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The singularities as ontological limits of the general relativity [PDF]
, 2018 The singularities from the general relativity resulting by solving Einstein's equations were and still are the subject of many scientific debates: Are there singularities in spacetime, or not? Big Bang was an initial singularity?
Sfetcu, Nicolae
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The Sorites Paradox in Practical Philosophy [PDF]
, 2019 The first part of the chapter surveys some of the main ways in which the Sorites Paradox has figured in arguments in practical philosophy in recent decades, with special attention to arguments where the paradox is used as a basis for criticism.
Asgeirsson, Hrafn
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Thinking Against Humanism? Heidegger on the Human Essence, the Inhuman, and Evil
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 660-681, June 2025.Abstract In his ‘Letter on “Humanism”’, Martin Heidegger advances a critique of humanism while insisting that this critique does not imply that he ‘advocates the inhuman’. There are two reasons why Heidegger might be concerned to rebut this accusation.
Jack Wearing
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Converging ontologies: On some similarities between the Sāṃkhyakārikā and Plotinus's Enneads
Metaphilosophy, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 264-279, April 2025.Abstract This article endeavors to conduct a comparative analysis between the philosophical systems of Plotinus and classical Sāṃkhya, two distinct philosophical traditions characterized by their substantial historical and cultural contexts. The primary aim of the study is to discern and evaluate the fundamental themes inherent in these philosophical ...
Federico Divino
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Structural realism versus deployment realism: A comparative evaluation [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper I challenge and adjudicate between the two positions that have come to prominence in the scientific realism debate: deployment realism and structural realism.
Lyons, Timothy D.
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Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 205-228, April 2025.Abstract The recent translation into English of Klaus Hemmerle's Theses Towards a Trinitarian Ontology has led to a renewed interest in ontology and in the construction of new trinitarian ontologies. In his Theses, Hemmerle argues that a new trinitarian ontology discloses a new order of things: the analogy of Being becomes an analogy of the Trinity.
Teresa Grace Brown
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Some Aspects of Quantum Physics
Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 2007 I discuss some questions of quantum physics, for instance the validity and limitations of the basic language of set theory to deal with problems related to elementary particles. I also present a sketch of a formalization of a “metaphysics of structures”,
Newton C. A. da Costa
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The reality of relations [PDF]
, 2017 Discussing the contemporary debate about the metaphysics of relations and structural realism, I analyse the philosophical significance of relational quantum mechanics (RQM).
Candiotto, Laura
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, 2018 This essay is about how the notion of “structure” in ontic structuralism might be made precise. More specifically, my aim is to make precise the idea that the structure of the world is (somehow) given by the relations inhering in the world, in such a way
Dewar, Neil
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Family Process, Volume 64, Issue 1, March 2025.Abstract This article aims to present the basic tenets of contextual therapy and its treatment goals, methodology, and theory of change. It provides an orientation for readers who are new to the approach and should serve as an updated frame of reference for readers already familiar with it. An important contribution of this article is that it clarifies
Catherine Ducommun‐Nagy
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