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Avicenna on the PSR and Causal Necessity in the Natural World

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Avicenna's account of causal necessity in the natural world is a key part of his metaphysical system and it is also historically significant. Yet, there is little scholarly discussion of the philosophical basis of his view. This is surprising not only because the topic is important, but also because the view is challenging to interpret ...
Kara Richardson
wiley   +1 more source

Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
wiley   +1 more source

Peacebuilding, politicization, and youth work: Pathways to youth critical action for sustainable peace in Northern Ireland

Journal of Social Issues, Volume 82, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract While Northern Ireland is praised as a successful peace process with valuable lessons, peacebuilding is incomplete. The responsibility increasingly falls on young people to address the unfinished business of the past, despite questions of capacity and the complex political and social dynamics of today.
Brandon Hamber, Eliz McArdle
wiley   +1 more source

Locke(d) in a Dilemma: The Problem of Territorial Authority

Philosophy &Public Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 157-168, Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT In Lockean social contract theory, the state exercises its authority over territory through property rights. The state has territorial authority over the property it and its citizens claim. This authority is legitimate when the state has the consent of the governed and effectively governs. In this paper, I argue that there is an irreconcilable
Samantha L. Fritz
wiley   +1 more source

Memory, Presidential Meaning‐Making, and the Role of the US Bicentennial in Gerald Ford's 1976 Presidential Campaign

Presidential Studies Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article provides the first extensive investigation of President Gerald Ford's commemoration of the 1976 United States Bicentennial. Drawing on internal correspondence and Ford's public addresses, it highlights how his administration leveraged Bicentennial commemorations to situate Ford's Presidency as a reconciling and stabilizing force ...
Thomas Cryer
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Mutational Scanning for the Study and Engineering of Protein Assemblies

Chemistry–Methods, Volume 6, Issue 8, August 2026.
This review explores how deep mutational scanning (DMS) can be used to improve understanding and accelerate engineering of protein assemblies, from natural fibers to engineered nanocages. We discuss various types of protein assemblies and their characterization, provide an introduction to the DMS technique, and then highlight examples in which DMS has ...
Jenna B. Wolfanger, Shoili Banerjee, Carolyn E. Mills   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bias in Expert Judgment Within Large‐Scale Science and Technology Delphis: What Do We Know (and Not Know) and Can Utilization of Panelists' Rationales Help Reduce Potential Bias?

FUTURES &FORESIGHT SCIENCE, Volume 8, Issue 2, August 2026.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we offer a critique of Sokolov, Grebenyuk, and Urashima's paper, “Biases in expert judgments in large‐scale S&T Delphi surveys: how to cope with them?”, published in the journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change in 2025. Although their paper makes a valuable contribution by drawing attention to the potential existence of
Xinyu Jiang, Ian Belton, George Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Speaking Out on Sexualized Violence Through Artistic Storytelling in Post-conflict Northern Ireland. [PDF]

Violence Against Women, 2023
Van Ooijen AL, Davids T, Fitzpatrick L.
europepmc   +1 more source

An alternative approach to music education research: Utilising Q‐methodology and activity theory to identify and compare international cross‐cultural viewpoints of classroom music teachers' assessment beliefs in England and Singapore

Review of Education, Volume 14, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract Assessment is a contested term in school conceptualisation and practices. Assessment in music education has a variety of meanings, and complexities can arise from music teacher and school leader understandings of the term. Using an activity theory conceptual framework and Q methodology, this longitudinal research project sought to develop ...
Anthony Anderson, Nikki Booth, Siew Ling Chua, Melissa Ong, Martin Fautley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How moderates make boundaries after protracted conflict. Everyday universalists, agonists, transformists and cosmopolitans in contemporary Northern Ireland. [PDF]

Br J Sociol, 2022
Todd J, Curristan S, Dornschneider-Elkink S.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source