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Being Good, Moral and Rational in a Context of Climate Change
Ethics in Progress, 2016 Climate change has become a popular topic with a strong presence in media, political, scientific and ethical debates. This raises a question as to why we are not acting in accordance with our knowledge and are unable to do enough to protect our future ...
Piotr Rosół
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A Novel Reading of Thomas Nagel’s “Challenge” to Physicalism [PDF]
Organon F, 2021 In passing remarks, some commentators have noted that for Nagel, physicalism is true. It has even been argued that Nagel seeks to find the best path to follow to achieve future physicalism. I advance these observations by adding that for Nagel, we should discuss the consciousness problem not in terms of physical and mental issues but in terms of our ...
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug worldwide and is often co‐used with tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death. Although cannabis and tobacco have distinct neurobiological actions, their associations with brain volumes are unclear.
Katherine Sawyer +16 more
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Why not a theistic model? A dialogue with Mind and cosmos of Thomas Nagel [PDF]
, 2015 En La mente y el cosmos, Thomas Nagel critica los paradigmas reduccionistas en ciencia natural y considera la posibilidad del teísmo aunque acaba rechazándolo. Este trabajo analiza los argumentos de Nagel para tal rechazo y establece la legitimidad de
Rodríguez Valls, Francisco Paula
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Altruísmo e racionalidade prática na filosofia de Thomas Nagel [PDF]
, 2022 Este estudo questiona as razões pelas quais devemos considerar o interesse de terceiros na ação própria. Trata-se de uma defesa do altruísmo, enquanto condição racional do agir. A reflexão desenvolve-se no quadro do sistema filosófico de Thomas Nagel,
Rego, Rui Gonçalo Maia
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Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders, with ~30% of cases remaining genetically unsolved. Complete congenital stationary night blindness (cCSNB) is a subtype of IRD, usually associated with reduced visual acuity, nystagmus and high myopia.
Filip Spanic +10 more
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O retorno às explicações teleológicas: Thomas Nagel e Aristóteles [PDF]
Neste trabalho pretendo mostrar como o confronto com o materialismo reducionista de Thomas Nagel o fez voltar a defender concepções e explicações teleológicas advindas da teoria aristotélica.
Costa, Sâmara
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Collective responsibility and the scope of justice
Ethics & Global Politics, 2016 The paper examines Thomas Nagel's ‘political conception’ of justice that holds that the requirements of socioeconomic justice apply only among those persons who are subject to the authority of the same political institutions. The paper has two aims.
Zoltan Miklosi
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Ex situ plant collections may be increasingly needed to protect representative samples of threatened or rare species and provide plant material for conservation translocation. A primary problem in these ex situ collections is loss of intraspecific variation due to plant death. Different management actions would be required depending on whether
Rebecca Sucher +6 more
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Churchland, Nagel, and Their Severe Critique of Folk Psychology [PDF]
, 2021 In this paper, I attempt to show that Thomas Nagel and Patricia Churchland, two seemingly very different philosophers of mind, in fact resemble each other quite closely in their severe critique of folk psychology.
Tümkaya, Serdal
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