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What Precisely Is Anselm’s Single Argument in the Proslogion ? an unpublished paper first presented at the Indiana Philosophical Association conference

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Why we should embrace ‘nepantla’ – the in-betweenness of life | Psyche Ideas In an age of strong political commitments, a Nahuatl word encapsulates the freedom to let go of what has become oppressive

To find yourself in between things can feel terrifying, as though we might fall into a void. But according to the Nahuatl concept of ‘nepantla’ – expanded upon by a rich tradition of Mexican philosophers – being in-between needn’t be frightening, but fundamentally freeing @carlosasanchez.bsky.social

How to network when you’re socially anxious | Psyche Guides Do networking events fill you with dread? Here’s how to manage your fears, show up, and take advantage of the opportunities

Networking events can feel like an obstacle course specifically designed to trigger social anxiety. In this practical Guide, the clinical psychologist Fallon Goodman shares her step-by-step strategy to prepare, navigate and process them with more ease

Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve? | Quanta Magazine Columnist Philip Ball thinks the phenomenon of decoherence might finally bridge the quantum-classical divide.

Qualia essays go where curiosity leads. This week, follow @philipcball.bsky.social down the rabbit hole into the subatomic realm, where he examines entanglement's role as the bridge between the quantum and classical worlds. www.quantamagazine.org/are-the-myst...

Clinical Staging, Early Intervention, and Youth Mental Health: An Interview with Patrick McGorry How do we intelligently connect multifactorial, pluripotential syndromes to treatment decisions?

Clinical Staging, Early Intervention, and Youth Mental Health: An Interview with Patrick McGorry

How do we intelligently connect multifactorial, pluripotential syndromes to treatment decisions?

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Neuroimaging data reveals a “common currency” for effective communication A new mega-analysis of 16 neuroimaging studies reveals that brain activity in reward and social processing regions can predict the success of persuasive messages across diverse contexts, from health campaigns to video advertisements.

Neuroimaging data reveals a “common currency” for effective communication

An existentialist philosopher on why we should not let fear dictate love Love can be exposing but is it worth it to find someone? Sartre thought so.

Love can be exposing but is it worth it to find someone? Sartre thought so.

In solarpunk cities of the future, tech follows nature’s lead | Aeon Essays The vision of solarpunk: joining nature with technology in vibrantly inclusive ways to create a world that truly blooms

Does imagining the future fill you with dread? Enter Solarpunk. In this comprehensive introduction, the environmental philosopher Yogi Hale Hendlin details the concepts, ethos and visions underpinning this daring, startling vision of a more ecologically grounded future @feralyogi.bsky.social

Why is scientific sexism so intractably resistant to reform? | Aeon Essays Harassment drove me out of physics 30 years ago and little has changed. Why is scientific sexism so intractable?

On the #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, we’re invited to look beyond individual achievements and towards the systems influencing who participates in scientific knowledge. Despite reforms, scientific sexism remains stubbornly persistent, quietly shaping careers, credibility and recognition

Feel the burn: how subversion works in literature | Aeon Essays In their visions of the underworld Dante and Milton were truly subversive, incorporating predecessors into their own repudiation

‘Subversive’ has become one of the most common terms of critical endorsement. But what really is literary subversion? From Dante and Milton to Shane McCrae, this essay traces how new visions of Hell respond to earlier ones, not by destroying them, but by absorbing and reshaping them

How Does Experience Shape Beliefs? | TheCollector We explore the role experiences and circumstances play in shaping our beliefs.

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Hippocampal neurons shift their activity backward in time to anticipate rewards A new study published in Nature reveals the hippocampus does more than store memories. Researchers found that neural patterns in mice reorganize over time, shifting activity backward to anticipate rewards before they happen.

Hippocampal neurons shift their activity backward in time to anticipate rewards

What Is the Role of Morality in Homer’s Iliad? | TheCollector Homer’s Iliad is about the destructive pursuit of honor set against the backdrop of the Trojan War, but how does the poem depict morality?

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‘A Social History of Analytic Philosophy: How Politics Has Shaped an Apolitical Philosophy’ by Christoph Schuringa reviewed by Iñigo Baca Bordons The success of Christoph Schuringa’s A Social History of Analytic Philosophy depends on whether its coordination of historical and philosophical material manages to be a non-reductionist ideological a...

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‘Faust und die Dialektik: Studien zu Goethes Dichtung’ by Thomas Metscher reviewed by Vesa Oittinen German literature scholar and philosopher Thomas Metscher is not well-known in the Anglophone world, although he could be regarded the German equivalent to such a figure as Frederic Jameson. Both are ...

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RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease Researchers are embarking on the RNA equivalent of the Human Genome Project, including sequencing all the chemical modifications that make cells unique.

Researchers are launching a Human RNome Project to map every bit of RNA and its chemical modifications, and this work could transform how we treat cancer, neurological disorders and more

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Why Aristotle would hate Valentine’s Day – and his five steps to love For Aristotle, the true form of love wasn’t about intense passion or grand gestures on one day of the year.

For Aristotle, the true form of love wasn’t about intense passion or grand gestures on one day of the year.

RFK, Jr. just claimed the keto diet can cure schizophrenia. Here’s what the science says Preliminary studies suggest that a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet could reduce schizophrenia symptoms in some people, but claiming it’s a cure is misleading, experts say

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Astronomers catch the Milky Way doing the ‘wave’ Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why

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The neuroscience behind the ‘parenting paradox’ of happiness Separate brain processes cope with moment-to-moment versus big-picture experiences, which helps to explain how parenting both increases and decreases aspects of well-being

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Life’s evil twins, called mirror cells, could wipe us out if scientists don’t stop them Researchers are closer to making “reversed” cells that may wipe us off the planet

Life’s evil twins—mirror cells—could doom Earth if scientists don’t stop them | Scientific American share.google/DS8PtUzbZMmu...

Are we about to see the first stars ever born? The James Webb Space Telescope should soon be able to spot the first generation of stars in space

JWST could finally spot the very first stars in the universe | Scientific American share.google/PpotZdE4aZeM...

Your guide to 29 wildly different theories of consciousness The many, many ways researchers hope to solve the toughest mystery in science

Your guide to 29 wildly different theories of consciousness | Scientific American share.google/VwDfYtSVBwKX...

Inside the incredible, infuriating quest to explain consciousness Will brain science deliver answers about consciousness or hit another wall?

What is consciousness? Science faces its hardest problem yet | Scientific American share.google/1a2EJwQRmmhN...

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Quantum effect observed for biggest objects yet An experiment has broken the size record for an object exhibiting matter-wave interference — fuelling the debate about possible size constraints.

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How fasting boosts breast cancer therapy A discovery in mice reveals why fasting enhances a type of breast cancer treatment — a hormone-signalling pathway and gene-expression changes have key roles.

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