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Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contemporary metaphysics, and especially neo‐Aristotelian metaphysics, tackles many of the same problems as Avicenna did. One of these problems is the possibility of substantial kind change. For instance, is it possible for an animal to change its species?
Tuomas E. Tahko
wiley   +1 more source

Lifespan Development Seen through Niche Construction Theory. [PDF]

Integr Psychol Behav Sci, 2023
Christensen BA.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Global South's OCBIL Theory Helps Elucidate Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation in Biological and Cultural Diversity

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 53, Issue 3, September 2026.
Ecological theory has been shaped disproportionately by studies conducted in young, disturbance‐prone, relatively fertile landscapes (YODFELs), mostly in the Global North. Yet, many megadiverse regions in the Global South are dominated by old, climatically buffered, infertile landscapes (OCBILs), resulting in fundamentally different patterns that ...
Stephen D. Hopper, Fernando A. O. Silveira   +1 more
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National Relics: Secular Sacrality, Museums, and Heritage‐Making in Nineteenth‐Century Chile

Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how objects and bodily remains are transformed and ritualized into national relics through collecting and exhibiting practices in museums. Focusing on nineteenth‐century Chile, it draws on archival sources, material culture theory, and the anthropology of religion to argue that objects associated with Chile's nation‐state
Hugo Rueda Ramírez
wiley   +1 more source

Spinning the Past Forward: Recording, Archiving, and (Re‐)listening to Siberian Phonograph Cylinders From the Jesup North Pacific Expedition

Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT The article examines the history of phonographic recordings from the Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897–1902), a venture that shaped the methods of Siberian and Arctic anthropology for decades. The authors—a historical anthropologist, a curator, and an Indigenous Sakha scholar—trace how audio recordings made during the expedition have moved ...
Dmitry Arzyutov, Veronika Trotter, Vera Solovyeva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What was really wrong (and right) with vitalism? Methodological naturalism, organicism and immaterialist theories in biology. [PDF]

Hist Philos Life Sci
Boucher SC.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Moral Supervenience to Moral Contingentism (In One Easy Step!)

Analytic Philosophy, Volume 67, Issue 3, Page 224-237, September 2026.
ABSTRACT According to the Divide & Conquer (DC) strategy (Fogal and Risberg 2020) for explaining moral supervenience, the modal covariation between moral and natural properties can be partly explained by appeal to pure moral principles. Bhogal (2022) has recently argued that DC fails.
Alexios Stamatiadis‐Bréhier
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Mental Illness: A Deviation from Phenomenological, Rather than Moral, Norms? [PDF]

J Med Philos
Downey A.
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The Recommendation Paradox: Perspectives on Genetic Testing in Huntington's Disease Families

Journal of Genetic Counseling, Volume 35, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Huntington's disease (HD) families face complex decisions about predictive genetic testing and reproductive options, including preimplantation genetic testing (PGT), and particularly PGT for Monogenic Disorders (PGT‐M). We examined attitudes toward genetic testing and reproductive options across affected groups within HD families (e.g., people
Noit Inbar, Achinoam Socher, Aya Bar David, Penina Ponger, Nurit Omer, Adi Reches, Yael Manor, Tanya Gurevich   +7 more
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What are 'biohackers' hacking? Identifying motivations and meaning-making frameworks. [PDF]

Med Humanit
Lorrimar V.
europepmc   +1 more source