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The mere addition paradox (also known as the repugnant conclusion) is a problem in ethics identified by Derek Parfit and discussed in his book Reasons and Persons (1984). The paradox identifies the mutual incompatibility of four intuitively compelling assertions about the relative value of populations. Parfit’s original formulation of the ...
Died. March 1, 2013. (2013-03-01) (aged 79) Known for. Greiner's growth model. Larry Eugene Greiner (December 6, 1933 – March 1, 2013) was an American economist who was Professor of Management and Organizations at University of Southern California USC Marshall School of Business. [1]
Deductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning is the process of drawing valid inferences. An inference is valid if its conclusion follows logically from its premises, meaning that it is impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion to be false. For example, the inference from the premises "all men are mortal" and " Socrates is a man" to ...
BlackRock Inc (NYSE: BLK) CEO Larry Fink was skeptical about the prospects of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) for years, but he remained open-minded and eventually came to believe it was a legitimate ...
How GE’s CEO Larry Culp ditched mediocre manufacturing and engineered a legendary turnaround—with the help of a Japanese-born ‘sensei’ Shawn Tully January 26, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Lawrence Edward Page [2] [3] [4] (born March 26, 1973) is an American businessman and computer scientist best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin. [2] [5]Page was chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 when he stepped down in favor of Eric Schmidt, and then again from April 2011 until July 2015 when he became CEO of its newly formed parent organization Alphabet ...
Consequently, he believes investors with the right risk appetite should be at least 80% in equities, and perhaps 100% if they can handle it. Here are some of those overlapping trends he loves ...
Larry Temkin is an American philosopher and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of philosophy at Rutgers University. Temkin’s research focuses on normative ethics and political philosophy , and his work has been highly influential, particularly his works Inequality (Oxford University press, 1993) and Rethinking the Good (Oxford University press ...