Avicenna on Immortality, Pre-existence and the Transmigration of Souls. The Analysis of De Anima, V, 3-4. [PDF]
Written probably between 1021-1024 the treatise on soul, known as Liber de Anima or Liber Sextus de Naturalibus, is one of the most popular works of Avicenna in the Middle Ages.
Grzeszczak, Jan
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Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna
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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Preliminary assessment of various additives on the specific reactivity of anti- rHBsAg monoclonal antibodies [PDF]
Background: Antibodies have a wide application in diagnosis and treatment. In order to maintain optimal stability of various functional parts of antibodies such as antigen binding sites, several approaches have been suggested.
Mohammadi, S. +3 more
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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among university female students, Gaza, Palestine [PDF]
The intestinal parasites are still endemic among children, women, and men in Gaza Strip. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of intestinal parasites among young female students of Islamic University of Gaza to report the existence and ...
Abu Qassem, RR +4 more
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Imagination in Avicenna and Kant
In comparing the views of Avicenna and Kant on the imagination, we find a striking congruence of doctrine. Kant's doctrines of the syntheses of the imagination in his Transcendental Deduction (both A and B) have remarkable similarities with Avicenna's ...
Allan Bäck
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PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy
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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Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour
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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Relations Without Polyadic Properties: Albert the Great On the Nature and Ontological Status of Relations [PDF]
I think it would be fair to say that, until about 1900, philosophers were generally reluctant to admit the existence of what are nowadays called polyadic properties.1 It is important to recognize, however, that this reluctance on the part of pre ...
Brower, Jeffrey E.
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ABSTRACT Background Objective: To evaluate the effect of self‐assembling peptide (SAP) on white spot lesions (WSLs) in orthodontic patients with fixed appliances. Methods Eligibility Criteria: Randomized and non‐randomized clinical studies, as well as in vitro studies, comparing SAP with fluoride or no treatment for WSLs in orthodontic patients were ...
Sheema Shakir +9 more
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Preterm Birth in the West Bank, Palestine: Insights From a Hospital‐Based Cohort Study
ABSTRACT Aim Preterm birth (PTB), delivery before 37 completed weeks of gestation, remains a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Evidence from conflict‐affected, resource‐limited settings such as the West Bank, Palestine, is limited. This study aimed to estimate PTB incidence and identify maternal, neonatal and socioeconomic risk factors ...
Amani Salem Ahmad Salim +2 more
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