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Apparent Paradoxes Are Paradoxes and the Problem of Change Is an Apparent Paradox
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper, we argue that, under certain conditions, if something is, apparently, a paradox, then it is a paradox. We then apply this claim to a recent discussion on the so‐called “Problem of Change.” Throughout the history of Philosophy, many authors have viewed change as a paradoxical phenomenon. More recently, some have defended that the
Sergi Oms, Marta Campdelacreu
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The Euthyphro Dilemma, Assisted Dying, and a Virtue Ethics Approach to Autonomy. [PDF]
BioethicsABSTRACT The Euthyphro dilemma highlights that accounts of moral value which are dependent on the decisions of agents either result in arbitrary values arising from agent's decisions, or accept external reasons to morally justify the value, making the agent's decisions unnecessary for explaining the resulting value.
Donaldson T.
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Philosophical Perspectives, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent years have seen an explosion of normality‐theoretic models of knowledge. At the same time, there has been renewed interest in the action‐guiding value of knowledge. The natural question that arises is whether knowledge, according to the normality‐framework, is action guiding.
Frank Hong
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The Chariots Of Plato. Was Plato a pragmatist?
Vértices, 2013 Through a pragmatic look of Plato’s ‘The Republic’ and the ‘Seventh Letter', I analyze the pertinence or irrelevance of anti-essentialist criticism introduced by Nietzsche and Rorty, seeking a pragmatist redescription of Plato himself. I conclude by stressing the advantages of a democratic pragmatism in relation to the Platonic theoretical tradition.
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Which Thoughts Require Sensory Capacities?
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Is it possible that something—say, an alien, an angel, or an artificial system—thinks without having or ever having had any sensory capacity? If so, what could such a thing think? An extreme nativist view on this issue is that it's possible to think every thought—alternatively, every thinkable thought—without having or having had any sensory ...
Pär Sundström
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Digital Sentiments: Toward a Theory of Emotions in Digital Governance
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We propose an interdisciplinary theoretical framework that integrates insights from political science, public administration, organizational theory, economics, psychology, sociology, and cognitive science to better understand the role of emotions in governance in the digital age.
Galina Vissoky +2 more
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Questioning the Foundations of Research Methodologies in Nursing: A Reflection Based on Problematology [PDF]
Nurs PhilosABSTRACT Since its expansion in the 1980s, nursing research has aimed to develop knowledge to produce evidence‐based results that can help nurses to guide and improve decision‐making regarding patient care. Nursing research is based on a rigorous methodology that meets the criteria determined by the scientific method.
Nazon E, Gauthier J.
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Notation in Early Modern Language Teaching
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the use of musical notation as a pedagogical tool in early modern language teaching, focusing on Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and briefly, Turkish. While musical notation is typically associated with performance and composition, the sources discussed here demonstrate its broader application as a visual and conceptual system for ...
Elisabeth Giselbrecht
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Reviving an ancient-modern quarrel : a critique of Derrida's reading of Plato and Platoism [PDF]
This thesis begins from an analysis of Derrida's specific readings of Plato and Platonism, identifying there a modernist bias, which interprets these metaphysical systems as if they were coextensive with Cartesian rationalism. Against Derrida, I argue
Irwin, Jones
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