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Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contemporary metaphysics, and especially neo‐Aristotelian metaphysics, tackles many of the same problems as Avicenna did. One of these problems is the possibility of substantial kind change. For instance, is it possible for an animal to change its species?
Tuomas E. Tahko
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PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been contended that the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) implies necessitarianism—that is, the view that everything occurs out of necessity. Discussing a well‐known argument for this claim developed by contemporary metaphysicians, I show that Ibn Sīnā has anticipated a counterpart of this argument, and that is precisely why he is ...
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
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Nursing After Virtue: Revisiting the Work of Derek Sellman. [PDF]

Nurs Philos
Jantzen D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Tuning into Harmut Rosa's systematic romanticism. [PDF]

J Chin Sociol, 2023
Vandenberghe F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
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The liver in Greco-Arabic and Islamic medicine. [PDF]

Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken)
Safadi R.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Well Can Words Capture Facial Appearance? A Cross‐Linguistic Exploration

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract When describing faces, people often struggle with verbalizing facial features. Free descriptions seem to focus predominantly on aspects of faces that are inferred, for example, psychological traits, age, attractiveness, and so on, whereas facial features themselves are often described in a limited and imprecise fashion.
Ewelina Wnuk, Jan Wodowski
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Aristotelian universals, strong immanence, and construction. [PDF]

Synthese
Costa D, Giordani A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Doctors that "doctor" sickness certificates: cunning intelligence as an ability and possibly a virtue among Swedish GPs. [PDF]

Med Health Care Philos, 2020
Shutzberg M.
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An Expanded Model for Perceptual Norming: Insights From Japanese Ideophones

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Iconicity is inherently grounded in sensory experience, yet few studies investigate how sensory information is packaged in iconic words. We present perceptual strength ratings for Japanese ideophones, to ask how sensory information is encoded in this word class.
Bonnie McLean, Youngah Do, Arthur L. Thompson, John L. A. Huisman   +3 more
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