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Stoic Caricature in Lucian’s De astrologia: Verisimilitude As Comedy
Peitho, 2013 The inclusion of De astrologia in the Lucianic corpus has been disputed for centuries since it appears to defend astrological practices that Lucian elsewhere undercuts. This paper argues for Lucian’s authorship by illustrating its masterful subversion of
Charles McNamara
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European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract An oft‐overlooked aspect of Sartre’s concept of selfhood is his rejection of good faith and sincerity as normative ideals. We argue that Sartre’s paradoxical treatment of good faith – claiming both that it is a manifestation of bad faith and the antithesis of it – holds a key to understanding Sartre’s account of selfhood.
Mark A. Wrathall, Wanda von Knobelsdorff
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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Kentron, 2012 Berossos of Babylon wrote a piece of work in Greek, dedicated to Antiochos I (281-261 BC) about the history and the culture of his country. The only knowledge we have of his work, entitled Babyloniaca, is to be found in quotations,
Christine Dumas-Reungoat
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Is Your Career Determined by the Stars? Western Zodiac Signs and Labor Market Outcomes in Germany
Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT An increasing share of people believes that zodiac signs predict life outcomes, like career trajectories, even though there is no scientific basis for this claim. Using German administrative data covering more than 11 million observations from 1 million individuals, we investigate whether Zodiac signs determine labor market outcomes.
Matthias Collischon, Florian Zimmermann
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Evolution of the views on the Moon in Arab-speaking Medieval society
RUDN Journal of World History, 2023 For decades, some branches of medieval Muslim cosmology, including astrology, were considered insufficiently academic, and commonly they received less attention than they worth, as a result, entire scientific layers turned out to be not much studied ...
Valeriy A. Matrosov, Tatiana A. Gudach
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Secrecy: An Epistemological Account
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although the ethical and political implications of secrecy are significant, I argue here that its fundamental nature is epistemological and that any account of its nature must be based on its epistemological profile. In particular, I propose examining secrecy within the framework of social and political epistemology, considering secrets as ...
Jesús Navarro
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Cosmologia e experiência em Portugal no século XVI [PDF]
Navigator, 2012 This article aims to raise a few preliminary questions about the role of cosmological theories in the context of Sixteenth Century Portuguese maritime expansion.
Pedro Campos Franke
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TESOL Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue S1, Page S186-S208, June 2026.Abstract This article reports on a qualitative study of the way instructors and students understand and respond to traumatizing events in a Sri Lankan university. It shows how the attitudes and practices in the society at large are carried over to classrooms even though local institutions do not have a programmatic trauma‐informed pedagogy.
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Astrology as Sacred Ecological Knowledge in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
Oriental StudiesIntroduction. The identification of specific responses generated by religious traditions to present-day global challenges actualizes the rethinking of astrology as a traditional understanding of the world structure and influence of natural forces on man ...
Yulia Yu. Erendzhenova
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