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Has Cosmology Advanced in Recent Years? [PDF]

, 2003
Cosmologists are astronomers who study the universe as\ud a whole. The idea of the universe as a whole presents\ud some difficulty both to science and philosophy.
Sanatani, Saurabh
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Evaluating Investment in Space Programs: A Case for Theoretical Pluralism

Financial Accountability &Management, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 19-35, February 2026.
ABSTRACT A perennial question repeatedly asked since the early Mercury (USA) and Salyut (then Soviet Union) space programs has been variations on the theme of “how can the cost of space exploration be justified?” This question—which in broad terms constitutes the research question considered in this paper—continues to be directed toward space agencies ...
Basil P. Tucker, Hank C. Alewine
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Juedi Tiantong: The Religious Basis of the Relationship between Tian and Man in Ancient China

Religions
Juedi Tiantong occurred in ancient China and was the critical foundation for understanding the relationship between Tian and man in China. From the perspective of conceptual history, Juedi Tiantong not only shaped the metaphysical dimension of the ...
Zhejia Tang, Xuedan Li
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A Concept of Philosophy in the Qur'anic Context

American Journal of Islam and Society, 1994
One of the most debated subjects in philosophy is the nature and subject matter of philosophy itself. It is pethaps the only discipline that critically discusses its own natum. This is one msan that has led philosophers, particularly after the nineteenth
Alparslan Acikgenc
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I saperi dell’architetto nella propaganda augustea: Vitruvio, Creta e la medicina

Erga-Logoi, 2020
The Vitruvian De architectura, treatise in ten books dedicated to Augustus, documents the author’s perfect adherence to the ideological contents of the Augustan propaganda – which founded much of its success not only on territorial conquests but also on ...
Margherita Cassia
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Semantic primitives and compositionality: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 198-223, January 2026.
Abstract The term semantic primitives refers to a set of basic, atomic concepts from which all other (compound) concepts are constructed. It presupposes the principle of compositionality—the idea that complex items or expressions can be formed by combining simpler constituents.
Birger Hjørland
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Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences in Rio de Janeiro – between science and public

Tyragetia, 2014
Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences in Rio de Janeiro (MAST) was opened in 1985 and is now one of the most popular institutions of this type in Brazil. It stores artifacts related to the Brazilian science and technology.
Lucia Marinescu-Tonu
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Marx and Engels on Planetary Motion [PDF]

, 2018
For decades, the question of whether dialectics applies to nature has been a hotly debated topic in the Marxian literature. A number of authors have claimed that the Marxist outlook on nature and natural sciences has been for-mulated by Engels alone ...
Kangal, Kaan
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The Polish Marco Polo – Explorer of Zhōngguó

Politeja
The failed diplomatic mission of Michael Boym is still a little-known episode. Nevertheless, Boym’s legacy goes beyond his missionary and political activities.
Krzysztof Kościelniak
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The representativeness threshold for the CETA subcorpus of the Coruña Corpus

Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos, 2021
The concept of representativeness is the main distinguishing characteristic of specialised corpora in comparison to other sets of texts. The Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing currently comprises four published subcorpora (astronomy, life ...
Elena Alfaya-Lamas, Menchu Garrote Espantoso   +1 more
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