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PLATONIC COMPUTER—THE UNIVERSAL MACHINE THAT BAIDGE€ THE “INVERSE EXPLANATOAY GAP” IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND [PDF]
The scope of Platonism is extended by introducing the concept of a “Platonic computer” which is incorporated in metacomputics. The theoretical framework of metacomputics postulates that a Platonic computer exists in the realm of Forms and is made by, of,
Simon X. Duan
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Platonic Hyperbolic Monopoles [PDF]
We construct a number of explicit examples of hyperbolic monopoles, with various charges and often with some platonic symmetry. The fields are obtained from instanton data in four-dimensional Euclidean space that are invariant under a circle action, and in most cases the monopole charge is equal to the instanton charge.
Manton, N.S, Sutcliffe, P.M.
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“None Come Closer to Us than These:” Augustine and the Platonists
This paper reflects on the importance of pagan Platonism to one of its most sympathetic Christian interpreters, Augustine of Hippo. Its goal is to uncover what Platonism meant to Augustine and why it mattered so much to him throughout his long career. To
John Peter Kenney
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Discussion of atomistic and monistic theses about abstract ...
Cowling, Sam, Trogdon, Kelly
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UNIVERSITY OF THE MIDDLE AGES: THE CONTEXT OF INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS. PART I
The cultural renaissance of the XII century – «Romanesque Renaissance» – is designated in the article as an epoch which intellectual movements ensured the flourishing of the culture of Latin patristics, inherited from Rome in the Middle Ages. It is shown
Mikhail A. Kornienko
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Divine Conceptualism as a Response to Challenge of Platonism and Its Critique by Craig [PDF]
Divine Conceptualism is a solution to the problem that Platonism poses for theism. This view is put forward by Alvin Plantinga and Greg Welty, two contemporary American philosophers, argues for a Platonic realism about propositions, possible worlds, and ...
Tayyebeh Shaddel, Hossein Atrak
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Origen and the Platonic Tradition
This study situates Origen of Alexandria within the Platonic tradition, presenting Origenas a Christian philosopher who taught and studied philosophy, of which theology was part and parcel.
Ilaria L.E. Ramelli
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Platonic Dispositionalism [PDF]
In this paper I argue that if one subscribes to dispositionalism — the view that natural properties are irreducibly dispositional in character — then one ought to favour a Platonic view of properties. That is, dispositionalists ought to view properties as transcendent universals. I argue for this on the grounds that only with transcendent universals in
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The invisible heartbeat. The beauty and soul of mathematics [PDF]
These notes contain a summarised version of the contents of the lectures “The invisible heartbeat. The beauty and soul of mathematics” and “The borders of our prejudices”, given at the Casa de Cultura in Girona in October 2015 and September 2018 ...
Mañosa Fernández, Víctor
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A relatively recent development in Septuagint studies is a focus on the alleged influence of Platonism on the Bible(s) (Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and the Septuagint). This article argues that Hellenism did in fact have an impact on Judaism.
Johann Cook
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