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Natural law, natural philosophy, natural rights [PDF]
, 2008 Who or what is the creator (and how is that we can presume to read his mind and know his intentions) and how do we know there are inalienable rights? As will become clear in the pages below, the idea of the creator is a powerful concept that permeates ...
Stein, Joshua B.
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Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decision‐making is a central function of adaptive behaviour in biological agents. However, strategies for adaptive decision‐making can vary substantially across species. Here, we aim to extend the comparative scope of decision‐making analyses to phylogenetically diverse organisms.
Liberty Severs, Qiuran Wang
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, 2019 In ancient philosophy, there is no discipline called “logic” in the contemporary sense of “the study of formally valid arguments.” Rather, once a subfield of philosophy comes to be called “logic,” namely in Hellenistic philosophy, the field includes ...
Finley, Robby +2 more
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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott +3 more
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Human Wisdom, Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy [PDF]
, 2016 This book offers inter alia a systematic investigation of the actual argumentative strategy of Socratic conversation and explorations of Socratic and Platonic morality including an examination ofeudaimonia and the mental conception of health in the ...
Erik, Ostenfeld
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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
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Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy
, 2015 The ancient Greeks were not only the founders of western philosophy, but the actual term "philosophy" is Greek in origin, most likely dating back to the late sixth century BC.
Anthony Preus
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THE SOUTHWESTERN LIMES OF ROMAN DACIA AND BEYOND - NEW SURVEYS AND EXCAVATIONS
Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2015 This paper presents the results of a research project on the southwestern frontier of Roman Dacia, which was an external frontier of the Roman Empire in this area.
Eduard Nemeth
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Induced abortion in the world: 2. Present views on pregnancy termination
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Abortion was practiced in most cultures for millennia, but was often disapproved and banned. The 20th century witnessed a progressive conditional legalization, often with limitations for the duration of pregnancy. Legalizing abortion was driven by multiple factors, including a desire to limit population growth, the emergence of movements that ...
Giuseppe Benagiano +4 more
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The Role of Intellectual Virtues in the Practice of Humanistic Mental Health Counseling
The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The function of intellectual virtues as a foundation for the development of excellence in the humanistic practice of clinical mental health counseling is explored. First, the unique characteristics of intellectual virtues are described. Second, 10 specific intellectual virtues are identified and briefly defined.
Mark S. Gerig
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