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The Coherence of Buddhism: Relativism, Ethics, and Psychology
ABSTRACT This essay defends a Buddhist answer to the question of how a skeptical tradition might account for its moral position. Two domains in Buddhist thought and practice are often considered to be dissimilar, perhaps contradictory. On the one hand, there is an aspiration to nirvana and a philosophy that describes everything as “emptiness” and ...
Jonathan C. Gold
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THE MANY WORRIES OF MANY WORLDS
Abstract Theological engagement with quantum mechanics has been dominated by the Copenhagen interpretation, failing to reflect the fact that philosophers and physicists alike are increasingly moving away from the Copenhagen interpretation in favor of other approaches.
Emily Qureshi‐Hurst
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Abstract A number of thorny issues, such as the nature of time, free will, the clash of the manifest image and the scientific image, the possibility of a naturalistic foundation of morality, and perhaps even the possibility of accounting for consciousness in naturalistic terms, seem to be plagued by the conceptual confusion nourished by a single ...
Carlo Rovelli
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Mental health, resilience and existential literature
Abstract In this paper, I will begin by charting some of the conceptions of mental health in young people today, paying particular attention to recent mental health education policies in England. I will focus on the concept of ‘resilience’ as central to these policies, and how this represents an impoverished understanding of mental health, what it ...
Alison M. Brady
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The First Production of The Brothers Karamazov on the Russian stage in the Mirror of the Press (Based on the Collections of the Vladimir Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature) [PDF]
The first Russian theatrical production of Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov premiered on the eve of Dostoevsky’s 20th death anniversary on January 26 (February 7) 1901 at the Theater of the Literary and Artistic Society (Maly Theater) in St ...
Pavel E. Fokin, Ilya O. Boretsky
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The Enduring Pertinence of the Basic Principle of Retribution☆
Abstract Many philosophers and legal scholars believe that the principle of retribution can be employed as a basis for respecting the offender as a person and for imposing relatively soft sentences. This belief is inspired, at least to a certain extent, by the penal philosophy of Kant and Hegel.
Vincent Geeraets
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Epic Reversal of the Plot of Guilt from Prokharchin’s Dream to Dmitry Karamazov’s Dream
The article examines the plot of guilt in refraction to the event of a dream from the early story of Fedor Dostoevsky “Mister Prokharchin” to “Brothers Karamazov”.
N. G. Mikhnovets
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The Emotional Impact of Evil: Philosophical Reflections on Existential Problems [PDF]
In The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky illustrates that encounters with evil do not solely impact agents’ beliefs about God (or God’s existence). Evil impacts people on an emotional level as well.
Colgrove, Nicholas
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The Legend of the Great Inquisitor as the Anti-Utopian pioneering work and the novel "We"
In the research given to the example of the great Inquisitor's legend, the latest novel by the Great Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov" confirms the idea of man's loss of utopian ideas in its own right, and the ...
MOHAMMED FRAYYEH KOBAISH
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Il contributo si propone di indagare il profondo legame di Diego Fabbri con l’opera di Dostoevskij che influenza la saggistica, la drammaturgia e l’impegno istituzionale dello sceneggiatore forlivese presso il Centro Cattolico Cinematografico (CCC).
Eleonora Recalcati
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