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On Whether It Is and What It Is

This dialogue, taking place between Prof. Whether and Prof. What, focuses on the nature of the relationship between ontology, conceived as the branch of philosophy concerned with the question of what ... the complementary part of philosophy that seeks to explain, of those entities, what they are. Most philosophers claim that it is not possible to address the first question without at the same time

Women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services and information in Ismailia, Egypt

different cultural, political, and religious factors that have contributed significantly to how society views and treats women’s bodies and sexuality. As a result, it is difficult to provide solid data and ... affected by different aspects such as physical, hormonal, psychological, economic, social, cultural, religious, legal, political and ethical issues [ 1–3 ]. Reproductive health (RH), which is part of

Three Kinds of Arguments for Panpsychism

known from the history of philosophy mainly due to the fact that the former is often combined with so-called Russellian monism. According to Russellian monism, the intrinsic properties of physical things ... Terminological Preliminaries Within the last 100 years, the analytic philosophy of mind has been dominated by materialism, a view that one can fully account for mental phenomena in purely physical terms, such as

Replies to the Critics of Knowing and Checking: an Epistemological Investigation

Investigation (Routledge 2019), hereinafter abbreviated as KC. These papers resulted from a workshop organized by the department of philosophy of the University of Maribor. I am very thankful to the organizers of ... . Admittedly, there is some plausibility to claiming that we can check by using Newtonian physics. However, this is a general problem within the philosophy of science and not a problem for checking in particular

Tricky Truths: How Should Alethic Pluralism Accommodate Racial Truths?

Department of Philosophy, Stellenbosch University , Stellenbosch , South Africa 2 Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University , North Ryde , Australia Some alethic pluralists maintain that there are two ... accommodate such a notion. Philosophy of truth; Determination Pluralism; Douglas Edwards; Crispin Wright; Michael Lynch; Metaphysics of race 1 Introduction The important question of whether we should

Justified Evidence Resistance

to Mylan Engel, Thomas Grundmann, Paul Silva Jr, Mona Simion, Tom Sorell, and Luis Rosa. I have benefitted from being a Senior Research Associate at the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy ... an intellectual virtue? Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement , 84 , 23 - 45 . Bernecker , S. ( 2021 ). An epistemic defense of news abstinence . In S. Bernecker, A. Flowerree , & T. Grundmann (Eds

Lived experiences of refugee women with vaginal fistula in Nakivale and Oruchinga refugee settlements, Isingiro District, Uganda

incorporating these models into public health practice interventions, researchers can better understand and address the complex interplay of biological, psychological, social, cultural, economic, and political ... conflict - meeting SDGs 3 and 16 . Confl Heal . 2019 ; 13 :2. https://doi.org/ 10.1186/s13031-019-0186-0. 13. Price J , Bohara A . Maternal health care amid political unrest: The effect of armed conflict on

Virtue, Self-Narratives, and the Causes of Action

Journal of Philosophy , 13 ( 1 ), 11 - 20 . Ulatowski , J. , & Lumsden , D. ( 2023 ). Do political convictions infect every fibre of our being? Social Epistemology , 1 - 17 . https://doi.org/10.1080 ... of moral value are caused by virtues cultivated by a person over time. This is a notion that not only has relevance to popular thinking about virtues but also, within academic philosophy, has currency

Human immunodeficiency virus epidemic scenery among brazilian women: a spatial analysis study

. Spatial analysis techniques are powerful tools for combating HIV allowing the association of the phenomenon with socioeconomic and political factors. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to spatially ... American continent and has a territorial area of 8,516,000 km2. It is divided into five political regions (North, Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and South), 26 states, one federal district, and 5,570

Syrian refugee women’s access to family planning services and modern contraception during overlapping crises in Bekaa, Lebanon

Political, financial, and pandemic crises in Lebanon have affected both provision of reproductive health services including family planning and modern contraception methods as well as women’s ... financial crisis, the Lebanese government decided to impose a new tax on WhatsApp voice calls, which led to political turmoil that was manifested by protests and road blocks across the country [ 5 ]. The

Effects of hysteroscopic septum incision versus expectant management on IVF outcomes in women with complete septate uterus: a retrospective study

study was supported in part by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, project (No. 2021M700286) and the Philosophy and Social Science Research Project of Ministry of Education of China (No. 21JZD032

Value Pluralism versus Value Monism

history of philosophy, is defended only by a few contemporary authors (Dworkin, 2012; Hurka, 1996; Klocksiem, 2011; Moen, 2016; Regan, 1997) ,1 is based on the opposing metaphysical thesis: namely, that ... among deliberators that such conflicts allow for reasoned choices. In fact, the very notion of political deliberation is underpinned by the presupposition of comparability. For if choices between freedom

Non-Factualist Interpretation of the Skeptical Solution and the Self-Refutation Argument

and logic . Victor Gollancz Ltd. Barber , A. ( 1998 ). The pleonasticity of talk about concepts . Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition , 89 ( 1 ), 53 ... . ( 2017 ). Semantic non-factualism in Kripke's Wittgenstein . Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy , 5 ( 9 ), 1 - 13 . Byrne , A. ( 1996 ). Misinterpreting Kripke's Wittgenstein. Philosophy and

Influence of sociodemographic and obstetric factors on maternal mortality in Brazil from 2011 to 2021

descriptive and inferential analysis [ 9 ] was conducted in Brazil according to macroregion (North, Northeast, Midwest, Southeast and South) (Fig. 1) according to the current demarcation of the Political ... the thematic presentation were obtained from the website of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) from the Digital Municipal Grids of the Political-Administrative Division of Brazil

Centring participant experience: a realist evaluation of a menstruator-friendly facility design project in a refugee settlement, Lebanon

projects around local sociocultural, economic and political situations, listening to people’s needs and utilising local knowledge, skills and resources, results are set up to be more appropriate and thus ... unstable political situation and risks associated with travel, the lead author undertook KIIs online via Microsoft Teams, using its live transcription tool. She Hales et al. BMC Women’s Health (2024) 24

Menstrual characteristics and associations with sociodemographic factors and self-rated health in Spain: a cross-sectional study

, and being able to decide whether to participate in civil, cultural, economic, social and political spheres throughout the menstrual cycle [ 1 ]. Menstrual health is closely related to menstrual ... health status [ 47, 48 ] and an indicator for health equity [ 48–51 ]. Considering that self-rated health is mediated by social, cultural, economic and political factors, it is necessary to

Slurs and Expressive Commitments

and Lepore Noûs 47(1), 25–48, 2013a, Analytic Philosophy 54(3), 350–363, 2013b; Bolinger Nous, 51(3), 439–462, 2017), giving them a firmer conceptual basis. It supports a distinction between derogation ... Nunberg's analysis (and incorporates elements of other pragmatic accounts, cf. Anderson and Lepore Nouˆs 47(1), 25-48, 2013a, Analytic Philosophy 54(3), 350-363, b; Bolinger Nous, 51(3), 439-462, 2017

Two Concepts of Truthmaking: a Compatibilist Solution to the Controversy Between Substantive and Deflationary Approach

neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Armstrong , D. M. ( 1997 ). A world of states of affairs . In Cambridge studies in philosophy. Cambridge ... . Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , 101 ( 3 ), 567 - 590 . https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12605 Baron , S. , Chua , R. M. , Miller , K. , & Norton , J. ( 2022 ). Much ado about aboutness . Inquiry , 65

A thematic synthesis of qualitative studies and surveys of the psychological experience of painful endometriosis

ES . The meaning of endometriosis to females experiencing the disease . [Doctor of Philosophy Thesis] . New York (USA): Adelphi University; 1995 . 65. DiBenedetti D , Soliman AM , Gupta C , Surrey ES ... identity . [Doctor of Philosophy Thesis]. Middlesbrough (UK): University of Teesside; 2005 . 68. Gater A , Taylor F , Seitz C , Gerlinger C , Wichmann K , Haberland C . Development and content validation of

“I still don’t know how someone gets pregnant”: determinants of poor reproductive health among young female refugees in South Africa

political, economic and legal precarity, which have a negative impact on their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) [ 11 ]. While there is conflicting evidence around whether migrant women ... asylum seekers and refugees, and other types of migrant populations underscores the importance of targeted research focusing on asylum seekers and refugees, for whom legal, political and economic