Motion
Ours is not a static world like a dark dungeon where inert objects may lie immobile indefinitely. It is not a grand still-life, where mute matter stays scattered here and there, like boulders.
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Space
Infinity is always baffling to the mind, and here is a perplexing endlessness that strikes us as reasonable, prompting us to conclude that space goes on and on and on, limitless. But, if we are to trust our current physics, this is only another of the illusions created by secretive Nature, for space does not extend indefinitely.
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A Blueprint for a Non-Reductionist Theory of Reality
There can be no discursive justification for the belief that any particular kind of entities can be independent of all other kinds.
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Technology and Eschatology
Comparing two views of human transformation: a religious view, specifically Christian, and the view associated with the movement called transhumanism and based in new and emerging technologies.
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The Long Way from Non-Reductionism to Transdisciplinarity: Critical Questions about Levels of Reality and the Constitution of Human Beings
1.- Reductionism: from science to culture and every day life “The vision of Nature in any given era depends on the imagination prevailing in that era which, in turn, depends on a multitude of parameters… Once formed, the image of Nature acts on all fields of knowledge” (Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity) Why are we concerned about…
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On the Essence
Introducci�n. El problema del alma, uno de los m�s antiguos de la filosof�a, es tambi�n central en el pensamiento de Zubiri, hasta el punto de que cabe clasificar buena parte de su obra en funci�n de este problema; esta clasificaci�n, por otra parte, nos permitir� se�alar las fuentes zubirianas que vamos a utilizar aqu� en…
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Man’s Spiritual Evolution in the Material World: Mulla Sadra’s Viewpoint
Introduction Why are we here? This is one of the most important questions for man, because by giving answer to this question, man can understand his/her goal of life and role in the material world and the importance of this external universe. For doing this, we must understand the nature of man and the…
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Serving’ the Self-Actualizing Subject in Global Culture
Antidepressants and their lack of efficacy in regards to mild to moderate depression has garnered much media attention in recent months. These studies have shown that antidepressants demonstrate the same level of improvement with treatment as placebos for individuals in forty-seven controlled trials1. This is the most recent scandal about serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)…
