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A Cosmic Archipelago: Multiverse Scenarios in the History of Modern Cosmology [PDF]
arXiv, 2005 Multiverse scenarios are common place in contemporary high energy physics and cosmology, although many consider them simply as bold speculations. In any case there is nothing like a single theory or a unified model of the multiverse. Instead, there are innumerable theoretical proposals often reciprocally incompatible.
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Radicalizing refamiliarization [PDF]
, 2009 In this short article, our aim is to consider contemporary American visual culture through a contribution to the question concerning Barack Obama.
Armitage, John, Garnett, Joy
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Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 2019 This study analyses the discussion of four Finnish parties – Centre Party, National Coalition Party, Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) and Finnish People’s Democratic League/Left Alliance (SKDL/VAS; 'Suomen kansan demokraattinen liitto ...
Matti Välimäki
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The self-energy of the electron: a quintessential problem in the development of QED [PDF]
arXiv, 2006 The development of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) is sketched from its earliest beginnings until the formulations of 1949, using the example of the divergent self-energy of the electron as a quintessential problem of the 1930's-40's. The lack of progress towards solving this problem led researchers to believe that after the conceptual revolution of ...
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IT’S NOT THEM, IT’S YOU: A CASE STUDY CONCERNING THE EXCLUSION OF NON-WESTERN PHILOSOPHY [PDF]
, 2015 My purpose in this essay is to suggest, via case study, that if Anglo-American philosophy is to become more inclusive of non-western traditions, the discipline requires far greater efforts at self-scrutiny. I begin with the premise that Confucian ethical
OLBERDING, AMY
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Causation in contemporary analytical philosophy [PDF]
, 2002 Contemporary analytic philosophy is in the midst of a vigorous debate on the nature of causation. Each of the main proposals discussed in this chapter faces important problems: the deductive-nomological model, the counterfactual theory, the ...
Kistler, Max
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What would Ron choose from the Islamic basket? Notes on Scientology’s construction of Islam
Temenos, 2015 Two theological claims characterizing Scientology are its continuity with older religions, and its support for religious freedom and pluralism. This article, focusing on two articles that appeared in the magazine Advance!
Stefano Bigliardi
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Cultural Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy: an Italian Experience [PDF]
Anthropological Notebooks, 2013, year XIX, supplement, pp. 507-513, 2013 A brief review is given of some recent positive developments regarding the reception of archaeoastronomy by the archaeological institutions in Italy. Discussions and problems that are currently going on in this field are also mentioned, such as the separation of the scientific and humanistic disciplines (i.e. the two cultures problem).
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Philipp Reis's telephone in Aberdeen [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 A telephone sender following the design of Johann Philipp Reis made by W Ladd, London 1863, in the Natural Philosophy Collection of the University of Aberdeen is illustrated and described. How Reis came to invent a telephone some 15 years before Graham Bell's patent is discussed, with 19th century illustrations.
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Highlights of The Concept of Islamic Education Majid 'Irsan Al-Kilani [PDF]
, 2017 This article tries to reveal the concept of Islamic Education Majid Irsan al-Kilani, namely through the analysis of the five papers he is closely linked to education, among other things: 1) Ahdaf alTarbiyah al-Islamiyya fi Tarbiyah al-Fard wa Ikhraj al ...
Masri, Dedi
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