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Machine, organism and language: a comparative epistemology of AI models. [PDF]

AI Soc
Pasquinelli M.
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

Jan of Jenštejn's <i>De bono mortis</i>: Reconstructing a Sceptical Patient's Travel Narrative. [PDF]

Soc Hist Med
Outhwaite P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Descartes's Eudaimonism: The Virtuously Content Life

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines René Descartes's engagement with the ethical tradition of eudaimonism, which considers happiness or flourishing (eudaimonia) the highest good. On the one hand, Descartes can be read as an eudaimonist because he is in rich dialogue with certain ancient thinkers (e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus and the Stoics) and shares ...
Brandon Smith
wiley   +1 more source

A Historical Review on the Andalusian Physicians and the Treatment of Mental Health. [PDF]

J Bioeth Inq
Alotaibi H.
europepmc   +1 more source

The evolution and conceptualisations of transnational education

Review of Education, Volume 14, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract Transnational education (TNE) has traditionally been recognised as the movement of higher education providers and programmes across international borders, but recently, broader interpretations have emerged. Over the last three decades, TNE has continuously evolved to address changing global needs and conditions.
Stephen Wilkins
wiley   +1 more source

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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Letting go and writing past shame

Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 2, December 2026.
AbstractIn an age of LLM‐powered AI, skipping past the painful feelings writing can engender is more tempting than ever before. But painful emotions are both meaningful and valuable for the writing process. Accordingly, I offer concrete strategies for writing with and past shame rather than against it.
Justin Lee Haruyama
wiley   +1 more source

On Thinking, Nursing Scholarship and the Science of the Unique. [PDF]

Nurs Philos
Mantzoukas S.
europepmc   +1 more source

The keys to the garden: Capital, class, and the repurposing of Persian mystical poetry in Los Angeles

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured
Zia Khoshsirat
wiley   +1 more source