Superlongevity and African Ethics
Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 832-850, July 2025.ABSTRACT I apply African moral precepts to the topic of ‘superlongevity’. I make the case that African theories give rise to three specific sorts of moral concern about life extension that are distinct from similar objections in Western literature: first, superlongevity presents a challenge to identity; second, significantly longer lives face increased
Christopher S. Wareham
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Re-reading the Map of Middle-earth: Fan Cartography\u27s Engagement with Tolkien\u27s Legendarium [PDF]
, 2018 J.R.R. Tolkien provided an elaborate textual history for his writings about Middle-earth, but did not do so for his now-iconic maps. This paper examines how this difference, in concert with the general tendency of readers to treat maps as objective ...
Danielson, Stentor
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When science fiction collides with reality: The future of learning and the one after that
AI Magazine, Volume 46, Issue 2, Summer 2025.Abstract This article provides a somewhat whimsical discussion of the impact that AI, or “robots”, will have on the future of education. Interwoven with numerous references to science fiction, and at least one to Alice Cooper, is a very serious consideration of the manner in which AI may completely redefine the way we learn and grow as humans.
Steve Joordens
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Putting away childish things: incidents of recovery in Tolkien and Haddon [PDF]
, 2008 The article discusses the philosophy of author J.R.R. Tolkien. Borrowing concepts from Gerard Manley Hopkins and John Duns Scotus, Tolkien developed the concept of recovery, in which a person is able to interact with the world as though they have never ...
Vincent, A.M.
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Tolkien and Sanskrit (2016) by Mark T. Hooker [PDF]
, 2016 Book review of Tolkien and Sanskrit (2016) by Mark T ...
Goering, Nelson
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Robotic mowing technology in turfgrass management: Past, present, and future
Crop Science, Volume 65, Issue 3, May/June 2025.Abstract Robotic mowing equipment has rapidly increased in availability worldwide, but the first developed concepts for automating the mowing process are nearly 100 years old. The first attempt to commercialize a robotic mower was in the 1950s, with continued attempts to launch commercial products over subsequent decades.
J. Scott McElroy +6 more
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J.R.R. Tolkien: the Forest and the City (2013), edited by Helen Conrad-O’Briain and Gerard Hynes. [PDF]
, 2015 J.R.R. Tolkien: the Forest and the City (2013), edited by Helen Conrad-O’Briain and Gerard Hynes. Book Review by Kelley M.
Wickham-Crowley, Kelley M.
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‘Let me see it through your eyes’: Teaching grammar‐for‐writing as imaginative embodiment
Literacy, Volume 59, Issue 2, Page 242-255, May 2025.Abstract Effective professional development (PD) in teaching writing involves supporting teachers' knowledge of the writer's craft, including their thinking processes, linguistic knowledge and practical strategies for teaching these. Grammar‐for‐writing approaches support teachers' knowledge of how grammar creates meaningful effects in writing.
Brett Healey
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Tolkien Among the Moderns (2015), ed. by Ralph C. Wood [PDF]
, 2018 Book review by Robin Anne Reid of Tolkien Among the Moderns (2015) ed.
Reid, Robin A., Dr.
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The Role of Imagination and Fäerie in Education as a Response to the Crisis in the Anthropocene
Nordicum-MediterraneumThe first part of this article analyses key problems in the Norwegian educational system in properly dealing with the crises in the Anthropocene. The root of the problem is an epistemology where man and nature are seen as dual realities, not poles ...
Oddbjørn Ørbech Jensen
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