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The Leibnizian foundations of the eighteenth‐century debate on the justification of principles: The problem of the meaning of metaphysics

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 4, Page 585-602, December 2025.
Abstract The reception of Leibniz encompasses a wide range of authors influenced by his work, such as Wolff, Crusius, and Kant. In this article, I will address the problem of the reception of Leibniz's theory of principles in the context of the debate that arose during the eighteenth century about the meaning and purpose of metaphysics.
José Antonio Gutiérrez‐García
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Green fields, ugly ducklings and black swans: Aesthetic dimensions of ecological science

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 6, Page 1286-1295, June 2025.
Abstract Despite its relative infancy, ecological science plays a pre‐eminent role in current environmental decision‐making globally and has, over recent decades, permeated a broad range of academic disciplines. Developments in two areas of philosophical thought in particular, environmental aesthetics and the aesthetics of science, beg an exploration ...
Samantha J. Capon   +4 more
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THE STUPID NINETEENTH CENTURY: PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY IN CRITICAL POSTHUMANIST AND POST‐ANTHROPOCENTRIC THOUGHT

open access: yesHistory and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 24-45, March 2025.
ABSTRACT This article addresses the charge of “stupidity” leveled at nineteenth‐century thought by recent critical posthumanist and post‐anthropocentric theorists. The article's first section traces a particularistic reading of nineteenth‐century philosophy of history in the writings of Rosi Braidotti and Bruno Latour, both of whom have employed the ...
CALLUM BARRELL, SARA RAIMONDI
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Accommodation and critique: A necessary tension

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 23-50, January/February 2025.
Abstract A dilemma in critical systems thinking is how to balance a desire for critique to inspire far‐reaching transformations in society with the requirement for people to reach accommodations to enable on‐the‐ground change. Both critique and accommodation are necessary to realise transformations, yet they are often in tension.
Alistair J. Smith, Gerald Midgley
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Structural Eurocentrism in philosophy: An argument for sociometaphilosophy

open access: yesMetaphilosophy, Volume 56, Issue 1, Page 83-108, January 2025.
Abstract This article has three main aims. First, it argues that the question of the inclusion of “non‐Western” thought in philosophy cannot be resolved by appealing to definitions of philosophy, as such definitions are an integral part of the epistemically hegemonic practices responsible for the exclusion of non‐Western thought in the first place ...
Philippe Major
wiley   +1 more source

Administrative responses to democratic backsliding: When is bureaucratic resistance justified?

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 1104-1117, October 2024.
Abstract Populist, illiberal, or outright autocratic movements threaten democracies worldwide, particularly when such extreme political forces gain control of executive power. For public administration illiberal backsliders in government pose a dilemma.
Michael W. Bauer
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Theories on Conflict: Kant versus Hegel

open access: yesJournal of Student Research
The German philosophers Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Hegel are often regarded as two of the most significant minds during the Age of Enlightenment. This essay will examine the similarities and differences in how the two philosophers approached the concept of “conflict,” which takes up a major part in their systems of history and philosophy.
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Philosophy as dia‐philosophy: Hector‐Neri Castañeda's theoretical defense of pluralism

open access: yesMetaphilosophy, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 115-130, April 2024.
Abstract This paper focuses on Hector‐Neri Castañeda's significant contributions to metaphilosophy. In his 1980 work, On Philosophical Method, Castañeda articulates a unique perspective, characterizing philosophy as fundamentally a dia‐philosophical activity.
Nevia Dolcini
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Kant Versus Hegel: Two Views on Metaphysics

open access: yesKyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal
The article highlights the special features of metaphysics in Kant and Hegel. Kant’s attitude toward traditional metaphysics was defined by a critical stance that limited knowledge to the transcendental conditions of possible experience. Traditional metaphysics did not meet the transcendental criteria of cognition.
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