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The Hermeneutic Problem of Potency and Activity in Aristotle [PDF]
, 2017 Of Aristotle’s core terms, potency (dunamis) and actuality (energeia) are among the most important. But when we attempt to understand what they mean, we face the following problem: their primary meaning is movement, as a source (dunamis) or as movement ...
Sentesy, Mark
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History and Theory, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article critically examines Dipesh Chakrabarty's concept of Anthropocene history, a philosophy of history that is designed to respond to the universal challenge of the Anthropocene. It uses the work of Maurice Merleau‐Ponty to mitigate the pitfalls of Chakrabarty's concept and to propose an alternative relation between nature and history.
Andréa Delestrade
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Is The Sensible An Illusion? The Revisited Ontology Of The Sophist
Aufklärung, 2014 In this paper we argue that, in the Sophist, Plato provides the reader some elements about a revision of his ontology behind the discussion about the nature of non-being.
Luca Pitteloud
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This paper is a response to John Betz's book, Christ, the Logos of Creation: An Essay in Analogical Metaphysics (Emmaus Academic, 2023). The essay confines itself to answering two methodological questions, namely: Does Przywara's approach to analogy indeed represent the basic form (‘Denkform’) that analogy has ‘always assumed’ in Catholic ...
Archie J. Spencer
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O Sensível É Uma Ilusão? Revisitando A Ontologia Do Sofista
Aufklärung, 2014 Neste artigo buscamos mostrar que, no Sofista, Platão apresenta alguns elementos sobre arevisão de sua ontologia que subjaz à discussão sobre a natureza do não-ser.
Luca Pitteloud
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Aquinas’ De malo and the Ostensibly Problematic Status of Natural Evil as Privation [PDF]
, 2018 Arguments concerning the nature of natural evil vary in their conclusions depending on the particular approach with which they commence inquiry; one of the most contested conclusions regards evil as privation, sourcing its justification primarily from ...
Pertierra, Iñaki Xavier Larrauri
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Enacting Lived Sovereignty Amid Epistemic and Ontological Violence in the Settler‐Colonial Academy
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the tensions between Indigenous sovereignty and the structural and institutional logics of the settler‐colonial academy. Critical scholarship suggests that higher education can regulate epistemic boundaries, discipline knowledge production, and shape the subjectivities of colonized students.
Nadera Shalhoub‐Kevorkian, Abeer Otman
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Land, 2023 Proximity and access to urban green spaces (UGSs) provide city dwellers with multiple benefits related to health and well-being. Understanding what (and how) characteristics of these spaces affect individuals’ perceived preferences and sense of well ...
Elli Papastergiou +3 more
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Early Greek Thought and Perspectives for the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Preliminaries to an Ontological Approach [PDF]
, 2006 It will be shown in this article that an ontological approach for some problems related to the interpretation of Quantum Mechanics could emerge from a re-evaluation of the main paradox of early Greek thought: the paradox of Being and non-Being, and the ...
Coecke, B., Verelst, K.
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The Science of Philosophy: Discourse and Deception in Plato’s Sophist [PDF]
, 2018 At 252e1 to 253c9 in Plato’s Sophist, the Eleatic Visitor explains why philosophy is a science. Like the art of grammar, philosophical knowledge corresponds to a generic structure of discrete kinds and is acquired by systematic analysis of how these ...
Olof, Pettersson
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