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Contempt, Community, and the Interruption of Sense [PDF]
, 2017 In the early modern period, contempt emerged as a persistent theme in moral philosophy. Most of the moral philosophers of the period shared two basic commitments in their thinking about contempt.
Lueck, Bryan
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Noûs, Volume 58, Issue 4, Page 1050-1072, December 2024.Abstract According to orthodoxy, the most fundamental kind of causation involves one event causing another event. I argue against this event‐causal view. Instead, the most fundamental kind of causation is thing causation, which involves a thing causing a thing to do something.
Nathaniel Baron‐Schmitt
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Kant on empiricism and rationalism [PDF]
, 2013 This paper aims to correct some widely held misconceptions concerning Kant's role in the formation of a widespread narrative of early modern philosophy.
Vanzo, Alberto
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The young Leibniz's tentative acceptance of physical occasionalism
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 486-500, December 2024.Abstract In this article, I revisit Leibniz's early views on physical causation, more specifically, his relation to physical occasionalism focusing on the period from 1668 to 1676. An in‐depth analysis of the Confession of Nature against the Atheists taken together with the Catholic Demonstrations, Leibniz's correspondence with Jakob Thomasius from ...
Christian Henkel
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Malebranche y su crítica de la eficacia de las causas segundas. Las refutaciones del concurrentismo y del conservatismo [PDF]
, 2010 Mi propósito es analizar las refutaciones de Malebranche de las teorías medievales y tardoescolásticas que afirman la eficacia de las causas segundas.
Manzo, Silvia
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The 'physical prophet' and the powers of the imagination. Part II: a case-study on dowsing and the naturalisation of the moral, 1685-1710 [PDF]
, 2005 published article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369848604000986Relying on the results of the fist paper of this pair (Vermeir, 2004), which argued the importance of theories of the imagination in debates on divination, I unearth the
Vermeir, Koen
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Berkeley's "esse is percipi" and Collier's "simple" argument [PDF]
, 2006 Almost all who write on Collier note a striking similarity between a short passage in his Clavis Universalis and the famous claim that esse is percipi in Berkeley's Principles. This essay explores that similarity in more detail than has been done before.
Stoneham, T.
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Sociological Inquiry, Volume 94, Issue 4, Page 890-909, November 2024.Full‐service sex workers (FSSWs) are at heightened risk of contracting HIV due to facing multi‐level challenges to sexual health. This study investigated factors associated with willingness to use Pre‐Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)—a daily HIV preventative medication, among FSSWs. Using social–ecological theory, an online survey was developed with initial
Stephen D. Ramos, Steff Du Bois
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Ocasionalismo y modernidad: berkeley, lector crítico de malebranche [PDF]
, 2011 Berkeley s’est, à de nombreuses reprises, défini négativement par rapport à Malebranche en indiquant les nombreuses différences qui caractérisent effectivement leurs philosophies.
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The science of man and the invention of usable traditions [PDF]
, 2014 In this paper I scrutinize three sets of passages by David Hume. The first is from the Introduction to A Treatise of Human Nature; the second is from the ‘An Abstract of a Book lately Published, entitled, A Treatise of Human Nature,’; the third is really
Schliesser, Eric
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