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Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contemporary epistemologists analysing knowledge take (true) propositions to be the object of knowledge. In this paper, I provide an argument for the claim that the object of knowledge is, in fact, the world. The propositions in propositional knowledge ascriptions merely describe the part of the world of which the subject is aware. Kent Bach's
Tess Dewhurst
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George Orwell e os desdobramentos literários de uma presença no front
Aletria: Revista de Estudos de Literatura, 2009 Esse trabalho apresenta as circunstâncias que rodeiam a ida de George Orwell como combatente voluntário à Espanha e a redação de Homage to Catalonia após seu retorno à Inglaterra.
Carlos Gohn
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Was George Orwell a Metaphysical Realist?
Philosophia Scientiæ, 2008 The core of George Orwell’s novel 1984 is the debate between Winston Smith and O’Brien in the cells of the Ministry of Love. It is natural to read this debate as a debate between a realist (as regards the nature of truth) and an anti-realist.
Peter van Inwagen
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 99-104, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article is an extended review of Jeffrey Ian Ross's student textbook, ‘Introduction to Convict Criminology’. The review tackles critical issues emerging in convict criminology and the wider lived experience movement. The review engages with various approaches taken by Ross, in particular the book's focus on his own contributions to ...
Rod Earle
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Orwell y la destrucción del pensamiento negativo
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 2019 En uno de sus escritos de juventud, sostiene Marx que el comunismo no es un ideal que haya de ser realizado sino más bien un movimiento real cuyas determinaciones surgen del actual estado de cosas.
Evodio Escalante
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Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 2019 Hoy, la sociedad que George Orwell retrata en su novela 1984 ha cesado de ser una ficción de la literatura. La paradoja del absurdo de aquel mundo regido por consignas tales como “la guerra es la paz”, “la libertad es la esclavitud”, “la ignorancia es la
Gilda Waldman
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Living As If We All Mattered: Kinship and Other Gifts in Community
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, Volume 47, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Living as if we all mattered in a society that does the opposite is an act of resistance. It builds resilience within communities, bringing gifts of relationality. Cathy and Chris are human service workers who aim to transcend the binary of practitioner/patient.
Catherine Richardson Kineweskwêw +1 more
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Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 2019 Cuando se considera una utopía se dirige la mirada al futuro. Ello tiende a opacar una de sus facetas más importantes: la situación concreta en la que emerge y contra la cual lucha el utopista.
Antonio Delhumeau
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Hydrological Processes, Volume 40, Issue 3, March 2026.Understanding groundwater discharge to surface water is crucial for ecosystems, water quality, and resource management. A flexible methodology was developed to first predict and then identify cold‐water zones and significant groundwater discharge areas in four key Lake Ontario tributaries.
Josh Woda +5 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 7-27, March 2026.Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron +2 more
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