{"title":"“Radicalism” and “Conservatism”: The Philosophical Argument of Human Enhancement Technologies (HET) and Its Resolution","authors":"Xianfei Yi, Zhuang Liu","doi":"10.1007/s40647-024-00413-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-024-00413-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The philosophical debate between “radicalism” and “conservatism” in emerging human enhancement technologies (HET) has never ceased. Although their theoretical claims seem to be distinct from each other, they actually share certain commonalities, which are mainly manifested in three aspects: first, they both hold certain illusions about emerging HET; second, they both reflect the loss of human subjectivity in the debate; and third, they both leave the premise of their propositions in suspense. Based on the reflection and grasp of these commonalities, we can grasp the possible boundaries of the dissolution of the two oppositions: let HET be “where it is in,” reconfigure anthropocentrism, suspend metaphysical myths, and turn to the “reality of human beings.”</p>","PeriodicalId":43537,"journal":{"name":"Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141258861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insufficient Statistical Power of the Chi-Square Model Fit Test for the Exclusion Assumption of the Instrumental Variable Method","authors":"Zijun Ke","doi":"10.1007/s40647-024-00414-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-024-00414-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Regression estimates are biased when potential confounders are omitted or when there are other similar risks to validity. The instrumental variable (IV) method can be used instead to obtain less biased estimates or to strengthen causal inferences. One key assumption critical to the validity of the IV method is the exclusion assumption, which requires instruments to be correlated with the outcome variable only through endogenous predictors. The chi-square test of model fit is widely used as a diagnostic test for this assumption. Previous simulation studies assessed the power of this diagnostic test only in situations with strong violations of the exclusion assumption. However, low to moderate levels of assumption violation are not uncommon in reality, especially when the exclusion assumption is violated indirectly. In this study, we showed through Monte Carlo simulations that the chi-square model fit test suffered from a severe lack of power (< 30%) to detect violations of the exclusion assumption when the level of violation was of typical size, and the IV causal inferences were severely inaccurate and misleading in this case. We thus advise using the IV method with caution unless there is a chance for thorough assumption diagnostics, like in meta-analyses or experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":43537,"journal":{"name":"Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141171894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Does Prior Distribution Affect Model Fit Indices of Bayesian Structural Equation Model?","authors":"Yonglin Feng, Junhao Pan","doi":"10.1007/s40647-024-00416-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-024-00416-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43537,"journal":{"name":"Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141108295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chinese Investment in Africa: Exploring Economic Growth Through Export Diversification","authors":"Houlda Fambo, Shunqi Ge","doi":"10.1007/s40647-024-00408-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-024-00408-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43537,"journal":{"name":"Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141115191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating HPWS and Organisational Memory for Enhanced Employee Performance","authors":"Moaz Gharib, Kamaal Allil","doi":"10.1007/s40647-024-00412-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-024-00412-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43537,"journal":{"name":"Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140962040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Data Asset Monetization in Maritime Enterprises","authors":"Yu Jiang, Xiaolan Yu","doi":"10.1007/s40647-024-00415-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-024-00415-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper explores the challenges and opportunities related to the activation of data assets in the maritime industry. This study sheds light on the evolving landscape of data asset monetization in the maritime sector. The successful activation of these data assets has the potential to generate substantial economic benefits. By addressing ownership, pricing, and security concerns, maritime enterprises can unlock the true potential of their data assets and contribute to the growth and development of the industry. Maritime enterprises possess extensive and long-standing data assets, which have the potential for substantial value extraction. The first part highlights the global trend of data asset monetization and provides an overview of data accumulation by leading maritime companies. It also underscores the unique characteristics of maritime data, including relatively straightforward ownership and ease of utilization. The second part delves into the practical experiences and pros and cons of data asset monetization in various regions. The third part examines the main risks associated with data asset monetization in maritime enterprises. These risks include issues related to ownership and profit distribution after data rights are established, the possibility of data idling leading to a bubble effect, and escalating concerns about data security. In the fourth part, the paper offers specific regulatory pathways and recommendations to address these challenges. This includes resolving ownership attribution issues, implementing market-oriented pricing strategies with legal safeguards, and embracing technological measures for robust data security, such as distinguishing between information and raw data and ensuring the anonymization of original data.</p>","PeriodicalId":43537,"journal":{"name":"Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140927401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Legitimacy Through Diversity: China's Leadership in the BRICS + Expansion for Global Balance","authors":"Brice Tseen Fu Lee, Juan Pablo Sims","doi":"10.1007/s40647-024-00411-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-024-00411-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43537,"journal":{"name":"Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141003421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contested Narratives: The Poetics of Home in Susan Muaddi Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile and Angela Tehaan Leon’s Swimming Toward the Light","authors":"Rachid Lamghari","doi":"10.1007/s40647-024-00410-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-024-00410-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Home and its meanings and significance have received extensive examination within the disciplines of anthropology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, human geography, and history. Home, which contains various references to houses, countries, and states, can no longer be considered a homogenized experience for migrants, as it takes shapes as a result of interaction between the past and present, the local and global, and the diaspora and country of origin. Drawing on diaspora studies and its theorizations of home, this article examines the heterogeneous and pluralistic negotiations of home in Susan Muaddi Darraj’s <i>The Inheritance of Exile</i> and Angela Tehaan Leon’s <i>Swimming Toward the Light</i>, and argues that the conventional understanding of home as a fixed location tied solely to one’s country of origin is challenged. The first generation of Arab migrant women, as depicted in the novels, finds a sense of belonging in the familiar spaces and customs of their native countries, hence viewing them as their true home. In contrast, the second generation views home in a more multifaceted way. They see it not only as a physical space but also as a source of spiritual comfort. The analysis confirms that home can no longer be said to apply simply to a geographic place, site, or even to a certain culture or set of practices as it is interpreted differently and incarnated in multitudinous forms. The diversified meanings of home render it pliable and confirm its controversial and debatable nature, especially for subjects in transit.</p>","PeriodicalId":43537,"journal":{"name":"Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140927502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acceptable Hierarchies: Epistemic Democracy in Europe and the Middle East","authors":"Yves Schemeil","doi":"10.1007/s40647-024-00409-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-024-00409-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43537,"journal":{"name":"Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140664755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hierarchies and the Complementarity of Authority and Equality","authors":"Emmanuel Picavet","doi":"10.1007/s40647-024-00406-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-024-00406-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43537,"journal":{"name":"Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140668151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}