recompense in the music of the Mantaro Valley
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Vigilantes, anti-drug movements, and community empowerment : a Dublin case study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2006)The Dublin anti-drug movement was a response to the escalation of the overt heroin problem in inner-city areas. In the early 1980’s, Concerned Parents Against Drugs (CPAD) became a citywide network whose intention was to ... -
Voter Expectations of Government Formation: The Importance of the Information Context in Coalition Systems:
(2021)Can voters in multi-party systems predict which coalition will form the government with any degree of accuracy? To date, studies which explore voter expectations of coalition formation have emphasized individual-level ... -
Voter preferences and party loyalty under cumulative voting: political behaviour after electoral reform in Bremen and Hamburg
(2018)Many electoral systems constrain voters to one or two votes at election time. Reformers often see this as a failing because voters' preferences are both broader and more varied than the number of choices allowed. New ... -
Voting behaviour in referendums
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Voting for government coalitions in Ireland under Single Transferable Vote
(2010)This paper addresses the issue of whether voters indicate a preference for a government rather than, or in addition to a preference for a party, when they cast a ballot under the system of the Single Transferable Vote ... -
We are more than statistics and scattered body parts : Telling stories and coalescing Palestinian history
(2013-03)The fragmentation of Palestinian lives into exile, under occupation and within Israel has led to a complex interweaving of collective memory and individual memories in the attempt to come to terms with and represent this ... -
We don't like (to) party : explaining the significance of Independents in Irish political life
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2008)The aim of this thesis is to explain the significant presence of Independents (non-party representatives) in the Irish political system. This topic was chosen because parties have a monopoly on parliamentary representation ... -
Weakness of will and practical reason
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2004)This thesis argues that a correct understanding of weakness of will (that is, freely failing to act as one thinks one has most reason to act) is crucial to a correct understanding of practical reason. Central to a theory ... -
What Determines the Location Choice of R&D Activities by Multinational Firms?
(2013)We analyse 446 location decisions of R&D activities by multinational firms incorporated in the European Union over 1999-2006. Our results suggest that on average, the location probability of a representative R&D foreign ... -
What does it mean to say that truth is plural?
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2014)This essay is an attempt to make sense of idea that truth is plural. I begin with presenting some motivations for pluralism about truth. I then move on to discuss the standard objections, and give some arguments for why ... -
What Has Happened to Marginal Tax Rates?
(ESRI, 2011)As the economy boomed in the early 2000s, income tax rates were reduced, tax credits were increased and the standard rate band was widened. With the onset of the crisis in 2007-2008, and the collapse of revenues from capital ... -
What message are we sending bottle-feeding families when we place formula in the same retail category as cigarettes?
(Image Magazine, 2021)I have a powerful memory of first reflecting on Irish breastfeeding politics. I was 20 and visiting a then- new American coffee chain that had arrived on my local main street. Amid trying to figure out which series of ... -
Where It's At: Modes of Occupation and Kinds of Occupant
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Whitehead: Process and Cosmology
(Routledge, 2009)Alfred North Whitehead (1861?1947) occupies a remarkable position in twentieth century philosophy. Though he co-authored the seminal Principia mathematica with his former student Bertrand Russell, and later supervised ...