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Beyond the Polemics: Freedom and Necessity in Plotinus and St Maximus Confessor

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 49-63, January 2024.
Abstract Abstract: The aim of this paper is to challenge the prevailing polemic between ‘necessary’ emanation and ‘free’ creation. I begin by arguing for the presence of freedom and volition in the emanationism of Plotinus. I then move on to explore the role of necessity in the creationism of Maximus. In both cases, I rely upon a twofold schematisation
Daniel Heide
wiley   +1 more source

Montesquieu & Voltaire jako inspirace utilitarismu ( Montesquieu & Voltaire as an Inspiration for Utilitarianism )

Ostium, 2017
The aim of the study is to consider the extent in which utilitarianism was influenced by Charles-Louis Montesquieu and Voltaire. These two philosophers were eminent personalities of the Enlightenment.
Markéta Minářová
doaj  

Teadus ja tavauskumused. [PDF]

Mäetagused, 2004
Modern science is extremely sceptical towards the dilemma of God's existence. Which side of the argument might prove right in this historical confrontation - the one based on traditional religions and folk perceptions or that based on modern doctrines of
Undo Uus
doaj  

Doxastic Agent's Awareness

European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 112-122, March 2025.
Sophie Keeling
wiley   +1 more source

The Curse of Free-Will and the Paradox of Inevitable Regret

Journal of Causal Inference, 2013
The paradox described below aims to clarify the principles by which empirical data are harnessed to guide decision making. It is motivated by the practical question of whether empirical assessments of the effect of treatment on the treated (ETT) can be ...
Pearl Judea
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Determinism as the cause of free will

Filosofia Unisinos
This paper aims to demonstrate that the only way for freewill to exist is through a deterministic Universe, which is governed by physical and biological laws which cause events, namely free will.
Ricardo Serrado
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This Is What a Historicist and Relativist Feminist Philosophy of Disability Looks Like

Foucault Studies, 2015
With this article, I advance a historicist and relativist feminist philosophy of disability. I argue that Foucault’s insights offer the most astute tools with which to engage in this intellectual enterprise.
Shelley Tremain
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Shakespeare’s Weird Sisters – In Between Outlandish Womanhood and Prophesing Moirae

Linguaculture, 2017
This study intends to map the meandering expression of otherness when womanhood constructs an epiphanic encounter with time and fortune. Hereinafter, hegemonic, oppressive masculinity meets peripheral, prophesying femininity in an intricate exercise of ...
Avarvarei Simona Catrinel
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Mining and the sustainable development goals: Prioritizing SDG targets for proper environmental governance. [PDF]

Ambio, 2023
Omotehinse AO, De Tomi G.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Primacy of Shiite Theology over that of the Mutazilites [PDF]

Comparative Theology, 2015
Shiites' historically tumultuous life has always been exposed to numerous charges. One of these charges is the claim that the Shiites have received their creed from the Mutazilites.
Habib Karkon Beiragh, Tuba Kermani
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