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Passione e immaginazione in Lucrezio: il caso dell’inganno onirico
No full textLucretius devotes some sections of his De rerum natura to the treatment of dreams. He is particularly interested in the phenomenon of dream deception, namely the belief that the dreamt object is the object itself. This psychological phenomenon has some both unwanted and philosophically interesting implications. Firstly, from an ethical point of view, it can stimulate uncontrolled worries and feelings in the dreamer that undermine his/her mental tranquility and health. Secondly, from a physiological perspective, it seems to reveal a failure in the mechanism undergoing the formation of mental representation. Thirdly, from the epistemological point of view, it seems to compromise the veracity of mental representations. This paper aims to explain how Lucretius dealt with this phenomenon. In particular, it will show how he succeeded, on the one hand, to explain the nature and the origin of dream deception and of its emotional aspect, and, on the other hand, to preserve the informative contents of dreams and their correspondence to reality. For this purpose the present essay will address the following issues: (1) which is the condition of the soul and of the mind while sleeping; (2) what kind of mental activity is dreaming; (3) which is the nature and the origin of the simulacra responsible for dreams; (4) which is the contents of dreams and how dream deception comes about; (5) and finally why and how dream deception emotionally effects the dreamer
The Conditions of Possibility of Scientific Experience: Cassirer’s Interpretation of the Theory of Relativity
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Mind in an Atomistic World: Epicurus and the Epicurean Tradition
No full textAnalisi della filosofia della mente nell'atomismo antico con particolare riferimento al problema dell'autodeterminazione in Epicuro
Cultural Heritage and natural disasters: the insurance choice of the Italian Cathedrals
Full text linkGiven the threat of natural disasters to Cultural Heritage, this paper aims to investigate how the use of the insurance instrument contributes to the definition of an adequate risk management strategy. The analysis focuses on the role that insurance can play both by supplying policies covering damage and proactively stimulating prevention behaviors, taking into consideration information imperfections (i.e., adverse selection, moral hazard and charity hazard). Through a survey among Italian Dioceses, data about the diffusion of insurance contracts were collected together with other qualitative and quantitative elements linked to the decisional process of insuring Italian Cathedrals. The empirical analysis shows that the administrators of the Dioceses are aware of the economic value of the cultural assets and in safeguarding the Cathedrals they identify in the insurance system a useful and efficient risk management instrument
'Vedere' l'invisibile. Rileggendo il XXXIV libro Sulla Natura di Epicuro (PHerc 1431)
No full textAl centro dei vari contributi è il PHerc. 1431, che ha trasmesso il XXXIV libro dell'opera di Epicuro Sulla natura. Gli autori ne discutono i vari aspetti, avanzando nuove proposte di lettura e di esegesi
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