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Contingent Grounding Physicalism

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is widely held that physicalism is incompatible with the metaphysical possibility of zombies, i.e., beings physically just like us yet lacking in phenomenal consciousness. The present paper argues that this orthodoxy is mistaken. As against the received wisdom, physicalism is perfectly compatible with the possibility of zombies and zombie ...
Alex Moran
wiley   +1 more source

3D-Printed Versus Conventional Dental Provisional Resins: A Comparative Study. [PDF]

open access: yesMedicina (Kaunas)
Moss OB   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Laws and Reasons Why

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Laws play some role in explanations: at the very least, they somehow connect what is explained, or the explanandum, to what explains, or the explanans. Thus, thermodynamical laws connect the match's being struck and its lightning, so that the former causes the latter; and laws about set formation connect Socrates' existence with {Socrates}'s ...
Julio De Rizzo
wiley   +1 more source

How Theists Can Answer the “Why be Moral?” Question: An Indirect Reason‐Generation Account

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, I give a new type of theistic answer to the “Why be moral?” question. After briefly clarifying the version of the question I'm concerned with, as well as extant theistic answers to the question, I argue for a new kind of answer. Roughly, while on standard answers, future (post death) benefits directly generate present reason to ...
Justin Morton
wiley   +1 more source

Peri‐implantitis—Is it mainly a clinician‐initiated complication of implant therapy?

open access: yesPeriodontology 2000, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim The high prevalence of peri‐implantitis is concerning, with a growing consensus that the majority of cases are complications initiated by clinician‐related errors rather than classic pathology. A primary predisposing factor for peri‐implantitis is exposure of the micro‐rough implant surfaces to the peri‐implant sulcus after treatment ...
Stephen T. Chen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Practice and Origins of Performance Measurement: Assessing the Sunnyvale Model, 1984–2023

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Few regulatory reforms are as celebrated or emulated as the performance measurement system of Sunnyvale, California, which inspired the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 and countless other national and local efforts. This study presents the first longitudinal, cross‐programmatic analysis of a performance measurement system ...
Joyce Kasing Tagal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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