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PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been contended that the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) implies necessitarianism—that is, the view that everything occurs out of necessity. Discussing a well‐known argument for this claim developed by contemporary metaphysicians, I show that Ibn Sīnā has anticipated a counterpart of this argument, and that is precisely why he is ...
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
wiley   +1 more source

Effective altruism in global health: doing better, justly. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Celie KB, Wilkinson D, Ayala R, Lakhoo K.   +3 more
europepmc   +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

Narrating Entanglement Without Dehumanisation in Contemporary Eco‐Fiction

Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This essay presents a comparative analysis of two contemporary works of eco‐fiction, Richard Powers's The Overstory (2018) and Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood (2023). Both novels use multiperspective narration in the service of entanglement narratives, forms of storytelling that emphasise the interconnection of human and nonhuman life.
Diana Rose Newby
wiley   +1 more source

Seeking Something Beyond Themselves: A Concept Analysis of Spiritual Awakening Experiences at the End of Life. [PDF]

Nurs Rep
Monteiro M, Vitorino J, Salvetti MG, Laranjeira C.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Blockchain for the Arts and Humanities

Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT As born‐digital cultural materials proliferate, the arts and humanities require infrastructures that guarantee provenance, authenticity, and equitable access. This paper delivers a comprehensive, critical survey of blockchain's potential and limits across the sector.
James O'Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

A Dialogue between Hindu and Catholic Perspectives in Taking Care of Newborns at their End-of-Life. [PDF]

Asian Bioeth Rev
Dinicola GA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Alignment of the Starlings: Learning With Generative AI

Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT I will argue that answers to normative questions concerning the place of generative AI in learning rest on answers to ontological questions regarding (1) precisely what is happening when a human ‘interacts’ with generative AI and (2) What is distinctive about organic learning as opposed to currently existing ‘machine learning’ (3) What is the ...
Sean Watson
wiley   +1 more source