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Caxton's Afterlife in Manuscript (c.1475‐c.1500)
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract At least thirty‐five manuscript copies of Caxton's prints have been found so far. This article explores the implications of such manuscript copies of Caxton's prints and, interrupting the linear history of the book, considers Caxton's appeal beyond print in manuscript.
Aditi Nafde
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Religions, 2020 There has always been a powerful connection in human consciousness between the beauty and otherworldliness of the night sky, and humanity’s religious yearnings toward a reality beyond the mundane.
Guy Consolmagno
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Contextualizing the Cappella Cesi: Sangallo, Façades, and Renaissance Collaboration
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article reframes Antonio da Sangallo the Younger's oft‐overlooked cappella Cesi nave façade in Santa Maria della Pace not as an isolated design deviation but as part of a broader architectural and artistic conversation among major players in early sixteenth‐century Rome.
Alexis Culotta
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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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Social Compass, 2013 The author argues that the Vatican’s teaching on family, sexuality and human life is best understood within the frame of Foucault’s concept of biopolitics. His hypothesis is based on two major claims: first, that in the 20th century the Pope took on a new role, that of manager of populations of believers; and second, that a number of essential ...
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International Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 719-774, March 2026.Abstract The transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) ChatBots, leveraging natural language processing for information retrieval and knowledge synthesis, has garnered attention across diverse fields, including research. Recognizing AI's importance, researchers and policymakers are actively engaged in its development.
Cinzia Daraio +2 more
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Ethical Responsibility vs. Ethical Responsiveness in Conscious and Unconscious Communication Agents
Proceedings, 2020 In this contribution, I start from Levy’s precious suggestion about the neuroethics of distinguishing between “the slow-conscious responsibility” of us as persons, versus “the fast-unconscious responsiveness” of sub-personal brain mechanisms studied in ...
Gianfranco Basti
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Functionaries: A Distributional Approach to Institutional Analysis
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT This paper outlines a distributional approach to institutional analysis, reconceptualising institutions as distributions of knowledge and activity across people. We argue that institutionalisation and institutional change are best understood by focussing on actors with the requisite knowledge and motivation to keep institutional patterns going,
Dustin S. Stoltz +2 more
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Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.ABSTRACT This work reflects on the presence of a desacralized Buddha statue in the Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography, established in Parma, Italy, in 1901 by Xaverian missionaries. The Buddha's hollowed back is a potent trace of the transnational interactions between these Roman Catholic missionaries and folk believers from the Henan region ...
Valentina Gamberi
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The cognitive role of concept variability
Mind &Language, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 66-87, February 2026.I present and defend concept variability, the view that concepts can admit of indefinitely many variations and changes in their representational contents without thereby losing their identity. I argue that the variability of concepts is central to their role in enabling cognition, and thus that a concept's content variability is, despite philosophical ...
Alnica Visser
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