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Rivista di Storia dell'Università di Torino, 2014 What was the level of philosophical discussion in the sixteenth-century Turin? The controversy conducted by Agostino Bucci in 1572 against the Neo-Platonic interpretation of Parmenides’ ontology in theological terms, in addition to being a little lesson ...
Simone Mammola
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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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Secure Enough? Sufficiency and Security in the New Geological and Geopolitical Reality
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article advances sufficiency theorizing by examining its relationship with security in the contemporary geopolitical context. It engages three contextually situated discourses: sustainable development, ecological civilization, and degrowth, to explore how concerns over ecological limits intersect with emerging geopolitical and security ...
Pasi Heikkurinen +3 more
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on the adaptive transfer and the genre knowledge model as a conceptual framework, this research explores how English as a second language (ESL) learners transferred knowledge across genres (narration and argumentation) and media (print‐based writing and video) with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) platforms ...
Meilu Liu +2 more
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ARISTOTELIANISM AS A COMMENTARY TRADITION
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, 2004 Aristotelian studies in the second half of the twentieth century underwent a decisive change: after two thousand years of travelling together, the fortuna of the Master and that of his Greek commentators began to follow separate paths. This was certainly progress – indeed, necessary progress, as we can now see when taking stock of the twentieth century’
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Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This work aims to provide theoretical and practical insights into coping with expatriation challenges. We show that both acceptance and action (problem‐solving) are needed, to manage different aspects of expatriate life. These two coping strategies are complementary and, to be beneficial, need to be applied selectively.
Olivier Wurtz
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Meaningful Work, Post-Work, and Contemporary Aristotelianism
ProblemosThe paper explores the relation between a contemporary Aristotelian conception of human flourishing and two critical perspectives on work. The meaningful work perspective inquires what kind of work would be meaningful, by arguing that meaningful work is
Egidijus Mardosas
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Fortunio Liceti tra Jean Bourdelot e Tommaso Campanella (con due lettere inedite)
NoctuaThe subject of this article is the exchange of letters (winter 1634) between the French scholar Jean Bourdelot and the Aristotelian philosopher Fortunio Liceti.
Oreste Trabucco
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
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Institutional Function Consequentialism
Analiza i Egzystencja, 2019 In this paper, I present a new account of normative ethics that I call Institutional Function Consequentialism. It is a form of indirect consequentialism that focuses on the optimal harmony of institutions rather than on rules, motives or acts.
Krzysztof Saja
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