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Plato's Bed: Essence And Archetype In The Theory Of Forms, John Thorp
Plato's Bed: Essence And Archetype In The Theory Of Forms, John Thorp
Philosophy Presentations
The Theory of Forms is a thread that runs through nearly all of Plato’s intellectual career, being variously elaborated, nudged, and tweaked along the way. The project summarized in this poster argues that there is a serious ambiguity underlying the entire theory, an ambiguity that Plato himself never really noticed; at different times he was pursuing two different understandings of the Forms: as archetypes on the one hand, and as essences on the other. Each of these understandings has serious drawbacks.
Vitruvius' Vases: Sound-Amplification In Ancient Theatres, John Thorp
Vitruvius' Vases: Sound-Amplification In Ancient Theatres, John Thorp
Philosophy Presentations
In the first century BCE the Roman author, architect, and civil engineer, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio came up with an ingenious plan to build sound-amplification systems into theatres. The essence of the plan was to install, in the midst of the audience seating, empty bronze vases that would resonate with the various notes of the musical scale. The plan relied closely on the harmonic theory of Aristoxenus, a pupil of Aristotle, who had composed his treatise Elements of Harmonytwo centuries earlier. Although there is scant evidence that this plan was ever commonly put into effect, nonetheless the details of the …
A Suspicion About Determinism, John Thorp
A Suspicion About Determinism, John Thorp
Philosophy Presentations
This presentation reflects on the fact that the idea of determinism, or fatalism, keeps recurring, in very different contexts, at different times: logical fatalism, theological fatalism, physical determinism, etc. Standing back and looking at this big picture, it voices the suspicion that all these different determinist theses are manifestations of a single, deeper, conceptual trouble.
Aristotle's Clivus Naturae, John Thorp
Aristotle's Clivus Naturae, John Thorp
Philosophy Presentations
It is usually thought that Aristotle's understanding of the soul sees it has having four distinct parts, cumulatively arranged, resulting in a kind of scala or ladder: all living things have the nutritive and reproductive soul; animals have, in addition, the sensitive soul, and most of them also the locomotive soul; only humans have all these plus the intellective soul. This ladder-like picture emerges from his theoretical work de Anima. In his more empirical studies, though, the discreteness of these levels is softened, and the image is more that of a clivus or slope, rather than a scala or ladder …
Notes On The Moral History Of Usury, John Thorp
Notes On The Moral History Of Usury, John Thorp
Philosophy Presentations
No abstract provided.
Aristotle & Cancer, John Thorp
Aristotle On Code, John Thorp
Ethical Challenges In Icu Research, Charles Weijer
Ethical Challenges In Icu Research, Charles Weijer
Philosophy Presentations
No abstract provided.
When Can Physicians Say “No” To Families And Patients?, Charles Weijer
When Can Physicians Say “No” To Families And Patients?, Charles Weijer
Philosophy Presentations
No abstract provided.
Hypatia Of Alexandria 360(?) - 415 Ce, John Thorp
Hypatia Of Alexandria 360(?) - 415 Ce, John Thorp
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No abstract provided.
Aristotle, Females & Wind Eggs, John Thorp
Aristotle, Females & Wind Eggs, John Thorp
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Revisiting The Ethics Of Hiv Prevention Research In Developing Countries, Charles Weijer, Guy Leblanc
Revisiting The Ethics Of Hiv Prevention Research In Developing Countries, Charles Weijer, Guy Leblanc
Philosophy Presentations
Issues: We present key aspects of our paper, commissioned by UNAIDS in 2005, entitled, “Revisiting the ethics of HIV prevention research in developing countries.” In 2004 and 2005 we witnessed the closure or suspension of three international clinical trials testing tenofovir in the prevention of HIV infection in high risk groups due to the failure to provide free treatment to those who seroconvert during the conduct of the study. We examine critically moral claims for the provision of treatment to those who seroconvert in HIV prevention trials and ask whether it is a matter of moral obligation or moral negotiation? …
Aristotle’S Worst Idea, John Thorp
Clinical Equipoise And Rct Design, Charles Weijer
Clinical Equipoise And Rct Design, Charles Weijer
Philosophy Presentations
This presentation addresses these questions:
• “Upon what ethical grounds may the physician offer RCT enrollment to a patient?”
• Which is the preferred moral basis of the RCT?