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Coming to Know Epicurus’ Truth: Distributed Cognition in Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura
2020
Until recently, Descartes' idea that the human mind is, by definition, a non-extended entity (res cogitans, non extensa), enclosed in the body but constitutionally different from common bodily and external realities, found wide acceptance among students of cognitive sciences. But in the past few years the barriers between outer and inner worlds have begun to blur, projecting the process of cognition as a complex distributed phenomenon. According to the so-called distributed cognition thesis (and its more “radical” version, the extended mind hypothesis), “the thinker in this world is a very special medium that can provide coordination among many structured media – some internal, some externa…
Scrittore epicureo anonimo, Opera incerta (PHerc. 1390/908). Edizione, introduzione e commentario, tavole
2019
Il singolare scritto adespoto e anepigrafo trasmesso da PHerc. 1390/908 e convenzionalmente definito ‘Sulla procreazione’ o ‘Sulla generazione’ rappresenta per il suo soggetto un unicum nella collezione ercolanese – dove, com’è noto, non trovano posto opere di natura medica o paramedica – e insieme alla sezione conclusiva del IV libro del De rerum natura di Lucrezio, l’unica trattazione epicurea di una certa estensione sul tema. Di esso, tradizionalmente assegnato a Epicuro e ora attribuito al filosofo epicureo Demetrio Lacone (II secolo a.C.), si propone in questa sede la prima edizione critica complessiva munita di introduzione e commento. The peculiar anonymous text handed down by PHerc.…
Seneca on the Nature of Things: Moral Concerns and Theories of Matter in Natural Questions 6
2017
It is generally recognized that Lucretius' treatment of earthquakes and pestilences (6.535-607; 1090-1286) exerted great influence on Book 6 of Seneca's Natural Questions. But while a large consensus exists that both authors tend to emphasize the moral value of scientific knowledge, further research is needed with respect to Seneca's “technical” re-use of Epicurean physics and meteorology. In the present paper, I shall address this issue in three stages. First, I will analyze the structure and intellectual goals of Seneca's “doxographic” review of seismological theories (6.5-20). Far from being a doxographic account sensu proprio, such a careful review constructs the inspiring image of an i…
Review of M. Beretta, La rivoluzione culturale di Lucrezio. Filosofia e scienza nell'antica Roma (Rome: Carocci, 2015)
2018
By reviewing Marco Beretta's recent book on Lucretius' "cultural revolution" and its intellectual foundations, the present article re-assesses several key issues of the current debate about the literary, philosophical, and scientific value of De Rerum Natura.
Lampa Seikilosa
2008
La stele di Sicilo (II sec. d.C.): il suo mistero, il suo significato.
Non ita certandi cupidus (Lucr. 3.5). Competizione e modelli etici nel de rerum natura di Lucrezio
2017
Recensione a: NIVARDUS GANDENSIS, Ysengrimus, Libro I, a cura di Fr. Stella, Pisa 2009 (in «Maia», n.s., 63,2, 2011)
2011
Recensione all'ediz., con trad. ital. e commento, del libro I dell'«Ysengrimus» attribuito a Nivardo di Gand, poema epico-animalesco del XII sec., curata da Francesco Stella e pubblicata nel 2009 dalla casa editrice Pacini di Pisa.
Quantitative genetic analysis of Cry1Ab tolerance in Ostrinia nubilalis Spanish populations
2013
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David Malcolm Raup (1933-2015) at the starting point of a new paradigm for Palaeontology
2020
This is a tribute to the late David Malcolm Raup, one of the major palaeontologists of the second half of the 20 th century. In addition, it is a critical review of his outstanding contributions, mainly in the field of theoretical palaeontology: quantitative modelling, the introduction of probabilistic methods in palaeontology, as well as his great imagination to use techniques from other fields, such as insurance actuary. After a general outline of his youth, I present a general depiction of the main topics of his research as a palaeobiologist: morphology, the structure of the fossil record, evolution, and extinction. He covered areas ranging from the theoretical morphology of coiled shell…
2D Isochronal Correlation Method to Detect Pacing Capture during Ventricular Fibrillation
2009
During ventricular fibrillation (VF), a portion of myocardial tissue can be captured by pacing at a rate near the fibrillation rate. Interruption of ventricular fibrillation can be favored by achieving stable myocardial capture, lowering the energy required for electrical cardioversion. Existence of myocardial capture during electrical stimulation is determined by visual inspection of electrograms (EGM) by an experienced observer. The objective of this work is the development of a semi-automatic method for the detection of myocardial capture based on the 2D correlation of isochronal maps. In 4 isolated rabbit hearts VF was induced by ventricular pacing with an increasing rate. An array of 1…