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Universals, particulars, and the identity of indiscernables [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
textThis project is about the distinction between universals and particulars. The fundamental claim I defend is this: The distinction between universals and particulars can be vindicated via the fact that universals are identical if indiscernible while ...
Pickavance, Timothy Haymond, 1979-
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On the Entanglement of Universals-Theory and Christian Faith in the Modern Theological Discourse of Karl Barth [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Philosophical Investigations, 2018
The philosophical investigations into universals was entangled with the combination of a certain Christian faith and Ontology, especially in ancient and medieval times.
هیروشی تونه
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Investigating note repertoires and acoustic tradeoffs in the duet contributions of a basal haplorrhine primate

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Acoustic communication serves a crucial role in the social interactions of vocal animals. Duetting—the coordinated singing among pairs of animals—has evolved independently multiple times across diverse taxonomic groups including insects, frogs, birds ...
Isabel Comella   +4 more
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Universal Polarization [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2014
A method to polarize channels universally is introduced. The method is based on combining two distinct channels in each polarization step, as opposed to Arikan's original method of combining identical channels. This creates an equal number of only two types of channels, one of which becomes progressively better as the other becomes worse. The locations
Eren Sasoglu, Lele Wang 0001
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Theoretical Roles for Universals

open access: yes, 2020
Universals have been traditionally postulated because they can satisfy certain theoretical functions. Universals supposedly explain why different objects have the ‘same’ nature (the one over many problem), why the same object has different natures (the ...
José Tomás Alvarado   +1 more
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Integration and Differentiation as the Universal Scientific Categories and their Reflection in the Theory and Practice of Natural Science Education

open access: yesОбразование и наука, 2015
The post-industrial society gives way to the qualitatively new formation of education, integrated at its every level: integration with science and production; cooperation of different educational establishments; succession of educational levels; cross ...
V. A. Ignatova
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Transcendent Universals and Natural Laws

open access: yes, 2020
One of the theoretical functions attributed to universals is to work as natural laws – or, at least, to be something on which natural laws are dependent. It is argued in this chapter that only transcendent universals can satisfy this theoretical function.
José Tomás Alvarado   +1 more
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Higher-order one-many problems in Plato’s Philebus and recent Australian metaphysics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We discuss the one-many problem as it appears in the Philebus and find that it is not restricted to the usually understood problem about the identity of universals across particulars that instantiate them (the Hylomorphic Dispersal Problem). In fact some
Gibbons, Stephanie   +3 more
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Identity Conditions for Transcendent Universals

open access: yes, 2020
It has been argued above that it is essential for a universal the nomological relations into which they enter. Even more, it has been argued that there is just a unique nomic network of necessary existence.
José Tomás Alvarado   +1 more
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The Superiority of Universals over Theological Nominalism

open access: yes, 2020
The third alternative to universals discussed in this work is theological nominalism. This form of nominalism postulates concepts in the mind of God to replace universals.
José Tomás Alvarado   +1 more
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