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A Theory of Sense‐Data

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I develop and defend a sense‐datum theory of perception. My theory follows the spirit of classic sense‐datum theories: I argue that what it is to have a perceptual experience is to be acquainted with some sense‐data, where sense‐data are private particulars that have all the properties they appear to have, that are common to both perception ...
Andrew Y. Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Kemaksuman Nabi: Kajian terhadap Ayat-ayat ‘Itâb terhadap Nabi Muhammad Saw [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article aims to understand what the concept of the infallibility of prophets and messengers by seeing some interpretations of some verses contained in the Qoran are considered as ‘itâb (admonition/warning) for one of the prophets, he is the prophet ...
Sriwahyuni, S. (Sriwahyuni)
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Metaphor, indeterminacy, and intention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
David Cooper has argued that it is a constraint on any acceptable theory of metaphor that it account for the 'indeterminacy' of metaphorical content, that is, the sense that many metaphors admit of more than one acceptable interpretation, none of which ...
McGonigal, A.
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Contextualising Hohfeld's Analysis of Rights: Legal Relations and the Rule of Law

open access: yesRatio Juris, EarlyView.
Abstract More than a century ago, W. N. Hohfeld offered the most influential analysis of rights to date. However, his classification has rarely been received without criticism. Many of the objections to his framework stem from the longstanding debate between interest and will theories of rights.
Paulo Baptista Caruso MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

Trust in Regulation in a Time of Revolution

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines trust in regulation as a core value and precondition of the modern liberal democratic regulatory state. It develops a concept of justified trust in regulation, grounded in regulatory trustworthiness—honesty, competence, and reliability—rather than in proxies such as partisan loyalty, blind faith, obedience, or resignation.
Cristie Ford
wiley   +1 more source

Against the new Cartesian Circle [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In two recent papers, Michael Della Rocca accuses Descartes of reasoning circularly in the Fourth Meditation. This alleged new circle is distinct from, and more vicious than, the traditional Cartesian Circle arising in the Third Meditation.
Fulmer, Everett, Ragland, C. P.
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Theory of Prophets' Infallibility and Disobedience of Adam [PDF]

open access: yesحکمت معاصر
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
doaj   +1 more source

Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna

open access: yesTheoria, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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