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Apologeticism in Chinese Nestorian Documents from the Tang Dynasty: Notes on Some Early Traces of Aristotelianism in China

Asian Studies, 2013
Founded on the fact of otherwise deep connections of Nestorianism to the Aristotelian philosophy, this article hopes to shed some light on the possibility of a concurrent transmission of Aristotelianism (with Nestorianism) to China. This writing proposes
Jan VRHOVSKI
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Commenting on Aristotle with a Knife : The Heretical Anatomies of Bassanio Landi. [PDF]

NTM, 2023
Bigotti F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Kant's Metaphysics of Race, Its Distinctiveness, and Its Normativity

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on the contemporary taxonomy of the metaphysics of race, this paper shows that Kant's theory of race occupies a distinct metaphysical position on race. Second, it argues that Kant's metaphysics of race inherently produces racist claims.
Reza Mosayebi
wiley   +1 more source

Injecting Observers into Computational Complexity

Philosophies
We characterize computer science as an interplay between two modes of reasoning: the Aristotelian (procedural) method and the Platonic (declarative) approach.
Edgar Graham Daylight
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The Western origins of mindfulness therapy in ancient Rome. [PDF]

Neurol Sci, 2023
Cavanna AE, Purpura G, Riva A, Nacinovich R, Seri S.   +4 more
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“Why can't they put us to sleep if we are suffering?”: La Nada and the desire for euthanasia among institutionalized older adults in Peru

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I examine how institutionalized older adults in Peru articulate suffering through the idiom of la nada—“nothingness”—and how this shapes desires for euthanasia. Moving from close ethnography of bodies in space and time to structural and ethical discourses on euthanasia, I argue that calls for euthanasia arise not only from ...
Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
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Friendly Fire: Did Margaret Macdonald Contribute to Susan Stebbing's Exclusion from the History of Analytic Philosophy?

Metaphilosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents the case of Margaret Macdonald's (1903–1956) posthumous treatment of Susan Stebbing (1885–1943). After Stebbing's death, Macdonald—her Ph.D. student and collaborator—wrote an early history of analytic philosophy in which Stebbing's work is credited to Bertrand Russell (specifically, her account of ‘directional analysis ...
Peter West
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Guidance without ends

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
Attentional guidance plays two crucial roles in temporally extended agency. First, guidance stabilizes attention onto our tasks—and tunes out distractions—for extended periods of time. Second, guidance makes attention telic/atelic. Guidance imposes completion conditions on telic attention (e.g., searching for your keys) but not atelic attention (e.g ...
Zachary C. Irving
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THE FATHERS, COMPUTERS AND US

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
wiley   +1 more source

Cartwright, Critical Realism and the Laws of Science

Revista de Filosofía Universidad Iberoamericana
Nancy Cartwright is considered by many to be one of the most prominent philosophers of science writing today. She has produced ground-breaking work on scientific methodology and has expertise in particular areas of dispute such as the nature and ...
Andrew Beards
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