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The Concept of Emotion in Classical Indian Philosophy
[Revised entry by Joerg Tuske on October 30, 2025.
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In Indian literature, emotions are discussed in several different contexts (Bilimoria and Wenta 2015b; Torella 2015): first, within aesthetics (rasa). The word rasa can mean juice, sap, essence, condiment or ev
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Translating and Interpreting Chinese Philosophy
[Revised entry by Chad Hansen, David Wong, and Henry Rosemont Jr. on October 28, 2025.
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A correct translation of a philosophical text should reflect the original's meaning. Interpretations are theories of meaning, so translation and interpretation intertwine. Ph
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Backward Causation
[Revised entry by Jan Faye on October 28, 2025.
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Sometimes also called retro-causation. A common feature of our world seems to be that in all cases of causation, the cause and the effect are placed in time so that the cause precedes its effect temporally. Our no
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Alberic of Paris
[New Entry by Heine Hansen and Boaz Faraday Schuman on October 28, 2025.]
Alberic of Paris, also known as Alberic de Monte, was, according to his contemporaries, one of the most prominent philosophers in Paris in the twelfth century, a period in which the Latin-speaking West saw a marked revitaliza
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Parenthood and Procreation
[Revised entry by Elizabeth Brake and Joseph Millum on October 27, 2025.
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The ethics of parenthood and procreation apply not only to daily acts of decision-making by parents and prospective procreators, but also to law, public policy, and medicine. Two recent so
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