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From the meaning triad to meaning holism: Unifying life’s meaning
Human Affairs, 2019 Claims that talk of life’s meaning is misguided, unmanageable or, worse, nonsensical, are overblown. Such claims especially track the cosmically focused the meaning of life. “The meaning of life” is perfectly intelligible, and is centered on a cluster of
Joshua W. Seachris
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Holisme as ’n postmodernistiese filosofie in teologiese lig
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1990 Holism as a postmodern philosophy in theological light Postmodernity is defined primarily as advocacy for holistic thinking as against the alleged fragmentation in epistemology in the Modern Time.
A. G. van Aarde
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Reflexions sobre l'holisme [PDF]
, 1996 Aquest article és una traducció al català d'un text d'Ernest LePore on aquest recull algunes questions bàsiques sobre les propietats intencionals i si cal tractar-les de forma holística, seguint el plantejament previ que l'autor i en Jerry Fodor van ...
LePore, Ernest
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Reasons, Rationalities, and Procreative Beneficence: Need Häyry Stand Politely By While Savulescu and Herissone-Kelly Disagree? [PDF]
, 2011 The claim that the answers we give to many of the central questions in genethics will depend crucially upon the particular rationality we adopt in addressing them is central to Matti Häyry’s thorough and admirably fair-minded book, Rationality and the ...
Herissone-kelly, Peter N
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Infrastructures, 2018 Resilience research includes multiple definitions, concepts, perspectives, and applications across a broad range of academic disciplines. While experts, policy-makers, and practitioners assert that resilience requires holism, what is considered holistic ...
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The Distinction Between Physics and Metaphysics in Duhem’s Philosophy [PDF]
, 2018 Pierre Duhem’s philosophy of science has influenced many philosophers in the twentieth century, and even today. Many of the subjects he addressed are still highly discussed today, especially the distinction between science and metaphysics. My aim in this
Miranda Vilchis, Rogelio
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Holism, or the Erosion of Modularity: A Methodological Challenge for Validation
Philosophia Scientiæ, 2018 Modularity is a key concept in building and evaluating complex simulation models. My main claim is that in simulation modeling modularity tends to degenerate for reasons inherent to simulation methodology.
J. Lenhard
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Fact/Value Holism, Feminist Philosophy, and Nazi Cancer Research
Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, 2015 Fact/value holism has become commonplace in philosophy of science, especially in feminist literature. However, that facts are bearers of empirical content, while values are not, remains a firmly-held distinction.
Sharyn Clough
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From holism to compositionality: memes and the evolution of segmentation, syntax, and signification in music and language [PDF]
, 2015 Steven Mithen argues that language evolved from an antecedent he terms “Hmmmmm, [meaning it was] Holistic, manipulative, multi-modal, musical and mimetic”.
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