The Challenge to Nihilism

From nihilism to monism

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Logical Nihilism

Mereological nihilism and the special arrangement question

Mereological nihilism is the thesis that composite objects – objects with proper parts – do not exist. Nihilists generally paraphrase talk of composite objects F into talk of there being “x s arranged F-wise” (for example, while nihilists deny that there are tables, they concede that there are “x s arranged table-wise”). Recently several philosophers have argued that nihilism is defective insof...

Prophet and Pagans: from the Challenge of Knowledge to the Challenge of Identity

From the early beginning of his mission, the Prophet of Islam (pbuh) was ordered to introduce the God, who had come to his knowledge, to the pagans inhabited in Mecca and invite them to the monotheism and unitarianism. He knew that the racked intellectual and social structure of Mecca will create some difficulties in the way of his mission. In spite of the obstacle, which method was selected by...

Scleroderma: From Therapeutic Nihilism to Therapeutic Optimism

Several types of inflammatory cells infiltrate the affected tissue. Different subsets of “T” lymphocyte may be observed in different affected organs in various stages of SSc. CD4 lymphocytes are increased in the affected skin, whereas CD8 lymphocytes are found more commonly in bronchoalveolar lavage of patients who have scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (ILD). Several autoantibodies...