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Animal Logic: Locke and the Nature of Inference
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Can animals reason? If so, what would their reasoning consist in, and how, if at all, would it differ from its human counterpart? On these questions, John Locke stakes out a position that also merits consideration today. I argue that, for Locke, reasoning is a matter of the subject's construing her mental states as support for a conclusion ...
Walter Ott
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
Renaissance 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
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El Facebook en la historia del Barrio de Monserrate de Lima
QuestionEsta investigación busca determinar cómo las tradiciones y costumbres generadas en la historia y la cultura de un barrio, se han extrapolado a la red social Facebook; como elemento socializador, manteniendo en la memoria activa; costumbres, lugares y ...
Milagros Del Rosario Serrano Mestanza
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Memoria rinnovata, memoria negata, memoria desiderata
DC Papers. Revista de crítica i teoria de l'arquitectura, 2001 Peer ...
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Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cognitive screening is essential for assessing mental health and identifying early cognitive vulnerability. This preliminary phase of a preregistered umbrella project (OSF: https://osf.io/8jz6k) implemented a structured cognitive assessment interview with federal public managers, representing an unprecedented initiative in Brazil.
Telesmagno Neves‐Teles +5 more
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 635-689, September 2026.Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime +2 more
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IN MEMORIAM Guilermo Roselló Bordoy
Arqueología y Territorio MedievalTextos en memoria de Guillermo ...
Olatz Villanueva Zubizarreta
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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 712-738, September 2026.Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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Consumer diversity drives stronger predation in tropical marine communities
Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 8, August 2026.Biotic interactions are predicted to be stronger in the tropics compared to higher latitudes, contributing to observed patterns of global biodiversity. While increased consumer diversity and more complex food webs are expected in tropical communities, the trophic dynamics underlying strong regional effects of predation are not well understood.
Michele F. Repetto +4 more
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