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Aristotelianism in the Philosophy of Mathematics [PDF]
, 2011 Modern philosophy of mathematics has been dominated by Platonism and nominalism, to the neglect of the Aristotelian realist option. Aristotelianism holds that mathematics studies certain real properties of the world – mathematics is neither about a ...
Franklin, James
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The New Aristotelian Essentialists [PDF]
Metaphysica, 2017 Abstract In recent years largely due to the seminal work of Kit Fine and that of Jonathan Lowe there has been a resurgence of interest in the concept of essence and the project of explaining de re necessity in terms of it. Of course, Quine rejected what he called Aristotelian essentialism in his battle against quantified modal logic. But
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Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2002 The medieval universities were diverse in their use of the Aristotelian heritage, and this diversity continued and flourished in the Renaissance (e.g. the non-theological approach in Italy), until the scientific revolution of the 17th century rejected ...
Paul Oskar Kristeller
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Alasdair Macintyre and Trotskyism [PDF]
, 2011 This essay features as part of a collection of essays that explore the implications of Alasdair MacIntyre’s critique of liberalism, capitalism, and the modern state, his early Marxism, and the complex influences of Marxist ideas on his thought. A central
Davidson, Neil
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On biotechnology, theology, and the human sciences [PDF]
, 2018 There may be very good Christian theological reasons to oppose human biotechnological enhancement. It is, however, difficult to discern what they are. Much of the specifically Christian response to transhumanist biotechnological enhancement has revolved ...
Jong, Jonathan
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Flap Anatomies and Victorian Veils: Penetrating the Female Reproductive Interior
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the reappearance in the early nineteenth century of anatomical flapbooks in the context of obstetrical education in Britain, America and France. It asks why liftable paper flaps were reintroduced at this time after their disappearance from medical atlases in the eighteenth century.
Margaret Carlyle, Marcia D. Nichols
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Review of Henry S. Turner, \u3ci\u3eThe English Renaissance Stage: Geometry, Poetics, and the Practical Spatial Arts, 1580–1630\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2006 In The English Renaissance Stage: Geometry, Poetics, and the Practical Spatial Arts, Henry Turner argues that English stage practice emerged out of practical geometry and related mechanical arts.
Spiller, Elizabeth
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On Epistemology of Construction Engineering and Management [PDF]
, 2017 In philosophy of science, there have been two different starting points for epistemology: Platonism and Aristotelianism. These two alternative starting points have played a major role also in the formation of fundamental ideas of engineering and ...
Dave, Bhargav +4 more
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
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One‐Class Autoencoders for Porcelain Art Attribution: The Case of William Billingsley
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This comprehensive study explores the application of advanced machine learning techniques, specifically one‐class autoencoders, for the authentication and attribution of English porcelain artworks. Focusing primarily on the works of William Billingsley (1758–1828), one of England's most celebrated porcelain decorators, we demonstrate how ...
Hassan Ugail +3 more
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