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The Role of Cognitive Sophistication in Science Capital

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Science capital, a collection of science‐related forms of capital, promotes access to and utilization of scientific information, which is integral in a time of flourishing anti‐science attitudes. Nonetheless, it is not yet known which individual‐level characteristics are associated with science capital.
Kaisa Elovaara, Caitlin Dawson, Annika M. Svedholm‐Häkkinen, Johanna K. Kaakinen, Jaana Simola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstructing Al-Farabi's ethical framework in contemporary bioethics: genetics, reproduction, and technological challenges. [PDF]

Philos Ethics Humanit Med
Tattibek N, Ungarova M, Kuranbek A, Altayev J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Avicenna on the PSR and Causal Necessity in the Natural World

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Avicenna's account of causal necessity in the natural world is a key part of his metaphysical system and it is also historically significant. Yet, there is little scholarly discussion of the philosophical basis of his view. This is surprising not only because the topic is important, but also because the view is challenging to interpret ...
Kara Richardson
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a Neurobiological Model of Gestalt Confluence: Thalamocortical Integration as a Hypothetical Framework for Contact Interruption. [PDF]

Brain Sci
Tortora E, Cioffi V, Scognamiglio C, Mosca LL, Moretto E, Stanzione R, Marino F, Salonia G, Montanari C, Rossi O, Billi C, Lommatzsch A, Ferrara A, Crispino S, Gigante E, Pizzimenti M, Melis R, Temporin E, Sperandeo R.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

No History Without a Method: Anticipation and Other Bad Contexts

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues for the centrality of methodological awareness in writing the history of philosophy. It does this by analysing and comparing different interpretive proposals presented by those engaged with past philosophical texts. Taking the literature on Thomas Hobbes from past and present century as an example, it shows the merits of ...
Ieva Höhne
wiley   +1 more source

Empirical vitalism: observing an organism's formative power within an active and co-constitutive relation between subject and object. [PDF]

Hist Philos Life Sci
Hueck CJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Descartes's Eudaimonism: The Virtuously Content Life

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines René Descartes's engagement with the ethical tradition of eudaimonism, which considers happiness or flourishing (eudaimonia) the highest good. On the one hand, Descartes can be read as an eudaimonist because he is in rich dialogue with certain ancient thinkers (e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus and the Stoics) and shares ...
Brandon Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Mind Everywhere: A Framework for Conceptualizing Goal-Directedness in Biology and Other Domains-Part Two. [PDF]

Biol Theory
Levin M, Resnik DB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Just one thing to reduce bleeding: Put tranexamic acid on the safe surgical checklist at your hospital

Transfusion Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives To highlight tranexamic acid (TXA) as ‘just one thing’ that every hospital could implement to reduce surgical bleeding and blood transfusions. Background TXA is a low‐cost antifibrinolytic agent that inhibits the breakdown of fibrin blood clots. Developed in Japan in the 1960s, it has been shown to reduce surgical bleeding.
Ian Roberts, Katharine Ker
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive Management of Protected Wildlife Populations in Poland: Environmental Sustainability and Conservation Challenges of European Bison (<i>Bison bonasus</i>), Eurasian Beaver (<i>Castor fiber</i>), and Eurasian Moose (<i>Alces alces</i>). [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Dzikowski A, Mierkiewicz M, Filip-Hutsch K, Orłowska B, Anusz K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source