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An Infrared Divergence Problem in the cosmological measure theory and the anthropic reasoning
, 2011 An anthropic principle has made it possible to answer the difficult question of why the observable value of cosmological constant ($\Lambda\sim 10^{-47}$ GeV${}^4$) is so disconcertingly tiny compared to predicted value of vacuum energy density $\rho_ ...
A. A. Shpilevoi +46 more
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
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, 2009 As Christianity grows ever more diverse, is unity an absurd hope – or even desirable? A recent international conference in Durham confirmed that although progress is slow, a new way of ‘doing’ecumenism is starting to bear ...
Clague, Julie
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The Journal of Philosophy, 1971 Translation of: Nagel, T. 1971. “The Absurd.” Sixty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, Journal of Philosophy 68 (20): 716–727.
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract When studying French prices between 1938 and 1949, economists and historians face a paradox: whilst a vast black market shaped daily life, official indices recorded only state‐controlled prices. This article addresses the issue by introducing a new consumer price index that incorporates both official and black market prices.
Patrice Baubeau, Matéo Teixeira
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Jak człowiek Becketta zrodził się z Keatona, czyli absurdalna Księga Rodzaju
Images, 2009 How Beckett’s Man Was Born from Keaton, or an Absurdist Book of Genesis “How Beckett’s Man Was Born from Keaton, or an Absurdist Book of Genesis” is an attempt to find the origins of Beckettian characters in cinematic tradition.
Paulina Malczewska
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Externalism and A Priori Knowledge of the World: Why Privileged Access is Not the Issue [PDF]
, 2006 I look at incompatibilist arguments aimed at showing that the conjunction of the thesis that a subject has privileged, a priori access to the contents of her own thoughts, on the one hand, and of semantic externalism, on the other, lead to a putatively ...
Lasonen-Aarnio, Maria
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Limits, Limitations, and Necessity in Margaret Macdonald
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT I offer a contribution to recent work on Margaret Macdonald (1903–1956), a prolific though largely unknown figure in the history of analytic philosophy who applied Wittgensteinian insights to a broad range of issues. Here I examine the development of Macdonald's views with respect to idealism and conventionalism, through the application of a ...
Oliver Thomas Spinney
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The sublimity of the ABSURD as a paradox in physics and metaphysics
Verbum et EcclesiaWe, as Homo sapiens, are inconsistent creatures. One minute, we might be overflowing with energetic feelings of vitality, meaning, and purpose; the next, we might suddenly feel sapped by a nagging sense that nothing we do really signifies anything grand ...
Johan A. van Rooyen
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This May Mean Doing Things a Bit Differently from Here on Out
, 2017 OccupyPennHall failed. Embittered by a failed election and its hateful aftermath, students parked themselves in protest. The act precluded and followed an irruption of a faculty meeting.
Clarke, Jerome
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