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Scientific Perspectivism and psychiatric diagnoses: respecting history and constraining relativism

European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2020
Historians and sociologists of psychiatry often claim that psychiatric diagnoses are discontinuous. That is, a particular diagnoses will be described in one way in one era and described quite differently in a different era.
Sam Fellowes
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Predictive processing's flirt with transcendental idealism

Noûs, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 87-109, March 2026.
Abstract The popular predictive processing (PP) framework posits prediction error minimization (PEM) as the sole mechanism in the brain that can account for all mental phenomena, including consciousness. I first highlight three ambitions associated with major presentations of PP: (1) Completeness (PP aims for a comprehensive account of mental phenomena)
Tobias Schlicht
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Pragmatism, Perspectivism, Anthropology. A Consistent Triad [PDF]

, 2017
The paper defends the idea that Jamesian pragmatism, Nietzschean perspectivism, and philosophical anthropology represent a consistent triad, for the similarities and connections between the first two positions rest in their engagement with the ...
Gori, Pietro, Pietro Gori
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Complexity, Post-Structuralism, and Consilience [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems
Epistemological questions about knowledge of complex systems are not addressed as often as ontological questions about what complex systems are. As with many philosophical issues, one can identify two approaches to answering the former type of question ...
Ragnar van der Merwe
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Indigenous Natures and the Anthropocene: Racial Capitalism, Violent Materialities, and the Colonial Politics of Representation

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Indigenous Peoples are gaining renewed attention within both policy and academia, as examples of “resilience” and of non‐humanist, non‐modern ways of relating to nature, which might, it is hoped, provide tools to withstand the socio‐ecological crises associated with “the Anthropocene”.
Penelope Anthias, Kiran Asher
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Critical perspectivism: Educating for a moral response to media

, 2020
Social media is a key player in contemporary political, cultural and ethical debates. Given much of online engagement is characterised by impulsive and emotive responses, and social media platforms encourage a form of sensationalism that promotes ...
L. D’Olimpio
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Perspectivism and the methods of psychiatry

Comprehensive Psychiatry, 1988
In their book, The Perspectives of Psychiatry, Paul R. McHugh and Phillip R. Slavney propose four basic perspectives to undergird and inform the practice of psychiatry. These are the perspectives of diseases, dimensions, behaviors, and life stories.
M A, Schwartz, O P, Wiggins
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LiDAR‐Based Storytelling About a Historical Industrial Landscape in Southern Middle Tennessee

American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 4, Page 817-832, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Industrial landscapes play deep into the imagination of American consciousness, with coal mining rooted in Appalachian culture as both identity and political flashpoint. In Tennessee, coal mining coincided with the convict leasing system that operated across the American South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Carla E. Klehm, V. Camille Westmont
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Nothing Rather than Something: A Zhuangzian Reappraisal of Nihilism

Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 483-502, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Nihilism comes from the Latin nihil, meaning “nothing.” It is the belief that nothing inherently governs existence: no values, principles, or ultimate meaning. Many philosophers treat this as an existential crisis: If there is no meaning to our lives and actions, why bother? This work challenges the assumption that nihilism is terrifying.
Christine Abigail L. Tan
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Communication and perspectivism

, 2018
Straipsnyje nagrinėjami perspektyvizmo klausimai komunikacijos moksle. Analizuojamos tiek skirtingos komunikacinės perspektyvos, tiek perspektyvizmo atmainų komunikaciniai aspektai.
Kačerauskas, Tomas
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