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The metaphysics of mental causation [PDF]
, 2002 This thesis argues that the fundamental issues within the mental causation debate are metaphysical ones. Consequently, it is only with metaphysical clarity, that any clarity can be gained in the mental causation debate.
Gibb, Sophie Catherine +1 more
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Johanssonian Investigations [PDF]
, 2013 In the last decades, Ingvar Johansson has made a formidable contribution to the development of philosophy and particularly that of metaphysics. This volume consists of original papers written by 50 philosophers from all over the world to celebrate his ...
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The metaphysics of ineffability [PDF]
, 2010 The existence of the phenomenon of ineffability enjoys wide recognition, and numerous examples can be found in the contexts of the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of religion, and philosophical aesthetics.
Jonas, Silvia +1 more
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, 2020 AbstractThe “Discourse on Metaphysics” is widely considered to be Leibniz’s most important philosophical work from his so-called “middle period”. Written early in 1686, when Leibniz was 39 years old, it consolidates a number of philosophical ideas that he had developed and sketched out in the years beforehand in a host of short private essays ...
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Dismissivism in metaphysics : debates about what there is and debates about what grounds what [PDF]
, 2013 In this thesis I focus on dismissivism in metaphysics. Some philosophers argue that at least some metaphysical disputes are not substantial, and as a consequence should be dismissed.
Porro, Laura Cecilia
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Nonhuman Pedagogical Relations: Towards Conceptual Limits
Educational Theory, EarlyView.Abstract This article considers the pedagogical relation as a relation to a nonhuman educator, wherein the educatee is a member of the Homo sapiens species. My aim is to clarify the extent to which a nonhuman‐human relation can be understood as pedagogical.
Silas C. Krabbe
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Shakespearean Metaphysics [PDF]
Metaphysics is usually associated with that part of the philosophical tradition which asks about "last things", questions such as: How many substances are there in the world? Which is more fundamental, quantity or quality? Are events prior to things?
Witmore, Michael.
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Education Beyond the Program: Exploring the Eventive Possibilities of Education
Educational Theory, EarlyView.Abstract Modern education has often been criticized for reducing teaching and schooling to a matter of “program.” Critiques of this programmatic approach to education come from a variety of perspectives with a wide range of underlying reasons. This article presents a perspective that might contribute to the prevailing ways of theorizing about how ...
Haoyu Jin
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Two-Dimensional Theory of Scientific Representation
Metaphysics, 2013 Scientific representation is an interesting topic for philosophers of science, many of whom have recently explored it from different points of view. There are currently two competing approaches to the issue: cognitive and non-cognitive, and each of them ...
A Yaghmaie, H Sheikh Rezaee
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Kant's Solution to the Trilemma of Concept Formation
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract According to a widespread assumption, Kant's logical account of concept formation starts with comparison, where the latter involves concepts. On this assumption, the formation of a concept presupposes other concepts, so that the argument is threatened either by circularity, regress, or break‐off.
Daniel Erlewein
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