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What does it mean to be a post‐Newtonian? Schelling on competing scientific models
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract While Schelling's position has often been portrayed as highly critical of Newton, his discussion of Newton's theories has never been thoroughly studied. The goal of this paper is to analyze in more detail the relationship between Schelling and Newton, with an eye toward the fundamental question that guides Schelling: how can conflicts between ...
Raphaël Authier
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Narrative reconstruction of the self: Living funerals as rituals of trauma and transformation
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Living funerals mark a radical reconfiguration of contemporary engagements with mortality, transforming death from an imposed ending into an actively authored narrative. This study examines the practice in Hong Kong's hybrid sociocultural landscape, where traditional Chinese death rituals collide with neoliberal selfhood and globalised ...
Yuen‐Ki Tang
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PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy
Theoria, EarlyView.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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Leibniz on Compossibility: Towards a Neo‐Logical Interpretation
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Leibniz's concept of compossibility explains why not all possible substances are actualised, thereby resisting Spinoza's necessitarianism. Yet, the precise basis of incompossibility remains unresolved. The influential ‘logical’ interpretation—exemplified by the Hintikka–D'Agostino thesis—locates incompossibility in contradictions among ...
Jun Young Kim
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City &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.ABSTRACT This paper proposes the notion of “olfactory contact zones” to investigate the role of odors and scents and the affects they give rise to in Berlin's urban publics. Drawing on the notion of the “afterlife” of racialised violence, it shows how tropes of the “smelly immigrant,” anchored in European antisemitism and colonial history, live on ...
Claudia Liebelt
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Light‐Imprinted Chirality in Nanomaterials: From Principles to Applications
Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 49, 3 September 2026.Light‐induced chirality represents a transformative paradigm for fabricating chiral nanostructures. This review provides a comprehensive framework encompassing light‐based strategies for imprinting and tuning chirality in nanomaterials, which guides researchers in harnessing light to create next‐generation functional materials.
Xinru Jin +3 more
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims In Bhutan, patients frequently choose between allopathic health professionals and Traditional Medicine (Sowa Rigpa) practitioners based on personal faith and cultural preferences. However, beyond these formally recognized systems, uncertified local healers provide alternative cultural and spiritual healing methods that are ...
Pelden Wangchuk +4 more
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Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, Volume 41, Issue 5, September 2026.ABSTRACT Objective This review critically examines psilocybin, with particular emphasis on its pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, including its serotonergic, neuroplastic, and anti‐inflammatory mechanisms. It integrates historical context, preclinical and clinical evidence, and evaluates emerging therapeutic potential, safety, microdosing practices,
José Norberto Vásquez‐Bonilla
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