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A Davidsonian Account of the Practicality of Practical Reasoning 戴维森对实践推理的实践性的描述

IF 0.5 3区哲学

Res Philosophica Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.11612/resphil.2167

Alexander Leferman

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An Ignorance Account of Hard Choices 对艰难抉择的无知

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Res Philosophica Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.11612/resphil.2193

Daniel Villiger

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Are Mass Shooters a Social Kind? 大规模射击是一种社交类型吗?

IF 0.5 3区哲学

Res Philosophica Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.11612/resphil.2231

Kurt M Blankschaen

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The Beatific Vision and the Metaphysics of Conscious Experience in John of Ripa 《利帕的约翰》中的幸福视野与意识经验的形而上学

IF 0.5 3区哲学

Res Philosophica Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.11612/resphil.2155

J. Lavender

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Doing Public Philosophy in the Middle Ages? On the Philosophical Potential of Medieval Devotional Texts 在中世纪做公共哲学?论中世纪祈祷文本的哲学潜力