The elaboration of a demarcation criterion in reformational philosophy by Renato Coletto

“… Contemporary philosophy of science has struggled considerably over an apparently simple question: how does one distinguish between scientific and non-scientific knowledge? …”
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Postmetaphysics: Text of History and Context of Contemporaneity by P K Grechko

“…The article deals with the world outlook and methodological status of metaphysics in contemporary philosophy and culture in general. Adhering to the distinction between Modern (modernity) and Postmodern (contemporaneity), the author refers mainly to the resources of postmodernism. …”
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Johan Heyns as apologeet by S. A. Strauss

“…He impresses one with his knowledge of contemporary philosophy.…”
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Editorial by Sayyid M. Syeed

“…In shaping a contemporary philosophy of science, Anwar Ibrahim emphasizes the need to infuse the entire system of science, its method, its processes, and its goals with the ethical and value concerns of the world-view of Islam. …”
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Conference report: Gdzie spotykają się filozofowie Wschodu i Zachodu? Refleksje o filozofii porównawczej i konferencji w Honolulu „11th East-West Philosophers’ Conference” by Marzenna JAKUBCZAK

“…First, the author discusses some definitions of the comparative method applied in contemporary philosophy and promoted, among others, through the project of the “East­‑West Philosophers’ Conference”. …”
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Early Theoretical Models for the Aesthetic Analysis of Non-Art Objects by Cristian Hainic

“…The paper takes interest in some of the conditions that made possible the development of everyday aesthetics in contemporary philosophy. It explains why certain positions in the aesthetics of the 20th century needed countering in order to satisfactorily take into account contemporary art, and it shows that two of the main traits of 20th-century aesthetics that had to be overcome are a specific form of aestheticism and anthropocentrism. …”
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U zródeł współczesnego nominalizmu w filozofii matematyki by Anna Frąckowiak–Ciesielska

“…Nominalism is one of the most important positions in the contemporary philosophy of mathematics. The goal of this article is to point out various factors that have effected the rapid development of nominalism. …”
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The material Advance of the old Idealism by María José Binetti

“…The ontological or speculative turn of contemporary philosophy has been proclaimed itself as heir to the old idealist tradition, especially in consideration of two main ideas, namely: the reflexive negativity of the absolute, and its mediate immanence in the ground of everything. …”
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Des animaux ordinaires ou étrangers ? Territoires bovins entre Woolf et Deleuze by Derek Ryan

“…As such, it stakes new territory for Woolf studies in the fields of animal studies and contemporary philosophy.…”
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SU FILOSOFIA E LETTERATURA. VARIAZIONI INTORNO A MERLEAU‐PONTY E L’AUTOFICTION by Scotti, Alessandra

“…Indeed the problem of truth is precisely the spot where philosophy and literature meet each other’s destiny, as proved by Merlau‐Ponty’s theory of expression and the use of literary style.   Since when contemporary philosophy challenged rationalistic claims coming from traditional metaphysics, literature stops to be its “ugly twin”. …”
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Reductions of Consciousness. From Husserl to Churchland by Kowalska Małgorzata

“…In conclusion, the author argues that contemporary philosophy, which follows both the idealistic and the naturalistic path, fails to solve the problem of this relationship.…”
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The audiovisual narrative as a tool for philosophical reflection in the classroom by Maria Medina Vicent

“…The present paper presents a specific educational experience in the teaching of modern and contemporary philosophy to students of third year of the degrees in Humanidades: Estudios Interculturales, and Historia and Patrimonio of the Universitat Jaume I (Castelló de la Plana, Spain). …”
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The Pragma-Dialectics of Dispassionate Discourse: Early Nyāya Argumentation Theory by Malcolm Keating

“…Matilal, emphasized the contributions of Nyāya philosophers to what contemporary philosophy considers epistemology. More recently, scholarly work demonstrates the relevance of their ideas to argumentation theory, an interdisciplinary area of study drawing on epistemology as well as logic, rhetoric, and linguistics. …”
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O stylach filozoficznych i dylematach metodologicznych (ON PHILOSOPHICAL STYLES AND METHODOLOGICAL DILEMMAS) by Anna Brożek

“…Good examples of this variety are three important styles functioning in the contemporary philosophy: analytical, hermeneutic and phenomenological one. …”
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A weakened mechanism is still a mechanism: on the causal role of absences in mechanistic explanation by Mebius, A

“…Furthermore, it is argued that recognizing natural variability in mechanisms, such as attenuation, leads to some interesting line-drawing issues for contemporary philosophy of mechanisms.…”

Reason without feelings? Emotions in the history of western philosophy by Kišjuhas Aleksej

“…Finally, the paper analyzes the character of emotions in the contemporary philosophy, while examining possibilities for the history of (philosophy of) emotions and feelings, but also the possibilities for overcoming the undue opposition of reason and emotions, which was present in the dominant Western philosophical tradition.…”
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Wittgenstein: od etyki do ślepego stosowania reguł i z powrotem by Ewa Nowak

“…The final section discusses the pros and cons of finitism in the light of contemporary philosophy of mind. As a conclusion, the author provides evidence for her hypothesis that there is no normative (embodied) mind without a manifest normative competence, which includes moral judgment and discursive competence.…”
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La Teología Mística de Pseudo Dionisio Areopagita: una nueva lectura by Marcelo D. Boeri, José Pablo Martín

“…The introduction focuses on the analysis of some points that are especially helpful to understand the text at issue: (i) its history and its significance for the Neoplatonism and, more importantly, its relevance in terms of a highly original exposition of the Christian doctrine from a Neoplatonist viewpoint, (ii) The importance of this text in Contemporary philosophy (Hegel, Heidegger, Wittgenstein) is also noted and, finally, (iii) its crucial significance for the so-called "negative theology".…”
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Dydaktyki filozofii kłopoty z prawdą [The teaching of philosophy and its troubles with truth] by Zbigniew Zdunowski

“…We can talk about the crisis of the truth (in the meaning of the classical cor- respondence theory) in the contemporary philosophy (of the 20th century). II. In the wake of philosophy the teaching of philosophy reconciled with the destruction of the truth. …”
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Is the Christian View of the Self Empirically Adequate? The Tradition and the Future by Walter Scott Stepanenko

“…Many central creedal statements in Christianity presuppose the existence of a substantial self, even though Christian tradition has not always explicitly used this terminology. However, in contemporary philosophy, the traditional Christian view has been charged with empirical inadequacy, an objection often motivated by neuroscientific considerations. …”
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