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«Diversa Theologiae naturalis systemata»: Christian Wolff’s Ways to God
No full textIn this paper we will try to clarify some systematic points related to the double structure of Wolff’s most mature natural theology. By sketching the relations between the two parts of this theology, we hope to shed some light on the reasons that pushed Wolff to adopt such a structure for the final part of his system. In order to pursue this goal, we shall begin with a schematic presentation of the a posteriori and a priori demonstrations of God’s existence in the first and second parts of Natural Theology respectively. We will then take a step backwards, focusing on the argumentative structure of the German Metaphysics, in order to point out the premises that the systematization adopted by Wolff in the Latin writings moves from. We will then pore over the a priori argument in order to assess, on the one hand, its argumentative framework and, on the other hand, the enrichment it can bring to natural theology. Finally, we will propose some considerations on the advantages and disadvantages that in terms of systematic consistency can derive to the Wolffian system from the adoption of this double structure
Recensione di Immanuel Kant, Crítica da razão pura, tradução e notas de Fernando Costa Mattos, Petrópolis, Vozes, 2012
No full textKant, Critica della Ragion Pura, Traduzion
The forms of “composition” and the role of mediating concepts in Kant’s Opus postumum
No full textThe paper claims that in Kant’s Opus postumum the concept of coordination/composition is particularly suitable to assume a value that goes beyond the formal and normative aspect and encompasses also the material and descriptive domain. In this framework a crucial function is played by the Mittelbegriffe/Zwischenbegriffe, through which Kant seems to finally reach a promising way to explain how the understanding could concretely provide nature with a legislation, whose action can be seen as intrinsic to matter
Are ants not only 'social insects', but also 'nomic insects'? In search of clues of normativity in the ant world
No full textRecently, various philosophers and ethologists have argued or hypothesised that, in addition to humans, there are also non-human animals that are capable of following rules and implementing normative behaviours. The investigation of animal normativity until now, however, has been almost exclusively focused on mammals and, in particular, non-human primates and cetaceans. In contrast, this work aims to extend this research to the world of invertebrates and, more specifically, to the world of eusocial insects. For the purpose of investigating whether there are clues of normativity in the world of eusocial insects, we will inquire into the question of whether certain behaviours of ants can be considered normatively conditioned behaviours
Problemi attuali circa l'opportunità della precoce rimozione dei mezzi metallici di osteosintesi
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Non‐Propositional Regulation☆
Full text linkWhen thinking about how human behaviour is regulated, one generally imagines a regulation consisting of norms linguistically expressed in sentences: that is, “sentential deontic regulation”. However, this notion of regulation is reductive because there are (non-deontic and) non-sentential forms of regulation. In this article, we do not restrict our investigation to (non-deontic and) non-sentential forms of regulation; we examine whether there are forms of (non-deontic) regulation that are even not propositional. In this regard, we advance the hypothesis that there are indeed cases of “non-propositional regulation”: that is, regulation that does not need propositions and propositional contents
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Rule‐free regulation: Exploring regulation ‘without rules’ and apart from ‘deontic categories’
Full text linkRegulation can occur “with (specific) rules/norms” or “without (specific) rules/norms”. Numerous studies have been devoted to the first option. To the point where “regulation” and “rules” have often been seen to coincide in some academic research, and also in everyday ways of thinking. We deal with the second option in this article: regulation without rules/norms. Namely, a type of regulation by which it is intended to influence others' behaviour without recourse to rules/norms, and without directly altering the “normative environment”
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