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What does it mean to be a post‐Newtonian? Schelling on competing scientific models

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract While Schelling's position has often been portrayed as highly critical of Newton, his discussion of Newton's theories has never been thoroughly studied. The goal of this paper is to analyze in more detail the relationship between Schelling and Newton, with an eye toward the fundamental question that guides Schelling: how can conflicts between ...
Raphaël Authier
wiley   +1 more source

Dlaczego jest mnóstwo rzeczy raczej niż prawie nic? – „słabe pytanie Leibniza”

Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2014
The original Leibniz’s question „Why is there something rather than nothing?” is rephrased in a „weak” way: „Why is there a lot of things rather than almost nothing?”.
Łukasz Lamża
doaj  

Islamic Views on Contemporary Cosmology

Zygon
Here, I present classical and contemporary Islamic views on cosmology in both its ancient or medieval and modern definitions. I briefly review the main ideas of Muslim thinkers (philosophers, exegetes, Sufis, etc.) from over a thousand years ago to today.
Nidhal Guessoum
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Narrative reconstruction of the self: Living funerals as rituals of trauma and transformation

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Living funerals mark a radical reconfiguration of contemporary engagements with mortality, transforming death from an imposed ending into an actively authored narrative. This study examines the practice in Hong Kong's hybrid sociocultural landscape, where traditional Chinese death rituals collide with neoliberal selfhood and globalised ...
Yuen‐Ki Tang
wiley   +1 more source

Nkrabea and Hyɛbrɛ in African Philosophy of Life

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
The concepts of nkrabea and hyɛbrɛ in Africa’s philosophy of life present very distinctive nomenclature and epistemology of how it applies within the socioreligiocultural cosmology.
Edward Agboada, Michael Kwadwo Ntiamoah
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Leibniz on Compossibility: Towards a Neo‐Logical Interpretation

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Leibniz's concept of compossibility explains why not all possible substances are actualised, thereby resisting Spinoza's necessitarianism. Yet, the precise basis of incompossibility remains unresolved. The influential ‘logical’ interpretation—exemplified by the Hintikka–D'Agostino thesis—locates incompossibility in contradictions among ...
Jun Young Kim
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Rituals of writing otherwise

Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract Drawing on theories of ritual as performative and transformative, this flash tip offers practical suggestions and examples for creating a ritual of writing otherwise, including companion texts, sensory and material cues to frame the ritual practice, writing collectively, and attitudes we might articulate and cultivate.
Madelyn Prevost
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Water Beings and Capitalist Relations in India's Sundarbans Delta

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 595-606, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores entanglements between water cosmologies and capitalist transformation in the Sundarbans delta of West Bengal, India. It traces how “awakened” tidal creeks have been iteratively enclosed as private fisheries from the colonial period to the present, with particular focus on the expansion of commercial aquaculture over the ...
Calynn Dowler
wiley   +1 more source

The Mutable Original: How Chinese Counterfeits Become Nigerian Originals in African Markets

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 581-594, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Affordable Chinese copies of Western brands are ubiquitous in African markets. Despite democratizing consumer access, these goods appear to cement hegemonic value hierarchies that rank Chinese or local products as inferior to Western goods.
Jing Jing Liu
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