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PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been contended that the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) implies necessitarianism—that is, the view that everything occurs out of necessity. Discussing a well‐known argument for this claim developed by contemporary metaphysicians, I show that Ibn Sīnā has anticipated a counterpart of this argument, and that is precisely why he is ...
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Womb Technology Cannot End the Abortion Debate for the Prolife Catholic. [PDF]

Linacre Q
Ramirez NM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
wiley   +1 more source

A missed opportunity: faith leaders and the HPV vaccination effort in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [PDF]

Glob Health Action
Berhanu W, Yigremachew S, Hanson C, Avermark H, Addissie A, Herzig van Wees S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

No History Without a Method: Anticipation and Other Bad Contexts

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues for the centrality of methodological awareness in writing the history of philosophy. It does this by analysing and comparing different interpretive proposals presented by those engaged with past philosophical texts. Taking the literature on Thomas Hobbes from past and present century as an example, it shows the merits of ...
Ieva Höhne
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Perspectives Regarding the Ethical Issues Associated With Clinical Xenotransplantation. [PDF]

Xenotransplantation
Hurst DJ, Ali M, Brown SM, Gielen J, Kashyap K, Laws T, Loike J, Pegoraro R, Rubin J, Stebbins M, Walker AT, Zaidi SSH, Pierson RN, Cozzi E.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Plagiarist in the Machine? Generative AI and the Will to Fail

Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that the real challenge posed by Large Language Models (LLMs) in Higher Education lies not in their potential for plagiarism, but in their creation of a new form of writing that is indistinguishable in the traditional essay.
Matthew J. Barnard, Keith Crome
wiley   +1 more source

Personalized Music Listening and Autobiographical Narration in Nursing Home Residents: Linguistic and Qualitative Findings from a Pilot Study. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Rossi C, Frisone F, De Salve F, Zanoletti S, Caneva P, Brazzelli M, Antichi L, Pupillo C, Riva G, Oasi O, Colombo B.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Competences Enabling Young Germans to Engage in Activities for Climate Protection and Global Health. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Gehrau V, Morgenstern I, Grunschel C, Könemann J, Nührenbörger M, Schwering A, Fischer C.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rumors and fears about the HPV vaccine: Perceptions of adolescent girls in government school in Addis Ababa. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother
Berhanu W, Gobbo E, Herzig van Wees S, Hanson C, Addissie A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source