The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…In turn, the marginal fan groups, which kept a clear nationalistic orientation from Soviet times, have an ideological potential to migrate towards Euro-skepticism, anti-globalism, and xenophobia.  Regardless of the huge former importance of sport in sustaining national identity, nowadays, only in case of a signal victory, sport is able to rally strong "emotional communities." …”
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The Concept of Akrasia in D. Husak’s Theory of Criminal Responsibility and the Advantages of Its Alternative by Gediminas Šataitis

“…In his theory, Husak employs the concept of akrasia related to moral knowledge-ignorance, albeit sourcing its presuppositions from contemporary skeptics rather than from ancient philosophy. Yet, Husak’s theory is not skeptical. …”
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Challenges and impasses in Kant’s theory of truth and judgment: An interpretation of Kant’s anti-Realism by Lucas Ribeiro Vollet

“…The second is to show the nature of Kantian realism as his response to the skeptic and a reflection on the objective distinctness of representations. …”
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The fate of Siberian civilization by M. V. Shilovskiy

“…Sushko regarding the prospects for the incorporation of Siberia into the all-Russian civilizational space taking into account the positions of Siberian oblasts. The author is skeptical about the prospects for the separation of Asian Russia in the foreseeable future and is trying to argue his point of view…”
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L’esprit publicitaire by Roland Canu, Bastien Soutjis

“…On one hand there is the quest for effective advertising techniques and messages likely to convince sometimes skeptical economic partners. On the other hand, there is a quest for acceptability for these techniques and messages, acceptability that may help limit criticism from civil society.…”
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Globalização e desenvolvimento regional na Tríplice Fronteira by Eric Gustavo Cardin

“…In order to do that, it theoretically discusses the concepts of globalization, governance and paradiplomacia, noting some of the conflicts and contradictions existing in some of the discussions between skeptical and globalistas. The article also presents empirical considerations by observing the socioeconomic development of the region known as the Triple Frontier (Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina), exploring the interdependence relationship and questioning the contributions that the conceptual discussions bring for the strengthening of reflections referring to local and regional growth.…”
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Des stéréotypes à l’ère des fake news by Isabelle Boyer, Luciana Radut-Gaghi

“…The public’s suspicious mood lends itself to an analysis of the figure of the scientist as it has emerged in the dialogue between climate defenders and climate skeptics. The corpus is made up writings by recognized scientists published in French that have become references in the field in the last 15 years.…”
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Chasser le naturel : le préjugé métaphysique de Lolita by Antoine Traisnel

“…This article argues that literature for Nabokov engages reality with a skeptic’s eye, going so far as to posit the absolute sovereignty of the former. …”
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Cinemas and Spectators of International Development by Molly Geidel

“…However, it attends not only to the ideal spectators these films attempted to create, but also to the experiences of spectators themselves, concluding that audience reactions to development films, particularly among non-experts, were often skeptical of the universal modernization trajectories on which the films insisted.…”
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The Approach Of The Sports Press To Public Relations Activities in Turkey by Aydemir Okay

“…Despite some evidences regarding the usefulness of public relations supports on news work, a number of studies have described the perceptions of public relations practitioners and journalists as sometimes adversarial,  cooperative, or a love-hate relationship, and mostly skeptical toward each other. Most studies confirm that practitioners try to influence the news process and journalists try to defend against undue influence by sources, too.Although sport is used as a communications vehicle it hasn't been given adequate treatment within public relations literature. …”
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Les révoltes au pays de la révolution by Kamel Chachoua

“…Much of the Algerian intelligentsia in general and social scientists in particular were critical or, at the very least skeptical about the “Arab revolts” as spring 2011. …”
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Wittgenstein and metamorphoses of legal language by A. B. Didikin

“…Modern discussions about the possibilities of implementing Wittgenstein’s arguments about the rule following problem and the skeptical argument in the field of interpretation and clarification of the content of legal norms are considered. …”
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Étudier l’accueil des neurosciences en éducation : une illustration épistémologique à partir de la positivismusstreit by Arianne Robichaud, Marina SCHWIMMER, Maxime GAUTHIER-LACASSE

“…As some embrace the arrival of such science with open arms, others tend to be more skeptical. This article submits fundemental thoughts regarding this debate, inspired by its parallels with the positivism dispute, one of the most important epistemological debates of the 20th century. …”
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Mihai Sin – suprafețele prozei by Nicoleta Sălcudeanu

“…Without any irony, but with the addition of substantial steel lucidity, the writing of Mihai Sin is a frowning aspect of French moralism, a mix of prose, essays and pamphlets, and vision is that of an angry Candide, a Candide obviously more skeptical than Voltaire himself. The great stake is actually the moral manifesto, ultimate and realistic at the same time. …”
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Las memorias de Mario Onaindia: geminación e iluminaciones by Miguel Olmos

“…The author's active search is guided by a disbelieving or skeptical attitude, whose questions may appear dramatized through duplicated textual structures. …”
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About polyhedrane “cages” and their doubtful supramolecular lodging capacity: a demonstration by the absurd and a plea for free expression in scientific journals by Riess, Jean G.

“…The question of the publishability of a skeptical opinion on such techno-legal documents in scientific journals is raised. …”
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How French alternative media channels on YouTube portray the government and mainstream media on YouTube by Maud Reveilhac, Camille Nchakga

“…They simultaneously provide factual content and amplify skeptical narratives, contributing to public mistrust in journalism and governmental institutions. …”
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Zabawa czy afekt? O ideologicznym uwikłaniu twórczości Wiktora Pielewina by Andrzej Polak

“…The former accuse him of an overly skeptical attitude to the Western model of life, while the latter do not like the writer’s ironic approach to social reality, polemics with Russian values and attempts to discredit them. …”
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O debate da Escola de Frankfurt e suas contribuições para uma reflexão crítica da sociedade contemporânea by Rodrigo Marques Leistner

“…The works produced by this “marginal” nucleus, as well as its posterior refinement in the work of Habermas, present theoretical alternatives of relational features which oppose to the structural and skeptic vision existent in the works of Horkheimer, Adorno and Marcuse. …”
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Henry Rider Haggard’s Posthumanist Eco-consciousness by Sinan AKILLI

“…Ranging from a Darwinian notion of the oneness of all living animals to a highly skeptical attitude toward the reckless exploitation of the resources of colonial lands and peoples, Haggard’s Weltanschauung included notions that were not only antithetical to imperialist discourses, but also ‘ahead of [their] times’ by more than a century. …”
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