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Powers That Be: An Adventure in Metaphysics

Philosophical Investigations, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 343-348, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper is an investigation into the increasingly popular trend amongst philosophers on the metaphysics of powers, exemplified by the statement: ‘To be real is to possess a power to affect (or to be affected by) other things’. First, I briefly trace the history of this idea (from the Eleatic dialectic of ancient times to present day quantum
David Rozema
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G.H. von Wright's Biographical Sketch of Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophical Investigations, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 362-374, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The article presents the history of Georg Henrik von Wright's well‐known biographical sketch of Ludwig Wittgenstein, which first appeared in English in 1955 and was later included in Norman Malcolm's Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir. It will be shown that von Wright, during the years 1954–1984, published as many as six versions of the ...
Bernt Österman
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“Die Künstlerische Betrachtungsweise...”, Wittgenstein sobre los milagros

Revista de Historiografía, 2019
Los milagros son ciertamente una cuestión de filosofía de la religión. En cualquier caso, me gustaría defender que la concepción de los milagros de Wittgenstein está íntimamente conectada con la forma de contemplación artística en general y con la ...
Nicolás Sánchez Durá
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Fertility preferences adjusted: reimagining parenthood in response to the uncertainty of infertility

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Infertility places men and women in a state of considerable uncertainty, characterized by a heightened sense of unpredictability and loss of control. While the experience of such uncertainty might influence individuals’ fertility desires and expectations,
Ester Lazzari
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The Motive of Duty and Kantian Moral Worth

Philosophical Investigations, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 349-361, October 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article, it is argued that action from duty has special moral worth on Kant's account because (i) it is an instance of good willing, and (ii) the good will is the only unconditional good. This is used to argue, contrary to various commentators, that Kant's doctrine of moral worth is central, not only to Kantian ethics, but to any ...
Samuel Kahn
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Wittgenstein über das Verstehen

Publications of the series include the official proceedings of the ALWS-conferences and of their special workshops. The series is open also for other high-quality publications, especially on the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein and its influence on ...
Ludwig-Wittgenstein-Gesellschaft, Österreichische., Tatievskaya, Elena.   +1 more
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Book review: Wittgenstein and Aesthetics, by Hanne Appelqvist

Review of Wittgenstein and Aesthetics (Cambridge Elements) by Hanne ...
Moser, Aloisia
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Wittgenstein\u27s Forms of Life: A Tool of Perspicuous Representation

, 2020
The focus is on two texts by Wittgenstein where ‘forms of life’ constitute the pivot of an extended argument: ‘Cause and Effect’ and the discussion of colour concepts in ‘Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology’.
Lagerspetz, Olli
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The Joint Philosophical Program of Russell and Wittgenstein and Its Demise [PDF]

, 2013
Between April and November 1912, Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein were engaged in a joint philosophical program. Wittgenstein’s meeting with Gottlob Frege in December 1912 led, however, to its dissolution—the joint program was abandoned.
Milkov, Nikolay
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Reclaiming obsessionality: Beyond the obsessive‐compulsive spectrum

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract The concept of the obsessive‐compulsive spectrum has exerted a major influence on contemporary psychiatry and contributed substantially to the establishment of the DSM‐5 category of obsessive‐compulsive and related disorders. However, the notion of obsessionality employed within this framework does not necessarily correspond to the classical ...
Toshiyuki Kobayashi
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