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Religion, Culture, and the Personification of Non-Human Entities
Human beings are intensely relational and the desire for pleasant interactions with others is a fundamental human motive (Baumeister...
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Hegel and the Philosophy of Nature – Renewing the Speculative Idea
Man, because he is Mind, should and must deem himself worthyof the highest; he cannot think too highly of...
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Critical Comments on Reductionism in Physical Sciences
Introduction Transfer of ideas, concepts and paradigms and their application in different disciplines has been a normal and usually...
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Enemy of Nature or Steward of Biodiversity?: The Role of Human Disturbance in Fostering Biodiversity
INTRODUCTION Today as never before, humans dominate the planet. We number in the billions and enjoy longer and more...
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Freewill, Determinism, and the Illusion of Purpose: A Compatibilist Conception of Meaning and Purpose
Introduction It has been said that a donkey standing equidistant between identical piles of hay would result in the...
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Seeing Beginnings: Buber, Levinas, and the Original Encounter
Here and only here are we “We”. Here we are actively familiar with the cosmos through our co-operation,...
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The Machine in the Ghost?
Life-like machines are beginning to appear. During a panel discussion in the year 2000, John McCarthy, the computer science...
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The Cognitive Agent
The concept of agent has many uses in philosophical discussions. Epidemiologist assume different characteristic of agents from the ones...
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A Transdisciplinary Perspective Viewed through Anabaptist Eyes
Introduction to Theme This paper presents two claims: (1) Attachment is a universal thread that holds the fabric of...
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Wolfgang Pauli’s Journey Inward
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the...