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Limits, Limitations, and Necessity in Margaret Macdonald
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT I offer a contribution to recent work on Margaret Macdonald (1903–1956), a prolific though largely unknown figure in the history of analytic philosophy who applied Wittgensteinian insights to a broad range of issues. Here I examine the development of Macdonald's views with respect to idealism and conventionalism, through the application of a ...
Oliver Thomas Spinney
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Death - Cultural, philosophical and religious aspects [PDF]
, 2016 About death, grief, mourning, life after death and immortality. Why should we die like humans to survive as a species. "No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.
Sfetcu, Nicolae
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims To examine how family caregivers of deceased nursing home residents scored and justified their ratings for each item on the Quality of Dying in Long‐Term Care scale and to identify the consistencies and discrepancies between their perceptions and the scores assigned when assessing the residents' end‐of‐life experience. Design A convergent
Daniel Puente‐Fernandez +5 more
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Dying and Rising As We Grow Up: Lifelong Baptismal Formation [PDF]
, 1996 (Excerpt) In honor of David Truemper, who taught me the Lutheran Confessions, I want to begin with a quotation from the Large Catechism. Luther writes: Thus we see what a great and excellent thing baptism is, which snatches us from the jaws of the devil ...
Ramshaw, Elaine
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Theorizing Family Rituals: A Family Systems Model
Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Family rituals are universal and spontaneous events carried out by families worldwide. The meaning associated with family rituals can greatly benefit individuals and families. A robust body of research, coupled with ongoing theoretical developments, has paved the way for family rituals to become a well‐established construct within family ...
Carla Crespo
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Never Being Able to Say You’re Sorry: Barriers to Apology By Leaders in Group Conflicts [PDF]
, 2009 Conner and Jordan discuss three implications of the foregoing analysis for leaders, peacemakers, and scholars interested in apology as an instrument to advance justice, prevent destructive conflict, and promote cooperation. First, an effective apology is
Conner, Roger, Jordan, Patricia
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using the case of Polish far‐right activists in Britain, this paper explores how migrants joining far‐right groups in countries of residence reconcile their own transnational lives with nativist attachment to the national soil. The paper adopts an anthropological framework on discursive and performative strategies used to navigate this ...
Rafal Soborski +2 more
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‘I'm Dead!’: Action, Homicide and Denied Catharsis in Early Modern Spanish Drama
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In early modern Spanish drama, the expression ‘¡Muerto soy!’ (‘I'm dead!’) is commonly used to indicate a literal death or to figuratively express a character's extreme fear or passion. Recent studies, even one collection published under the title of ‘¡Muerto soy!’, have paid scant attention to the phrase in context, a serious omission when ...
Ted Bergman
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Lex orandi, a new lex credendi: \u27The burial of the dead,\u27 1978, from an historical perspective [PDF]
, 1992 Lutheran ...
Dyck, Eric E.
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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