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Lottocratic Democracy and the Political Executive 抽签民主与政治执行

IF 1.2 2区哲学

Journal of Applied Philosophy Pub Date : 2026-07-17 Epub Date: 2026-03-18 DOI: 10.1002/japp.70084

Eric Shoemaker

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‘Pre-Technologies’ and the Lifeworld: Assistive Technologies as ‘Pre-Technologies’ for Self-Formation as Freedom “前技术”与生活世界：辅助技术作为自由自我形成的“前技术”

IF 1.2 2区哲学

Journal of Applied Philosophy Pub Date : 2026-07-17 Epub Date: 2026-04-13 DOI: 10.1002/japp.70089

Sarel Marais

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Property-Owning Democracy and the Socialization of Land 产权民主与土地社会化

IF 1.2 2区哲学

Journal of Applied Philosophy Pub Date : 2026-07-17 Epub Date: 2026-03-26 DOI: 10.1002/japp.70081

Nicole Whalen

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Who Am I When You're a Bot? Relational Identity and AI Companions 当你是机器人时，我是谁？关系身份和AI同伴

IF 1.2 2区哲学

Journal of Applied Philosophy Pub Date : 2026-07-17 Epub Date: 2026-04-28 DOI: 10.1002/japp.70094

Muriel Leuenberger

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The We-Relationship as a Key to Addressing Dementia-Related Ambiguous Loss 我们的关系是解决痴呆相关的模糊损失的关键

IF 1.2 2区哲学

Journal of Applied Philosophy Pub Date : 2026-07-17 Epub Date: 2026-04-15 DOI: 10.1002/japp.70090

Takuya Niikawa, Xue Li

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Contested Territory: A Theory of Land and Democracy beyond Sovereign Bounds. A. Jurkevics, 2025. Oxford, Oxford University Press. x +284 pp, £99 (hb) 争议领土：超越主权界限的土地与民主理论。A. Jurkevics, 2025。牛津，牛津大学出版社。X +284页，99英镑（hb）