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Scholars and Literati at the University of Naples (1224–1800)
Full text linkThis note is a summary description of the set of scholars and literati who taught at the University of Naples from its inception in 1224 to 1800
An Essentialist View of Biological Sex Remains Alive and Well: A Response to Penner, Cordero, and Nichols
Full text linkIn response to a recent article by Myron Penner, April Cordero, and Amanda Nichols in this journal, this essay offers a critical analysis. Their article makes a case against gender essentialism rooted in biology, drawing from the biology of sex determination. While commending their thorough exposition of the science of sex determination, we argue that most of their anthropological conclusions are unfounded. After reviewing their article, we present several criticisms that undermine their case. In particular, we take issue with the authors’ methodological commitments and demonstrate that the evidence they present from the science of human sex determination does not convincingly support rejecting an essentialist view of biological sex. Furthermore, we argue that human sexuality solidifies into a binary and fixed state following sex determination during gestation. Contrary to the original essay, our analysis concludes that the science of sex determination leaves wide open the possibility that some biology-based form of gender essentialism is true
Extérioriser le conflit, légitimer un courant politique: Analyse des échanges asynchrones et synchrones dans le cadre du “Foro Legislativo Ambiental” (FOLA) en Argentine
Full text linkCet article analyse l’expérience du « Foro Legislativo Ambiental » (FOLA) en Argentine, dispositif participatif qui repose sur une plateforme digitale permettant des interventions asynchrones et des rencontres synchrones, impulsé par un groupe de députés et députées du Frente de Todos pour discuter avec les citoyens de trois thématiques figurant sur leur agenda législatif. Il montre que le FOLA constitue davantage une instance de monstration de force d’un courant minoritaire dans une coalition politique plus large, plutôt qu’un espace de délibération entre élus et citoyens. Faisant apparaître un antagonisme avec des acteurs, notamment économiques, qui n’ont pas investi la discussion, un tel dispositif a en effet permis de contribuer à renforcer la reconnaissance et la spécificité idéologique du groupe proprement politique
Revisiting Kretzmann's Argument that an Immutable God Can't Know Mutable Reality
Full text linkIn this paper, we revisit Norman Kretzmann’s argument that an immutable God can’t always know what time it is. We uncover two implicit premises that, we argue, theists can simply reject once their incompatibility with their theistic commitments is made apparent. These suppositions are (i) internalism about beliefs and (ii) content essentialism. We end by considering further whether these two theses are, in fact, in conflict between themselves. If true, this would make Kretzmann’s argument dialectically unstable
Transhumanism vs. Theistic Ethics
Full text linkI argue that there are three limits to the transhumanist project of moral enhancement. They are “technological ignorance,” “technological passivity” and “technological easiness.” I argue that they make it unlikely that the enhancement in question will be achieved. I also argue that there are no similar limits in the context of theistic Christian ethics, although it may seem otherwise at first sight. Following Aquinas, I show that there is no “theological ignorance,” “theological passivity” or “theological easiness” that may hinder moral progress via the Christian faith. In conclusion, Christian theistic ethics is more beneficial to us than transhumanist views of moral enhancement
Le projet INTERREG VI LUNÉfil: Réflexions et pistes pour la mise en œuvre d’une trame noire transfrontalière répondant aux enjeux de transition énergétique et écologique
Full text linkLe projet INTERREG VI LUNÉfil, piloté par le CREAT-UCLouvain, vise à réduire la pollution lumineuse et promouvoir un éclairage respectueux de l’environnement en région transfrontalière de la Sambre. Il adopte une approche interdisciplinaire en développement territorial, urbanisme et politiques environnementales, proposant des solutions pour instaurer une trame noire et préserver la biodiversité nocturne. LUNÉfil crée des corridors écologiques tout en garantissant sécurité et confort. La coopération transfrontalière et la participation citoyenne sont essentielles à ce projet innovant, contribuant au développement durable
Archbishop Parker, the Bishops’ Bible (1568) and the Book of Psalms
Full text linkThis article begins with an investigation of the Psalter of the 1568 Bishops’ Bible and its several unhappy features. The Psalter is then placed in the history of Reformation English Bibles and the growth of English metrical psalmody. Finally, an attempt is made to reconstruct the rationale of Archbishop Matthew Parker’s dealings with the Psalms over several years in the light of his own 1568 metrical translation.This article begins with an investigation of the Psalter of the 1568 Bishops’ Bible and its several unhappy features. The Psalter is then placed in the history of Reformation English Bibles and the growth of English metrical psalmody. Finally, an attempt is made to reconstruct the rationale of Archbishop Matthew Parker’s dealings with the Psalms over several years in the light of his own 1568 metrical translation
La chasse aux papillons: Butterflies, Oaks, Spinning Tops, Braggarts, and Devils between Indo-European and Semitic
Full text linkThe Modern Hebrew word for ‘butterfly,’ parpar, was coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and is commonly believed to derive from a playful adaptation of the Italian farfalla combined with the Hebrew root pirpɛr. A comparative analysis of the mainly Levantine and Arabian Semitic lexicons suggests that the root p.r.p.r entered Hebrew through Aramaic. Aramaic also appears to underlie the Arabic developments of p.r.p.r, notably frequent in Levantine and Christian va-rieties. Aramaic may have introduced p.r.p.r into Semitic from Indo-European, where the root *pr- yields a wide semantic network including ‘beat,’ ‘split,’ ‘axe,’ and its reduplicated form produces lexemes for ‘butterfly’ and ‘oak.’ While p.r.p.r enters Semitic as a reduplicated root of Indo-European origin, triconsonantal expansions from biconsonantal *pr- likely developed within Semitic, possibly also influenced by Indo-European roots and flexed forms. Ben-Ye-huda’s parpar thus seems to draw more from Hebrew literary tradition and his familiarity with Slavic vocabulary than from any direct Italian model. Contemporary developments of p.r.p.r in Arabic and Modern Hebrew are reported. Finally, I address semantic extensions of p.r.p.r in Arabic (instability in relationships, boasting, noise-making, and nonsensical speech), which may be connected to Provençal fanfa, French fanfare, Italian farfallone, farfallino, fanfarra, fanfarone, farfugliare, vanvera, and furfante.The Modern Hebrew word for ‘butterfly,’ parpar, was coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and is commonly believed to derive from a playful adaptation of the Italian farfalla combined with the Hebrew root pirpɛr. A comparative analysis of the mainly Levantine and Arabian Semitic lexicons suggests that the root p.r.p.r entered Hebrew through Aramaic. Aramaic also appears to underlie the Arabic developments of p.r.p.r, notably frequent in Levantine and Christian va-rieties. Aramaic may have introduced p.r.p.r into Semitic from Indo-European, where the root *pr- yields a wide semantic network including ‘beat,’ ‘split,’ ‘axe,’ and its reduplicated form produces lexemes for ‘butterfly’ and ‘oak.’ While p.r.p.r enters Semitic as a reduplicated root of Indo-European origin, triconsonantal expansions from biconsonantal *pr- likely developed within Semitic, possibly also influenced by Indo-European roots and flexed forms. Ben-Ye-huda’s parpar thus seems to draw more from Hebrew literary tradition and his familiarity with Slavic vocabulary than from any direct Italian model. Contemporary developments of p.r.p.r in Arabic and Modern Hebrew are reported. Finally, I address semantic extensions of p.r.p.r in Arabic (instability in relationships, boasting, noise-making, and nonsensical speech), which may be connected to Provençal fanfa, French fanfare, Italian farfallone, farfallino, fanfarra, fanfarone, farfugliare, vanvera, and furfante
Non-Identity Reasoning and the Hiddenness Argument: The Love of God for Persons Contingent on Nonresistant Nonbelief
No full textIf a theory of identity compatible with non-identity reasoning is accepted, J. L. Schellenberg’s hiddenness argument ought to be rejected. The core of non-identity reasoning is that particular persons can only come into existence under certain circumstances. Schellenberg’s hiddenness argument depends on a conception of divine love that is relationship-seeking such that God would never allow a capable person to be in a state of nonresistant nonbelief regarding the existence of God because he would always be open to relationship. Yet if particular persons can only come into existence under particular circumstances, then given Schellenberg’s own conception of divine love, God would be motivated by his love to actualize nonresistant nonbelief in order to bring about (and form relationships with) persons who can only come into existence under circumstances that include other capable persons being in a state of nonresistant nonbelief
Of Distributive Justice and Hellfire
No full textDefenses of God’s permission of evil by appeal to free will are alleged to have a value problem. Laura Ekstrom argues that free will does not obviously have a value which would outweigh or justify the disvalue associated with moral evil and its consequences. I propose that a free will defense of moral evil does not need to conceive of free will as being more valuable than moral evil or its consequences. Rather, free will is a moral transformer in virtue of which created persons can deserve their moral character and those consequences which follow upon it. From this perspective, I show that the alleged ‘value problem’ rests upon controversial conceptions of distributive justice and that Thomas Aquinas gives us a way to argue plausibly that God’s decisions to allow serious consequences to result from free agency, i.e., hell, could be distributively just and compatible with God’s love for persons