Aristotle in Medieval Spain: Writers of the Christian Kingdoms Confronting the Eternity of the World

2004 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-48
Author(s):  
Ann Giletti
Keyword(s):  
Medieval Spain ◽  
The World

Mathematics in the Islamic World in Medieval Spain and North Africa

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menso Folkerts ◽  
Barnabas Hughes ◽  
Roi Wagner ◽  
J. Lennart Berggren ◽  
Menso Folkerts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Medieval Spain ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
The World ◽  
Medieval Islam

This chapter turns to the mathematics of medieval Islam. These include the mathematical theories and practices that grew, and often flourished, in that part of the world where the dominant religious and cultural influence was the religion of Islam, though this chapter focuses on the mathematics written in Spain and North Africa. The historical period under consideration is roughly the 700 years from 750 CE to 1450 CE, although the earliest mathematical works date from around 825. The chapter first discusses the arithmetic from this period, through the works of Aḥmad ibn al-Bannā, and others. Treatises on algebra, combinatorics, geometry, and trigonometry also follow, focusing on the selected works of many notable mathematicians of medieval Islam.

The Preservation and Continuation of Sephardi Art in Morocco

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-81
Author(s):  
Shalom Sabar
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Medieval Spain ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Artistic Production ◽  
Book Printing ◽  
Marriage Contracts ◽  
The World ◽  
Moroccan Woman ◽  
Language Literature

While it is widely known that the Jews of medieval Spain carried with them their language, literature and other traditions to the countries in which they settled following the Expulsion in 1492, little research has been conducted on the preservation of their material culture and the visual arts. In this article, these aspects are examined vis-à-vis the Judaic artistic production and visual realm of the Sephardi Jews in Morocco, who adhered to these traditions perhaps more staunchly than any other Sephardi community in modern times. The materials are divided into several categories which serve as an introduction to specific topics that each require further research. These include Hebrew book printing, Jewish marriage contracts (ketubbot), Hebrew manuscript decoration, clothing and jewellery relating to the world of the Sephardi-Moroccan woman and the interior of the home, and ceremonial objects for the synagogue.

A pragmatist philosophy of psychological science and its implications for replication

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Gantman ◽  
Robin Gomila ◽  
Joel E. Martinez ◽  
J. Nathan Matias ◽  
Elizabeth Levy Paluck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
William James ◽  
Mental Processes ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Behavioral Measurement ◽  
The World ◽  
Pragmatist Philosophy

AbstractA pragmatist philosophy of psychological science offers to the direct replication debate concrete recommendations and novel benefits that are not discussed in Zwaan et al. This philosophy guides our work as field experimentalists interested in behavioral measurement. Furthermore, all psychologists can relate to its ultimate aim set out by William James: to study mental processes that provide explanations for why people behave as they do in the world.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

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