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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
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Philosophy Kitchen, 2016 During the darkest years of the SecondWorldWar, the French esthetician Étienne Souriau (long forgotten and recently rediscovered) developed an original pluralist ontology based on the notion of “mode of existence”.
Filippo Domenicali
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Experts, expertise and philosophy
Філософія освіти, 2023 This article outlines the relevance and significance of the philosophical analysis of the essence of expertise by drawing upon existing Western contributions within the “philosophy of expertise” and offering author’s vision of this issue.
Xenija Zborovska
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Filosofický časopis, 2021 The article looks at the foundations of Jan Patočka’s philosophy of negative Platonism. On the one hand, it pursues the negative-Platonic question of the essence of metaphysics and, on the other, Patočka’s analysis of the ontic-ontological difference as ...
Sladký, Pavel
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The Lord of Limits: On Trinitarian Ontology and the Tragic
Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 658-683, October 2025.Abstract The essay focuses on a dimension of the trinitarian metaphysics of Rowan Williams. It aims to articulate his understanding of the ontological implications of the Trinity, particularly in relation to his theological leitmotif of the tragic, and has a reparative focus of easing some of the tensions that may arise in such relating.
Khegan M. Delport
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Juxtapositioning Populism and Professionalism
Professions and Professionalism, 2019 By denigrating expertise and challenging the value of evidence-based statements, advice and policies, populism challenges professions and professionalism. Arguably it is imperative for the professions to meet the challenge: but how?
Andrew Friedman
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Why Engineers Should Read More Novels
Chemie Ingenieur Technik, Volume 97, Issue 8-9, Page 852-859, September 2025.What do engineers do? And what should they work on? A surprising answer is outlined in this essay, which argues that reading novels holds the key for addressing both questions. Novels train the imagination as well as our ethical abilities – skills that are essential for developing future‐proof technologies.
Michael Kuhn
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Studia Paedagogica Ignatiana, 2019 The article presents an analysis of the selected thoughts of Dietrich von Hildebrand from the perspective of showing the community of people as a source of overcoming axionormative chaos.
Andrzej Ryk
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Epistemic and Ontic Quantum Realities [PDF]
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2003 Quantum theory has provoked intense discussions about its interpretation since its pioneer days. One of the few scientists who have been continuously engaged in this development from both physical and philosophical perspectives is Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker [44].
Harald Atmanspacher, Hans Primas
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Heidegger on the ontological significance of the principle of noncontradiction
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 372-386, September 2025.Abstract The aim of this article is to break down to its principal arguments the abundant material recently published in Heidegger's Gesamtausgabe related to a conference given in December 1932 on the principle of noncontradiction (PNC). I will first highlight the importance in phenomenology of a correct interpretation of the PNC and then explain ...
François Jaran
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