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Aristotle’s views on chance and their contemporary relevance [PDF]
SCHOLE, 2018 In this article I first set out Aristotle's explanation of chance as a term that refers to an event that occurs unusually and that appears significant in the context of the human search to achieve a goal. On this basis Aristotle argues against Democritus
John Dudley
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The Philosophical Review, 2015 This article offers a new argument for the claim that there can be nondegenerate objective chance in a deterministic world. Using a formal model of the relationship between different levels of description of a system, the article shows how objective chance at a higher level can coexist with its absence at a lower level.
List, Christian, Pivato, Marcus
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Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2011 How did I get to become a cell biologist? Or, more generally, why do things happen the way they do? The answer provided by the philosopher Democritus and later adopted by Jacques Monod is “everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.” While I read Monod's book Chance and Necessity as an undergraduate student, little did I ...
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Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2017 Abstract My second career as a schizophrenia researcher will focus on infectious agents as a cause. It will include the collection of serial sera, cerebrospinal fluid, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and diffusion tensor imaging on a cohort of affected individuals over 20 years.
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Asymptomatic infection poses a significant risk for children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Pre‐transplant surveillance computed tomography (CT) is commonly used to identify occult infection, though its diagnostic yield remains uncertain.
Tyler Obermark +9 more
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Sobre a incerteza About uncertainness
Trans/Form/Ação, 2000 Este artigo expõe elementos da doutrina epistemológica de Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914), denominada Falibilismo. Procura-se evidenciar como tal doutrina se desenvolve do interior de teorias metafísicas do autor, a exemplo de seu Evolucionismo e da ...
Ivo Assad Ibri
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy affecting millions of individuals worldwide. The clinical expression and psychosocial burden of SCD vary widely across geographical, cultural, and healthcare system contexts, underscoring the need for setting‐specific approaches to assessment.
Desiré Fantasia +7 more
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The Role of Chance in Man's Happiness According to Julia Annas's View [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2018 Introducing chance into the domain of Ethics means that there are factors outside a person's control that intervene and have an effect in his happiness.
Naghmeh parvan, Mohsen javadi
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Quantum Reports, 2023 The centered Everett interpretation solves a problem that various approaches to quantum theory face. In this paper, I continue developing the theory underlying that solution.
Isaac Wilhelm
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