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Photon Energy and Natural Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
Understanding photon energy is a fundamental scientific issue for obtaining clean and sustainable energy. The understanding of the properties of light and photon energy is an important issue in physics/natural philosophy, and it is also a problem of ...
Yuan Daocheng
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Beyond the quadrilateral: The place of nature in John Wesley’s epistemology of theology

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
Many writers have sought to outline Wesley’s conception of how human beings obtain revelational knowledge. In this regard, the use of what has been dubbed the Wesleyan quadrilateral continues to remain widespread in both the academy and the pulpit ...
Daniel J. Pratt Morris-Chapman
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Nature, Spirit, and Revolution: Situating Hegel's Philosophy of Nature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper ties together several anthropological and naturphilosophische themes in Hegel in order to re-examine the place of the philosophy of nature in the Encyclopedia.
Chepurin, Kirill
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Cavell On American Philosophy And The Idea Of America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Here is a common picture of what American philosophy looks like to and within many American philosophy departments. To a considerable degree, it does not exist at all.
Eldridge, Richard Thomas
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Natural law, natural philosophy, natural rights [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Who or what is the creator (and how is that we can presume to read his mind and know his intentions) and how do we know there are inalienable rights? As will become clear in the pages below, the idea of the creator is a powerful concept that permeates ...
Stein, Joshua B.
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Bioinspired Shape‐Memory Hook Fasteners With Programmable Interlocking and Silent Release

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Bioinspired hook fasteners made from epoxy shape‐memory polymers are shown to switch between strong, secure attachment and gentle, silent release when heated. By combining programmable geometry and material response, these adaptive fasteners outperform commercial systems in strength and noise control, enabling new solutions for robotics, medical ...
Maria I. Vallejo Ciro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Natural Philosophy of Experiencing

open access: yesPhilosophies, 2018
A new philosophy of nature is urgently needed. The received ontological view, physicalism, is unable to account for experiential phenomena and in particular for consciousness in all its varieties. We shall outline the concept of experiencing which should
Robert Prentner
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ANALYTIC AND CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, AND GLOBAL PHILOSOPHY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Although there is no consensus on what distinguishes analytic from Continental philosophy, I focus in this paper on one source of disagreement that seems to run fairly deep in dividing these traditions in recent times, namely, disagreement about the ...
Tieszen, Richard
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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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