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Nathaniel Culverwell's stoic theory of common notions
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract This article takes a closer look at the theory of knowledge developed by Nathaniel Culverwell in his 1652 Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature. Based on Culverwell's endorsement of Edward Herbert of Cherbury against Plato and Aristotle, his critical reception of René Descartes, and his contributions to a controversy between ...
Mogens Lærke
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Dreams, Scepticism and Idealism
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT On one narrative, Berkeleyan idealism arises from Cartesian theorising: Descartes's discussion of dreaming in the Meditations leads first to scepticism, and through scepticism, to Berkeley's rejection of realism. In this paper, I consider how this move from dreams to idealism is supposed to work.
Melissa Frankel
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Sociological Inquiry, Volume 96, Issue 4, 2026.Despite decades of policy interventions, the world suffers from profound social problems including drug abuse, family breakdown, and systemic injustice. The research problem is the persistent gap in existing sociological theories: objective criteria lacking for diagnosing social harm before it becomes visible.
Jilani Ben Touhami Meftah
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 946-964, September 2026.Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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Ratio, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 135-142, September 2026.ABSTRACT Most naïve realists do not distinguish between perception and consciousness; to say that I perceive the table is akin to saying that I am conscious of the table. Doing so leads many to maintain that if the character of experience is constituted by anything other than the table, I do not perceive it, and so naïve realism fails.
R. P. Koutedakis
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 635-689, September 2026.Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime +2 more
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Аrtistic Stylistic Peculiarities of Ancient Egyptian Ritual Dance
Танцювальні студії, 2019 The purpose of the article is to carry out a reflection on the subject of reception of ancient Egyptian ritual dances in the research field of national choreology and to identify the artistic and stylistic peculiarities of their performance. Methodology.
Larysa Tsvietkova
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 764-780, September 2026.Abstract This article examines how late bardic poetry transforms the condition of exile into a literary mode that reimagines community and tradition. I argue that poetry of lament, blessing and devotion articulates a broader literary consciousness that anticipates modern notions of a national consciousness. The compilation of bardic verse in manuscript
Daniel T. McClurkin
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Síndrome metabólico: prevalencia y factores asociados en mujeres en menopausia en el Quindío
Revista Colombiana de Endocrinología, Diabetes y MetabolismoObjetivo: estimar la prevalencia del síndrome metabólico e identificar los factores asociados en mujeres en menopausia. Materiales y métodos: se realizó un estudio transversal analítico.
Franklin Espitia-De La Hoz
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