Normality
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In this paper I discuss in a critical manner what I believe to be some of the more interesting contributions of Anthony Steinbock’s book Home and Beyond: Generative Phenomenology after Husserl. I will thus refer mainly to his... more
In phenomenology, normality is neither an objectively measurable average nor a mere historical or social construct. Rather than being understood from without, looked at from the outside of lived experiences, normality is approached from... more
Abstract. Let k be a field and let F⊂ k [x1,..., xn] be a finite set of monomials whose exponents lie on a positive hyperplane. We give necessary conditions for the normality of both the Rees algebra R [Ft] and the subring k [F]. If the... more
English follows: L’approccio biomedico alla malattia di Alzheimer è attualmente caratterizzato da una forte enfasi sulla diagnosi precoce. L’intento è di individuare condizioni di declino cognitivo potenzialmente passibili di evolvere in... more
Normality is commonplace. We routinely distinguish normal weather from hurricanes and droughts; normal prices from bargains and rip-offs; and normal behavior from eccentricity and oddity. Not only do we form judgments about normality with... more
While embodiment is crucial for Husserl’s theory of perception and his account of empathy, it is also the beating heart of his transcendental philosophy. For Husserl, there is neither a purely formal transcendental ego, nor pure forms of... more
Lancaster Disability Studies Conference (2018), Lancaster, United Kingdom. Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse popular neuroimaging of the (dis)able(d) brain as a cultural phenomenon, as well as to explore how there has... more
Der folgende Beitrag möchte das Ineinander von Erfahrung und Diskurs als leiblich erfahrene und repräsentierte Normalität explizieren. Zunächst wird aus phänomenologischer Perspektive untersucht, was eine normale Erfahrung ausmacht.... more
Neste artigo, o propósito é articular o depoimento de jovens de 15 a 25 anos com o que deles falam os diferentes produtos da mídia, especialmente a televisão. A partir da escuta de estudantes de escolas públicas e privadas, selecionou-se... more
Almost 50 million EU citizens are affected by energy poverty, which is generally defined as inadequate use of domestic energy services. However, while extensive research has been conducted on the implications that some dimensions of... more
Araştırmanın amacı çarpıklık değeri, örneklem büyüklüğü ve kategori sayılarının farklı koşulları altında normallik testleri (Anderson-Darling, Cramer-von Mises, Jarque-Bera, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Lilliefors, Pearson ki kare, Shapiro-Francia... more
Negli anni Ottanta del Novecento è emersa in biomedicina la categoria diagnostica di Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), “deterioramento cognitivo lieve”, la quale identifica un potenziale stadio preclinico della malattia di Alzheimer. Il... more
In this paper, I will investigate the potential of what I term Merleau-Ponty's 'situated phenomenology' for an investigation of normality from within and from without. First, I will argue that the concept of situation in the Phenomenology... more
The notions of perceptual normativity and optimality have generated much discussion in the last decade or so in the Merleau-Ponty scholarship, thanks notably to the influential interpretation of Sean Kelly (2005 and 2010). However, the... more
We propose a new robust estimator of the regression function in a nonparametric regression model. Empirical evidence suggests that the proposed estimator performs better (in an averaged squared error sense) than the popular local least... more
L’assistència sexual és un treball sexual que proporciona a la persona amb diversitat funcional un suport per a accedir sexualment al propi cos o al cos d’una altra persona amb diversitat funcional, però no al cos de l’assistent sexual.... more
This article re-reads John 20:1–29 to foreground the normal, the post-normal and the new normal realities within the Johannine resurrection narrative. The narrator of John demonstrates the normal situational aspects by taking into... more
The present MA thesis takes as its starting point a challenge posed by Theodor Adorno, who suggests that a critical-theoretical endeavour capable of breaking through the ideological veil of late capitalism should not only question the... more
The relation between normality and pathology has intrigued philosophers for centuries, but it has been recently revived by a number of researchers who have articulated and defended various versions of the continuity thesis (or CT, namely... more
Stories recounted by mentally ill narrators have long been considered prime examples of unreliable narration. Yet in the light of the “cognitive turn” in literary studies, recent theories on unreliable narrators extend beyond... more
In the West, a specific ideal for female genitalia has emerged: one of absence, a "clean slit," attained through the removal of pubic hair and, increasingly, through female genital cosmetic surgery known as FGCS. In The Perfect Vagina:... more
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss how numerous tests that are available in statistical literature to assess normality of a given set of observations perform in normal and near-normal situations. Not all these tests are... more
in: F. Eller u. A. G. Wildfeuer (Hrsg.): Problemkontexte kindlicher Entwicklung, Münster 2007, 13-56.
Workers in the Northern Russian oil and gas industry often describe their lives as “extreme.” The adjective refers to working in a physically challenging environment – be it the harsh climate, the hard industrial work, or the long commute... more
This paper reviews the presence of psychotic features in the nonclinical population. The results of a literature review suggest that delusional and hallucinatory experiences are more common in the general population than we may think, and... more
This article aims at illustrating how Schmitt has conceived sovereignty, essentially as a ‘normalising power’, the function of which consists primarily in securing and stabilising the existential normal dimension of the life of the... more
The issues of normality of people, generally dealt with in the context of 'P' sciences (psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy), have been coupled with the issue of implementing social norms in education process dealt with in... more
Current evidence suggests that young children who recover from stuttering are essentially stutter-free. However, there is no evidence to indicate if their speech is perceptually indistinguishable from normally fluent peers or whether they... more