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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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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
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Irena Szumilewicz-Lachman. Against the time, despite borders

Tábano
Irena Szumilewicz-Lachman dealt with the philosophy of science, philosophy of nature, methodology of natural science and history of science. She investigated conventionalism, mainly on the basis of the achievements of Henri Poncarẻ.
Ewa Szumilewicz
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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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Spinoza and Bergson Through and Beyond Deleuze: Freedom as Undissociated Joy

Philosophies
Two related problems, problems of (in-)compatibility, are addressed to understand Deleuze’s philosophical project and to deepen our understanding of his use of Spinoza and Bergson: that of the compatible and incompatible features of Spinozism and ...
John Robert Bagby
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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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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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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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Windy Metropolis—Part 1: Animation as method

Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract Based on fieldwork in Stuttgart from 2022 to 2025, the animation Wind Witnesses is a fictionalization of the sweeping wave of microclimate protests in the 2000s, demanding the protection of fresh air corridors (Frischluftschneisen) as nonhuman entities threatened by the conversion of ostensibly empty spaces into buildings. This companion essay
Indrawan Prabaharyaka
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The keys to the garden: Capital, class, and the repurposing of Persian mystical poetry in Los Angeles

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured
Zia Khoshsirat
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