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Ankylosing spondylitis and glaucoma in European population: A Mendelian randomization study

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2023
BackgroundThe relationship between ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and glaucoma in the European population remains unclear. In the present study, we applied a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) method to investigate their causal relationship.MethodsMR ...
Shengjie Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Principle of the Causal Openness of the Physical

open access: yesOrganon F, 2019
The argument from causal closure for physicalism requires the principle that a physical event can only occur through being necessitated by antecedent physical events.
Daniel von Wachter
doaj   +1 more source

How Organisms Gained Causal Independence and How It Might Be Quantified

open access: yesBiology, 2018
Two broad features are jointly necessary for autonomous agency: organisational closure and the embodiment of an objective-function providing a ‘goal’: so far only organisms demonstrate both.
Keith Douglas Farnsworth
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THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEED FOR COGNITIVE CLOSURE ON THE BELIEF IN GENERIC CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN MILITARY POPULATION

open access: yesRevista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 2023
From the lay epistemic theory we derive the concept of Need for Cognitive Closure, which contemplates the underlying cognitive and motivational elements of individuals in the construction and use of knowledge, as well as in decision making and ...
Manuel Tomás Passero   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polkinghorne on Metaphysics of Divine Action: Presuppositions and Implications [PDF]

open access: yesReligious Inquiries, 2020
This article is an effort to evaluate the epistemological and ontological presuppositions of John Polkinghorne's interpretation of the mechanism of God’s special action. Briefly, it can be said that in his view, God forms and models the world's processes
Mahdi Qiasvand, Hossein khatibi
doaj   +1 more source

Enactivism and the New Teleology: Reconciling the Warring Camps [PDF]

open access: yesAvant, 2014
Enactivism has the potential to provide a sense of teleology in purpose-directed action, but without violating the principles of efficient causation.
Ralph D. Ellis
doaj  

The Hidden Premise in the Causal Argument for Physicalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The causal argument for physicalism is anayzed and it's key premise--the causal closure of physics--is found wanting. Therefore, a hidden premise must be added to the argument to gain its conclusion, but the hidden premise is indistinguishable from the ...
Robert C. Bishop, Bishop, Robert C
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Acute Neurological Events in Children With Hemoglobin SC Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurological manifestations in children with hemoglobin SC (HbSC) disease remain insufficiently characterized, particularly regarding acute events. The aim of this study was to describe the spectrum and frequency of acute neurological events in a multicenter cohort of children with HbSC disease.
Célia Paulmin   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Closure and Complexity of Temporal Causality

open access: yes2025 40th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS)
Temporal causality defines what property causes some observed temporal behavior (the effect) in a given computation, based on a counterfactual analysis of similar computations. In this paper, we study its closure properties and the complexity of computing causes.
Mishel Carelli   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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