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Dreams and Paintings: Descartes, Dream Skepticism, and the Constitution of Mental States
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 113, Issue 2, Page 379-393, September 2026.ABSTRACT Contemporary epistemologists typically read Descartes’ dream argument as an argument for external world skepticism. This paper argues that Descartes’ own development of the issues suggests otherwise and enquires into the reasons for this divergence.
Mario Schärli
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Paradigmatic Ideas in the Critique of Historical Reason in Islam [PDF]
تاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری, 2018 If we accept that any interpretation of the Islamic heritage of thought is based on a framework of ideas and concepts, which is the title of historical reason, then the continuation of the structure of this historical reason leads to the ineffectiveness ...
Abdolah Motevaly +2 more
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On the Naturalistic Grounds of Grounding
Ratio, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 126-134, September 2026.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether grounding can be naturalized. We adopt a tripartite framework—Ocat (scientific catalogue of existents), Otyp (ontological types), and metaphysics (natures/modal profiles)—and show that classifying as such the relata of putative grounding claims forces a dilemma.
Raoni Arroyo, Jonas R. Becker Arenhart
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Theoria, Volume 92, Issue 4, August 2026.ABSTRACT Some commentators argue that the notes collected as Wittgenstein's On Certainty provide the basis for a groundbreaking epistemological theory and response to scepticism. This theory pertains to the role of what some have called the hinge propositions of our inquiry, following Wittgenstein's metaphor of hinges of a door. This paper examines one
David Veldran
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“That We May Love the As Yet Unknown God”: The Meaning of Analogy in Augustine’s De Trinitate
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 708-729, July 2026.Abstract Recent interest in the idea of analogy and the analogy of being, along with the apparent invocation of Augustine’s De Trinitate in the definition of Lateran IV, calls for a renewed investigation into the idea of analogy in the aforementioned text. Methodologically, “analogy” in De Trin. names a form of discourse which attempts to see the truth
Samuel J. Korb
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Chisholmian Foundationalism and the Naturalization of Epistemology
Crítica, 2019 El reciente proyecto de naturalización de la epistemología ha producido gran cantidad de discusiones teóricas, muchas de las cuales (Goldman, Kornblith) se esfuerzan por aludir a la investigación realizada en las ciencias cognoscitivas con el fin de ...
Jane Duran
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Progress, Objectivism, and Philosophy of History: The Problem of Progress in Critical Theory
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 470-482, June 2026.Abstract In this paper, I evaluate Rahel Jaeggi's theory of progress as outlined in her recent book Fortschritt und Regression. The central question of this paper will be whether Jaeggi's theory of progress in terms of an “accumulating problem‐solving process” can answer the critique of progress put forward by Amy Allen in The End of Progress.
Wouter Wiersma
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Ockam’s Razor and the Heterogenity of Representations: towards an Ontology of the Abstract
Azafea: Revista de Filosofía, 2011 Foundationalism is the thesis that there is an epistemologically significant distinction between fundamental science (i.e. theoretical physics) and the special sciences.
Sergio Fernando MARTÍNEZ MUÑOZ
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REALISM OR IDEALISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A PRACTICING HISTORIAN
History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 298-308, June 2026.ABSTRACT This review essay argues that the realist philosophy of history, as represented by Adam Timmins in Towards a Realist Philosophy of History, raises interesting questions about the nature of historical writing and challenges some of the foundations of idealist philosophy of history.
Stefan Berger
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From phenomenology to archaeology. Foucault with—and against—Merleau‐Ponty
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 203-215, June 2026.Abstract This article examines the complex and often ambiguous relationship Michel Foucault maintained with phenomenology through his dialogue with Maurice Merleau‐Ponty from the early 1950s to the mid‐1960s. The analysis delineates Foucault's progressive displacement from an internal questioning of phenomenology toward his major archaeological ...
Philippe Sabot
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