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Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 106, Issue 1, Page 2-32, March 2025.Abstract This essay critically examines a widely held assumption in interpreting Leibniz's modal metaphysics: that whatever is necessarily actual is necessary. I argue that Leibniz rejected this axiom for principled reasons having to do with his views on the grounding of metaphysical modalities in divine power and intellect (but not divine will).
Alireza Fatollahi
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Addressing Trauma Among Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Boys of Color [PDF]
, 2016 A growing body of research reveals that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people experience a disproportionate amount of mental health challenges when compared with those who are heterosexual and cisgender.
Kevin L. Nadel
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European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 1015-1032, December 2024.Abstract In the Port‐Royal Logic, Arnauld and Nicole argue that eloquence plays a crucial role in the cultivation of the art of thinking. In this essay, we demonstrate that Arnauld and Nicole's reflections on eloquence exemplify the need to reconceive the larger framework in which Cartesian theories of ideas operate.
Laura Kotevska, Anik Waldow
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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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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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Leibniz and the Amour Pur Controversy [PDF]
, 2013 The topic of disinterested love became fashionable in 1697 due to the famous amour pur dispute between Fénelon (1651-1715) and Bossuet (1627-1704). It soon attracted the attention of Electress Sophie of Hanover (1630-1714) and she asked for an opinion ...
Roinila, Markku
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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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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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Le curé Meslier : un matérialiste cartésien? [PDF]
, 2007 Communication prononcée dans le cadre du colloque "Qu'est-ce qu'être cartésien?" organisé en 2007 à l'ENS de Lyon par Delphine Kolesnik. Les actes de ce colloque seront publiés dans le courant de l'année 2012.Le curé Meslier est l'auteur, au début du ...
Angaut, Jean-Christophe
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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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