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How to combine and not to combine physics and metaphysics [PDF]

, 2012
In this paper I will argue that if physics is to become a coherent metaphysics of nature it needs an “interpretation”. As I understand it, an interpretation of a physical theory amounts to offering (1) a precise formulation of its ontological claims and (
Mauro Dorato, Dorato, Mauro
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An Ontological Study of the Ideas of Charles Darwin and Michel Foucault [PDF]

Metaphysics, 2018
The present article attempts to analyze and compare the views of Charles Darwin and Michel Foucault from an ontological point of view, claiming that there are serious ontological common grounds between the two. At first glance, such a comparison seems to
Fazel Asadi Amjad, Amin Pourhossein Asli, Sayyid Mohammad Marandi   +2 more
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Pеter Lnitskyi as an Apologist Metaphysics in “Age of Science”

Наукові записки НаУКМА: Філософія та релігієзнавство, 2019
The article is about metaphysical studies of Peter Linitskyi’s (1839–1906), a professor of the Department of Logic and Metaphysics in the Kyiv Theological Academy. For many years P. Linitskyi taught students of the Academy all parts of metaphysics.
Viktor Kozlovskyi
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The Difficulties of Reductionistic Explanation of Moral Knowledge [PDF]

Metaphysics, 2016
Moral reductionist believes that the reality of moral qualities are the same qualities which can be expressed with immoral words. Such an ontological view has an epistemological aspect which states our understanding of moral facts is either our ...
SeyyedAli Asghari
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From Biological Practice to Scientific Metaphysics [PDF]

, 2023
Numerous scholarly works focus solely on scientific metaphysics or biological practice, but few attempt to bridge the two subjects. This volume, the latest in the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science series, explores what a scientific ...

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Property identities and modal arguments [PDF]

, 2013
Many physicalists about the mind are committed to claims about property identities. Following Kripke's well-known discussion, modal arguments have emerged as major threats to such claims. This paper argues that modal arguments can be resisted by adopting
Ball, Derek Nelson
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Agamben Reading Kafka: The Animal Way to Paradise

Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics
The aim of this paper is to revisit the theme of paradise and animality in the work of Kafka, whilst at the same time elucidate Agamben's complex understanding of these notions with the help of the literary imagery of Kafka.
Ype de Boer, Anke Snoek
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An in-line consideration of rationalism in the works of Seyyed Hussain Nasr and Richard Rorty [PDF]

Metaphysics, 2016
Richard Rorty, who is a new-pragmatist and anti-essentialist philosopher, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, who is a traditionalist, are both of the prominent thought leaders in contemporary philosophy.
Mohammad Kazem Alavi, zahra sadeghimanesh   +1 more
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استدلال‌های سادۀ بروکنر در ردِّ شکاکیت نسبت به جهان خارج [PDF]

Metaphysics, 2018
شکاکیت فلسفی نسبت به جهان خارج حصول معرفت را نسبت به گزاره‌هایی که دربارۀ جهان خارج هستند، ناممکن می‌داند. ازجمله روش‌های اثبات این مدعا ارائۀ استدلالی شکاکانه است که براساس معرفت‌نداشتن ما به وقوع‌نیافتن فرضیۀ شکاکانه صورت‌بندی می‌شود.
حمید علایی‌نژاد
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“God Has Not Died, He Became Government”: Use-of-Oneself and Immanence in Giorgio Agamben’s Work

Philosophies
This article delves into the theme of the death of God in Giorgio Agamben’s work from a political perspective, seeking to interpret the notion of “God” in Agamben through the concepts of “government” and “transcendence”.
Benjamim Brum Neto
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