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Forty Years Later: Naming Without Necessity, Necessity Without Naming1
Abstract The essay examines the proper treament of (i) naming (ii) necessity. (A) It argues their mutual independence (B) provides a treatment of naming separately from any idea of “designation” (C) gives treatment of de re modality without any use of possible worlds, essences, concepts, rigid designators (D) it argues an ultimate asymmetry–naming ...
Joseph Almog
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Ethical diversity and the role of conscience in clinical medicine. [PDF]
In a climate of plurality about the concept of what is “good,” one of the most daunting challenges facing contemporary medicine is the provision of medical care within the mosaic of ethical diversity. Juxtaposed with escalating scientific knowledge and clinical prowess has been the concomitant erosion of unity of thought in medical ethics.
Genuis SJ, Lipp C.
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Minds and Brains, Sleep and Psychiatry
Objective This article offers a philosophical thesis for psychiatric disorders that rests upon some simple truths about the mind and brain. Specifically, it asks whether the dual aspect monism—that emerges from sleep research and theoretical neurobiology—can be applied to pathophysiology and psychopathology in psychiatry.
J. Allan Hobson +2 more
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The work of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was formed under the influence of social moods of the 19th century, however, the phenomenon of existential consciousness, which is inherent in his literary works, allows readers of the 21st century to
A.Yu. Shilin, A.Yu. Trifonova
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When the Sun Shines it's Almost Heaven
The article describes Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky's visit to Italy. Fyodor Mikhailovich was in Italy three times. For the first time in 1862, after visiting Paris and London, in his winter Notes on summer impressions, he fought both for the
V. Supino
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The life mission theory VI. A theory for the human character: healing with holistic medicine through recovery of character and purpose of life. [PDF]
The human character can be understood as an extension of the life mission or purpose of life, and explained as the primary tool of a person to impact others and express the purpose of life. Repression of the human character makes it impossible for a person to realize his personal mission in life and, therefore, is one of the primary causes of self ...
Ventegodt S +3 more
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Philosophical Poetry as a Form of Memory. On a Poem by Hannah Arendt [PDF]
Hannah Arendt’s intellectual legacy includes a collection of poems that have not received much attention from scholars. Arendt began writing these poems in her youth and continued into adulthood.
Oxana A. Koval, Ekaterina B. Kriukova
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Baltic Question in Russia’s Foreign Policy (1558—1730)
The issue of the development of the foreign policy of the Russian Empire in the Baltic region after the death of Peter I is considered as a continuation of the foreign policy of Ivan the Terrible. The aim of the work is to study the continuity of foreign
D. O. Mezhuev
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The possible role of the insula in the epilepsy and the gambling disorder of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. [PDF]
Background The retrospective diagnosis of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky’s (1821–1881) neurological and psychiatric disease proves to be particularly interesting.
Tényi D +4 more
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The Limits of Theodicy: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective on Evil and Interreligious Theology [PDF]
This essay is written from the vantage point of a comparative theologian who is personally steeped in the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition and who primarily specializes in Christian-Muslim comparative theology.
Monge, Rico G.
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