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Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Elements in Hume
2016
For the last forty years, Hume's Newtonianism has been a debated topic in Hume scholarship. The crux of the matter can be formulated by the following question: Is Hume a Newtonian philosopher? Debates concerning this question have produced two lines of interpretation. I shall call them ‘traditional’ and ‘critical’ interpretations. The traditional interpretation asserts that there are many Newtonian elements in Hume, whereas the critical interpretation seriously questions this.In this article, I consider the main points made by both lines of interpretations and offer further arguments that contribute to this debate. I shall first argue, in favor of the traditional interpretation, that Hume i…
Universal Gravitation and the (Un)Intelligibility of Natural Philosophy
2019
This article centers on Hume's position on the intelligibility of natural philosophy. To that end, the controversy surrounding universal gravitation shall be scrutinized. It is very well known that Hume sides with the Newtonian experimentalist approach rather than with the Leibnizian demand for intelligibility. However, what is not clear is Hume's overall position on the intelligibility of natural philosophy. It shall be argued that Hume declines Leibniz's principle of intelligibility. However, Hume does not eschew intelligibility altogether; his concept of causation itself stipulates mechanical intelligibility. peerReviewed
Todo el año es carnaval: tradiciones populares y contracultura en la Transición
2015
Resumen : El momento de generalizada experimentacion vital de los anos 70 y primeros 80 en el estado espanol tiende habitualmente a pensarse en terminos de “modernizacion” o “transicion a la democracia”, pero es tambien el momento en el que ciertos restos simbolicos de culturas rurales y tradicionales profundamente transformadas por la masiva emigracion campo-ciudad son rescatados por artistas de vanguardia y jovenes contraculturales. Propongo una contribucion al estudio de esta linea de reivindicacion de un poso cultural tradicional revisitado desde la vanguardia y la contracultura juvenil en la Transicion a traves de tres calas en instancias culturales diversas. Palabras Clave : Transicio…
Essays concerning Hume's natural philosophy
2016
The subject of this essay-based dissertation is Hume’s natural philosophy. The dissertation consists of four separate essays and an introduction. These essays do not only treat Hume’s views on the topic of natural philosophy, but his views are placed into a broader context of history of philosophy and science, physics in particular. The introductory section outlines the historical context, shows how the individual essays are connected, expounds what kind of research methodology has been used, and encapsulates the research contributions of the essays. The first essay treats Newton’s experimentalist methodology in gravity research and its relation to Hume’s causal philosophy. It is argued tha…
Constructing places and identities : migration and the role of translation in Leila Aboulela's The Translator and Lyrics Alley
2014
This study focuses on the role of translation as an instrument of construction of places and immigrant identities in the spaces of immigration. The investigation is based on a critical and theoretical correlation and interdisciplinary relation between theories of spaces/places, translation studies and literary forms of immigrant writing.