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Two kinds of curiosity

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 108, Issue 3, Page 811-832, May 2024.
Abstract Leading philosophical models of curiosity represent it as a desiderative attitude whose content is a question, and which is satisfied by knowledge of the answer to that question. I argue that these models do not capture the distinctive character of a form of curiosity that I call 'erotic curiosity'.
Daniela Dover
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Nature, Science, Bayes' Theorem, and the Whole of Reality [PDF]

, 2015
A fundamental problem in science is how to make logical inferences from scientific data. Mere data does not suffice since additional information is necessary to select a domain of models or hypotheses and thus determine the likelihood of each model or ...
Alexanian, Moorad
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Community resilience implications for institutional response under uncertainty: Cases of the floods in Wayanad, India and the earthquake in Port‐au‐Prince, Haiti

Sustainable Development, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 1412-1427, April 2024.
Abstract While trajectories of community resourcefulness, solidarity, and mutual trust during and following environmental crises are abound in the literature, how these trajectories are taken into consideration and influences spatial planners, humanitarians and decision makers working under uncertainty remains under documented. Our article explores the
Mrudhula Koshy, David Smith
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Absential Suspension: Malebranche and Locke on Human Freedom

Journal of Modern Philosophy, 2019
This paper treats a heretofore-unnoticed concept in the history of the philosophical discussion of human freedom, a kind of freedom that is not defined solely in terms of the causal power of the agent.
Julie Walsh
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Sur l’intérêt de Roger pour Malebranche. De la littérature à l’histoire des sciences 

Cahiers François Viète
We propose to explore the link between Jacques Roger’s literary training and his career as a historian of the life sciences. To achieve this goal, we will examine the pages he devoted to Nicolas Malebranche, notably in his article « L’expression ...
Angela Ferraro
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Addressing Trauma Among Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Boys of Color [PDF]

, 2016
A growing body of research reveals that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people experience a disproportionate amount of mental health challenges when compared with those who are heterosexual and cisgender.
Kevin L. Nadel
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Méditation et pratique de soi chez Malebranche

Methodos, 2004
One of the major Malebranche’s assertion, that we see truth in God, is not a mere theoretical thesis. I study first the Méditations pour se disposer à l’Humilité et à la pénitence and compare them with François de Sales’ spiritual exercitations, and show
Éric Dubreucq
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Hume, Malebranche and ‘Rationalism’

Philosophy, 2008
AbstractTraditionally Hume is seen as offering an ‘empiricist’ critique of ‘rationalism’. This view is often illustrated – or rejected – by comparing Hume's views with those of Descartes'. However the textual evidence shows that Hume's most sustained engagement with a canonical ‘rationalist’ is with Nicolas Malebranche.
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Newton, Malebranche e a proporção invertida de Voltaire

Filosofia Unisinos, 2017
O presente trabalho tem por objetivo investigar a ideia de Deus presente nos textos do período de Cirey de Voltaire e compará-los com um conjunto específico de textos de seu período de velhice, a fim de notar as nuances e modificações a respeito deste ...
João Carlos Lourenço Caputo
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Teodicee: una nota su S. Nadler, Il migliore dei mondi possibili [PDF]

, 2010
The book of Steven Nadler, The Best of all possible World. A Story of Philosophers, God and Evil gives an account of the philosophical discussions among Leibniz, Malebranche and Arnauld about the freedom of God and the problem of evil. Starting from an
Morfino, Vittorio
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