Adorno's empiricism?: On intellectual and metaphysical experience
Abstract Adorno's work contains pregnant references to the concepts of both “intellectual” and “metaphysical” experience. While the concept of metaphysical experience figures relatively prominently in the Adorno literature, intellectual experience has been largely neglected—indeed to the point that certain scholars have asserted that the two concepts ...
Tom Whyman
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Is Wrenn's Strong Virtue Theory of the value of truth too strong? [PDF]
Melkonian-Altshuler S.
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Sensing Frames: A Contribution to Sensory Pluralism
ABSTRACT Are expressions like “sense of responsibility,” “sense of community,” and “business acumen” merely metaphors, or do they refer to deeper, socially embedded forms of perception? This article introduces the concept of “sensing frames”: the socially learned, culturally shaped, and pragmatically enacted modalities through which people perceive and
Giampietro Gobo +2 more
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The pineal gland as the hegemonikon of the microcosm: anatomical and philosophical interpretations in Descartes' works. [PDF]
Dumitrescu M +7 more
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Cycles and circulation: a theme in the history of biology and medicine. [PDF]
Hopwood N +14 more
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Avicenna on the PSR and Causal Necessity in the Natural World
ABSTRACT Avicenna's account of causal necessity in the natural world is a key part of his metaphysical system and it is also historically significant. Yet, there is little scholarly discussion of the philosophical basis of his view. This is surprising not only because the topic is important, but also because the view is challenging to interpret ...
Kara Richardson
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[What is happiness? And what does ENT medicine have to do with it?] [PDF]
Dobel C, Richter D, Guntinas-Lichius O.
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Introduction: A Mnemosyne of Art & Science
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Ana Duarte Rodrigues +2 more
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A Crazy Idea: Ibn Sīnā on Hylomorphism, the Elements, Mixture and Evolutionary Processes
ABSTRACT Ibn Sīnā (c. 973‐1037), the Avicenna of Latin fame, developed a unique theory of the elements and their status in mixtures that severely challenged the views of earlier natural philosophers and in its turn was severely challenged by later Latin Schoolmen in the West.
Jon McGinnis
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The history of cardiopulmonary bypass and the evolution of <i>pneuma</i> in cardiopulmonary medicine. [PDF]
Leivaditis V +14 more
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