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Capabilitarian well-being and the limits of contextualism: Against pluralism and proceduralism [PDF]
This paper examines recent challenges to traditional philosophical theories of well-being and proposes a revised framework grounded in the capability approach.
Gavran-Miloš Ana
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ABSTRACT Despite enduring decades of advocacy, Alevi communities in Türkiye find themselves in a constant state of anticipation for acknowledgment from the Turkish state. Previous studies have long documented the marginalized status of Alevis within Turkish society and their ongoing struggle for recognition; however, they have overwhelmingly framed the
Aslı Gücin
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Nathaniel Culverwell's stoic theory of common notions
Abstract This article takes a closer look at the theory of knowledge developed by Nathaniel Culverwell in his 1652 Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature. Based on Culverwell's endorsement of Edward Herbert of Cherbury against Plato and Aristotle, his critical reception of René Descartes, and his contributions to a controversy between ...
Mogens Lærke
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Descartes's Eudaimonism: The Virtuously Content Life
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
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Brentano's Latter-day Monism [PDF]
According to “existence monism,” there is only one concrete particular, the cosmos as a whole (Horgan and Potrč 2000, 2008). According to “priority monism,” there are many concrete particulars, but all are ontologically dependent upon the cosmos as a ...
Kriegel, Uriah
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D.I. Pisarev on monism, materialism and partisanship of philosophy
An episode from the discussion of N.G. Chernyshevsky’s article The Anthropological Principle in Philosophy is considered. It is shown how D.I. Pisarev defended the materialistic worldview against his opponents’ criticism. The study sets out the following
Andrey A. Chernykh
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Combining phenomic and genomic selection for pea breeding improvement
Abstract Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is a strategic crop in the development of sustainable agriculture. However, the genetic gain remains limited despite advances in breeding. Genomic selection holds promise to accelerate varietal improvement, but its high implementation cost restricts its use in crops.
Anthony Klein +15 more
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In 1887 the Open Court Publishing Company had its founding in a philosophy of monism. The company’s proprietor Edward C. Hegeler began the enterprise in an effort to promote his personal philosophic, religious, and moral ideas. He believed that these ideas could be conciliated with the growing scientific trends of the late nineteenth century, and that ...
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Contingent Grounding Physicalism
ABSTRACT It is widely held that physicalism is incompatible with the metaphysical possibility of zombies, i.e., beings physically just like us yet lacking in phenomenal consciousness. The present paper argues that this orthodoxy is mistaken. As against the received wisdom, physicalism is perfectly compatible with the possibility of zombies and zombie ...
Alex Moran
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Monist and Dualist Tendencies in Platonism before Plotinus (in Russian) [PDF]
The author argues that the Platonism that Plotinus inherits – setting aside Ammonius Saccas, of whom we know all too little – is by the later second century distinctly dualist in tendency, and is able, especially in the case of Plutarch, to quote Plato ...
Dillon, John
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