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A Crazy Idea: Ibn Sīnā on Hylomorphism, the Elements, Mixture and Evolutionary Processes

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ibn Sīnā (c. 973‐1037), the Avicenna of Latin fame, developed a unique theory of the elements and their status in mixtures that severely challenged the views of earlier natural philosophers and in its turn was severely challenged by later Latin Schoolmen in the West.
Jon McGinnis
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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
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The history of cardiopulmonary bypass and the evolution of <i>pneuma</i> in cardiopulmonary medicine. [PDF]

Arch Med Sci Atheroscler Dis
Leivaditis V, Mavroudes G, Braun Lambur H, Baikoussis N, Liolis E, Tasios K, Tchabashvili L, Theofanis G, Antzoulas A, Litsas D, Papadopoulos PD, Nikolakopoulos K, Dahm M, Papadoulas S, Mulita F.   +14 more
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World Englishes and applied linguistics: Theoretical and applied perspectives

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the evolving relationship between world Englishes (WE) and applied linguistics (AL), tracing AL's historical development from its Anglo‐American origins in the mid‐20th century, grounded in “linguistics applied” to its contemporary status as a multidisciplinary field concerned with social justice and equity. It highlights
Kingsley Bolton
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Persistence and Innovation in the Greco-Roman Medical Tradition: The Reading and Writing Practices of a Tenth-Century Monk. [PDF]

Soc Hist Med
Marchiori SM.
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Mother tongue instruction as a sticky object: The making of a register of denunciation

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract This article examines the making of a political register to denounce mother tongue instruction (MTI) in Sweden. Nationally mandated since 1977, MTI is a state‐sponsored, curriculum‐stipulated subject for minority pupils of over 187 languages other than Swedish.
Scarlett Mannish, Linus Salö
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Reading Nietzsche in an Age of Conspiracy Theories

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 251-275, April 2026.
Abstract This essay considers Friedrich Nietzsche's critique of Christian morality as a template for interpreting the epistemology of modern conspiracy theorists. The first section elucidates Nietzsche's notion of ressentiment as it can be applied to contemporary conspiracism. The effectiveness of this comparative assessment thus raises the question of
J.W. Olson
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On Thinking, Nursing Scholarship and the Science of the Unique. [PDF]

Nurs Philos
Mantzoukas S.
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The Problem of Christ’s Acquired Knowledge

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 333-355, April 2026.
Abstract Thomas Aquinas is universally applauded for his “courage and perspicacity” in eventually admitting an acquired knowledge in Christ. According to this doctrine, Christ, through the experience of his senses, came to know what he previously did not know.
Joshua H. Lim
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Opening the Sacred Chamber: The Cultural and Ethical Odyssey of Cardiac Surgery. [PDF]

J Cardiovasc Dev Dis
Leivaditis V, Mavroudes G, Mulita F, Baikoussis NG, Papatriantafyllou A, Garantzioti V, Tasios K, Tchabashvili L, Litsas D, Katsakiori P, Assimakopoulos SF, Nikolakopoulos K, Antzoulas A, Liolis E, Papadoulas S, Koletsis E, Dahm M.   +16 more
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