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The Tendency Theory of Causation [PDF]
I propose a non-Humean theory of causation with “tendencies” as causal connections. Not, however, as “necessary connexions”: causes are not sufficient, they do not necessitate their effects. The theory is designed to be, not an analysis of the concept of
Wachter, Daniel von
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Havlův guláš – czyli o nowych neologizmach motywowanych nazwiskami czeskich polityków (na materiale Czeszczyzny 2.0.) [PDF]
The present article is devoted to the newest neologisms collected and presented in Čeština 2.0, unusually crowdsourced online dictionary. The analysed lexems are motivated by surnames or nicknames of the Czech politician.
Joanna Korbut
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Object-oriented philosophy and the comprehension of scientific realities [PDF]
En este ensayo reflexiono sobre el primer tratado consagrado a la metafísica de Bruno Latour, la obra de Graham Harman Prince of Networks. Explico cómo Harman pone de relieve las raíces y principios de la filosofía orientada a los objetos latouriana ...
García Díaz, Paloma
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Author’s Lexical Occasionalisms as Means of Poetic Foregrounding
The article deals with the problem of semantic perception of a deliberately ambiguous poetic text which contains lexical innovations. The aim of the study is to describe the non-conventional form and complex conceptual content of lexical occasionalisms ...
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Blending in Internet Communication: Linguistic and Creative Aspect (“VKontakte” Social Network)
Network blends, occasional neoplasms posted by users of the social network VKontakte under the hashtag #Slovarevo, are studied in a linguo-creative aspect.
L. T. Kasperova, N. V. Smirnova
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The role of derivational occasionalism in the development of linguistic thinking junior school children [PDF]
The article discusses one of the most important problems – the development of linguistic thinking, which is a meta-skill that allows students to successfully master the system and structure of the language.
N. Kulakova
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Translation of Complex Occasionalisms in Modern English Novels
Composite occasionalism is understood as a new formation, which is based on a syntactic complex acting as a multicomponent unity and characterized by a hyphenated connection of elements (for example, how-to-win-that-job articles, last-Friday-before-a ...
E. V. Lartseva, Yu. R. Gafurova
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CAUSATION, DISPOSITIONS, AND PHYSICAL OCCASIONALISM
Even though theistic philosophers and scientists agree that God created, sustains, and providentially governs the physical universe and even though much has been published in general regarding divine action, what is needed is a fine‐grained ...
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The Divine Action Project, 1988–2003 [PDF]
This article explores the state of the art in theories of special divine action by means of a study of the Divine Action Project (DAP) co-sponsored by the Vatican Observatory and the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences in Berkeley.
Wildman, Wesley J.
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According to divine premotionism, God does not merely create and sustain the universe. He also moves all secondary causes to action as instruments without undermining their intrinsic causal efficacy. I explain and uphold the premotionist theory, which is
Oderberg, David S.
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