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Situating Black Reconstruction in the Du Boisian Tradition
ABSTRACT In this paper, I develop a contradictory argument about Black Reconstruction. First, I argue that Black Reconstruction certainly is a masterpiece, and indeed, perhaps one of Du Bois's greatest works. Second, however, I argue that we ought to view Black Reconstruction in the context of Du Bois's overall corpus of scholarship.
Ali Meghji
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Prophethood in Abrahamic Traditions: A Comparative Analysis
Abrahamic Religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—are all prophetic religions. These religions share a common lineage of prophets with shared prophets. Prophets are the medium of communication between the divine and humanity. Although the faiths share
Iymen Nazir
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Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna
ABSTRACT Contemporary metaphysics, and especially neo‐Aristotelian metaphysics, tackles many of the same problems as Avicenna did. One of these problems is the possibility of substantial kind change. For instance, is it possible for an animal to change its species?
Tuomas E. Tahko
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Abstract Predictive processing is an influential theoretical framework for understanding human and animal cognition. In the context of predictive processing, learning is often reduced to optimizing the parameters of a generative model with a predefined structure. This is known as Bayesian parameter learning.
Philippe Servajean, Wanja Wiese
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Examining the Theory of Prophets' Infallibility and Disobedience of Adam [PDF]
Introduction One of the disputed stories in the Qur'an, which is related to the discussion of the infallibility of the prophets, is the story of Adam. Regardless of the controversies about whether this story is real or symbolic, the appearance of these ...
Hossein Atrak
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Enlightenment and Ecumenism [PDF]
The contribution of monasticism to Christian theology\u27s framework in almost all periods is undisputed. However, the eighteenth century as a period of monastic theology is still—unjustly—overlooked.
Lehner, Ulrich
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Losing control: REF 2029 and the downgrading of academic outputs
Abstract In June 2023 UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) announced that the contribution of research outputs to the next REF (Research Excellence Framework) exercise will be radically reduced. In addition, the link between individuals and research publications is to be replaced by a more generic emphasis on ‘research culture’. In this commentary I argue
Matthew Gandy
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The first opinion: Anointing their gods when circumambulating the Sacred House The second opinion: Thaqif condition for their Islam not to bow in worship and not to leave idolatry for one year The third opinion: Quraysh stipulated the expulsion of ...
علي كاظم سميسم +1 more
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Abstract This paper examines the intensified conflict over sexualities education curricula brought about by anti‐(trans)gender and anti‐Muslim policy and political discourse transnationally. Backlash against inclusive sexualities education has taken shape across several policy territories, driven in part by de‐democratising right‐wing populist ...
James Sutton +2 more
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Fail‐Controlled Classifiers: A Swiss‐Army Knife Toward Trustworthy Systems
ABSTRACT Background Modern critical systems often require to take decisions and classify data and scenarios autonomously without having detrimental effects on people, infrastructures or the environment, ensuring desired dependability attributes. Researchers typically strive to craft classifiers with perfect accuracy, which should be always correct and ...
Fahad Ahmed Khokhar +4 more
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