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Chaldean and Neo-Platonic Theology [PDF]

, 2016
In the present paper, the meanings the term “Chaldeans” acquired during the Antiquity and the early Middle Ages are presented, but mainly the role the Chaldean Oracles played inside the movement of Neo-Platonism is emphasized. The stratification of Being
Viglas, Katelis
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Language Is a “Quite Useless” Tool: A Rejoinder to Fedorenko, Piantadosi, and Gibson’s “Language Is Primarily a Tool for Communication Rather Than Thought”

Biolinguistics
Contrary to the prevailing assumption that language is “primarily a tool for communication rather than thought”, I argue that language is, to invoke Oscar Wilde, “quite useless”. Arguing from aesthetic philosophy and the minimalist program for linguistic
Jeffrey Watumull
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A naturalistic justification of the generic multiverse with a core [PDF]

, 2018
In this paper, I argue that a naturalist approach in philosophy of mathematics justifies a pluralist conception of set theory. For the pluralist, there is not a Single Universe, but there is rather a Multiverse, composed by a plurality of universes ...
de Ceglie, Matteo
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Quantity and number [PDF]

, 2014
Quantity is the first category that Aristotle lists after substance. It has extraordinary epistemological clarity: "2+2=4" is the model of a self-evident and universally known truth. Continuous quantities such as the ratio of circumference to diameter of
Franklin, James
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The Western origins of mindfulness therapy in ancient Rome. [PDF]

Neurol Sci, 2023
Cavanna AE, Purpura G, Riva A, Nacinovich R, Seri S.   +4 more
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Metaphor and the Philosophical Implications of Embodied Mathematics. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2020
Winter B, Yoshimi J.
europepmc   +1 more source

O platońskich ideach

Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2016
This paper is an attempt to clarify the ontological status of Platonic ideas. My considerations are based on the example of mathematical ideas and their relation to the subjects of mathematics and phenomena, since such modes of existence are ...
Bogdan Dembiński
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Salvaging Pascal’s Wager [PDF]

, 2019
Many think that Pascal’s Wager is a hopeless failure. A primary reason for this is because a number of challenging objections have been raised to the wager, including the “many gods” objection and the “mixed strategy” objection.
Jackson, Elizabeth, Rogers, Andrew
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A Replication Crisis in Mathematics? [PDF]

Math Intell, 2021
Bordg A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Candidate worldviews for design theory [PDF]

, 2008
Galle, Per
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