Ratio, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Descartes' cogito argument is perhaps the most well‐known philosophical argument, the conclusion of which is supposed to be a form of rationalism that allows for contingent a priori knowledge of the world. In this short note, I argue that, in fact, the all important statement, ‘I am, I exist’, should be analysed through the lens of (classical)
Tom Schoonen
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Last inflections of the Argentine narrative of terror: Celso Lunghi's novels
Estudios de Teoría Literaria, 2018 In recent years Terror as a genre has been leaking the current Argentine narrative: the ghost and the zombie are both characters of literary and film terror that have been reoriented towards political readings, either about the national History linked to
Sandra Gasparini
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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
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1.d U.S. Paralells: Neo-paganism, Occultism, and Satanism in American Public Life
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Siemon-Netto, Uwe, Nichols, Larry
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The Frontiersmen as an Object of Czech Nationalism 1918–1935
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the phenomenon of the frontiersmen, that is, the Czech minority border communities, as a part of the discourse of the Czech nationalist movement. Via the example of the Czechoslovak National Democracy party, it traces the frontiersmen on two levels.
Dominik Šípoš
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Nathaniel Culverwell's stoic theory of common notions
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract This article takes a closer look at the theory of knowledge developed by Nathaniel Culverwell in his 1652 Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature. Based on Culverwell's endorsement of Edward Herbert of Cherbury against Plato and Aristotle, his critical reception of René Descartes, and his contributions to a controversy between ...
Mogens Lærke
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Barriers and enablers to help-seeking for common mental disorders among young people in low-income settings: Perspectives from Zimbabwe. [PDF]
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The challenge of community engagement and informed consent in rural Zambia: an example from a pilot study. [PDF]
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Bend, Bind, or Break? Examining the Social Ties of Formerly Incarcerated Black Men
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The carceral experience, specifically the prison and jail, serves as a significant life course disruption that abruptly removes access to friends, loved ones, and communities. Such disruptions result in a profound transformation of the social landscape even after individuals return to their communities.
Candice Crutchfield
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Using an experience-based co-design approach to develop strategies for implementing an intravenous iron intervention to treat moderate and severe anemia in pregnancy in Malawi. [PDF]
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