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An Etruscan solution to a Celtic problem
, 2009 It is argued that what used to be called "P-Celtic" arose because Etruscans could not pronounce properly the Indo-European languages which they encountered in and around Italy. Etruscan influence can neatly explain not only the phenomenon of P-Celtic but
Counihan, Martin
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TRADITION, CULTURE, AND THE PROBLEM OF INCLUSION IN PHILOSOPHY [PDF]
, 2015 Many today agree that philosophy, as an academic discipline, must, for the sake of its very survival, become more inclusive of a wider range of perspectives, coming from a more diverse pool of philosophers. Yet there has been little serious reflection on
SMITH, JUSTIN E. H.
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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Identifying seasonal stars in Kaurna astronomical traditions
, 2015 Early ethnographers and missionaries recorded Aboriginal languages and oral traditions across Australia. Their general lack of astronomical training resulted in misidentifications, transcription errors, and omissions in these records.
Hamacher, Duane W.
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What Do Lithics Tell Us About Cultural Evolution? Insights From the Central African Record
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While Western historical narratives often incorporate a biased vision of human evolution—driven by a progressive view tied to a progressively evolving state of culture—this paper proposes combining archaeological lithic data with epistemological reflections to critique the modern regime of historicity, where progress is assumed as rational ...
Isis Isabella Mesfin
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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper argues that philosophical practice can complement existing medical ethics structures by offering a publicly accessible space for discourse and negotiation of basic concepts that are relevant to ethical decision making. The potential of collaboration becomes particularly evident by the example of assisted dying: it raises a wide ...
Patrick Schuchter +3 more
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German Romantics Imagining India : Friedrich Schlegel in Paris and Roots of Ethnic Nationalism in Europe [PDF]
, 2011 When, some two centuries ago, German Romantics turned their backs on modernity – industrialisation, urbanisation, commerce and secularisation – they turned to ancient India.
Dusche, Michael
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Back to the Land: Museum Practices, Collections, and Other‐Than‐Human Politics in Southern Chile
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since the 2000s, Mapuche communities' participation has transformed the Mapuche Museum of Cañete. This participation shifted the institution's concept, curation, and conservation practices. From the second half of the 2010s onwards, other‐than‐human politics reshaped the participatory process.
Lucas da Costa Maciel
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Critical Foundations of the Contextual Theory of Mind [PDF]
, 2011 The contextual mind is found attested in various usages of the term complement, in the background of Kant. The difficulties of Kant's intuitionism are taken up through Quine, but referential opacity is resolved as semantic presence in lived context.
antiquari(at)vodamail(dot)co(dot)za, Mr S.A. Orwin O'Dowd
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