Reviewing the Evidence for a BA Silk Industry

Transcendent Philosophy: An International Journal for Comparative Philosophy and Mysticism

Throughout history, suicide has evoked a remarkably broad range of reactions—from perplexity and condemnation, to glorification and empathy. Many have tried to understand this phenomenon through the lens of psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and anthropology, but much still seems to be amiss. A key factor in our current unprecedented mental health crisis is the undiagnosed impact of modernism and post-modernism; in other words, how has the loss of the sacred contributed to the present-day alienation from ourselves, each other, and the earth? It is only through a fully integrated “science of the soul”—informed by metaphysics and the spiritual wisdom traditions of humanity—that we can, not only better understand suicide, but be properly equipped to avert tragic outcomes.

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

This paper disputes the theoretical assumptions of mainstream approaches in philosophy of pain, representationalism and imperativism, and advances an enactive approach as an alternative. It begins by identifying three shared assumptions in the mainstream approaches: the internalist assumption, the brain-body assumption, and the semantic assumption. It then articulates an alternative, enactive approach that considers pain as an embodied response to the situation. This approach entails the hypothesis of the sociocultural embeddedness of pain, which states against the brain-body assumption that the intentional character of pain depends on the agent's sociocultural background. The paper then proceeds to consider two objections. The first questions the empirical basis of this hypothesis. It is argued based on neuroscientific evidence, however, that there is no empirical reason to suppose that the first-order experience of pain is immune to sociocultural influences. The second objection argues that the mainstream approaches can account for sociocultural influences on pain by drawing on the conceptual distinction between narrow and wide content. I respond by challenging the semantic conception of pain underpinning the proposal. Pain experience can occur in pre-reflective, affectively reflective, or cognitively reflective forms, but the semantic conception at most only applies to the last form. The paper concludes that the enactive approach offers a promising alternative framework in philosophy of pain. This is a pre-print of an article published in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.

2010

// Поволжская археология. 2024, № 2 (48). с. 26-42., 2024

The results of the study of mass ceramics from the excavations at the medieval fortified settlement of Ken-Bulun in 2022 (Chuy valley, Kyrgyzstan) // The Volga river region archaeology. 2024. № 2 (48). – pp. 26-42. A.A. Kuklina, V.A. Kolchenko The article presents the results of a thorough study of ceramic finds from the KenBulun settlement of the Chuy region of Kyrgyzstan, obtained during the 2022 field season. Knowledge about the initial plastic raw materials has been extended: in addition to clay raw materials, there are indictors of the use of clay-like raw materials, such as loess. Two traditions of clay preparation were also recorded: wet and dry. Three traditions were revealed in the composition of the molding masses: one mixed and two unmixed. In addition, the information on the design of vessels has been clarified and supplemented: some of the products have signs of using mold-models. The study of the ornamentation was incomplete due to the fragmentary nature of the finds, so, the article provides data on the first level of technical and technological analysis – a description of the elements of the ornament and the definition of the type of tool used to create the ornament. The set of ceramic forms is quite extensive and includes cookingware, tableware, transport ceramics, as well as household items. The ornament and shapes of Ken-Bulun pottery bring them closer to the pottery assemblages from other settlements of the Chuy Valley, as well as Southern Kazakhstan В статье представлены результаты углублённого изучения керамических находок с городища Кен-Булун Чуйской области Кыргызстана, полученных в ходе полевого сезона 2022 года. Были расширены сведения об исходном пластичном сырье: помимо глинистого, имеются признаки использования глиноподобного сырья, такого как лёсс. Также зафиксированы две традиции подготовки глин: во влажном и в сухом состоянии. В составлении формовочных масс удалось зафиксировать три традиции: одну смешанную и две несмешанных. Помимо этого, уточнены и дополнены сведения по конструированию сосудов: часть изделий имеет признаки использования форм-моделей. Изучение орнамента было ограничено фрагментарным характером находок, поэтому в статье приведены данные по первому уровню технико-технологического анализа – описание элементов орнамента и определение вида инструмента, которым наносился орнамент.Набор форм керамики довольно обширный и включает кухонную, столовую, тарную керамику, а также изделия бытового назначения. Орнамент и формы керамических изделий Кен-Булуна сближают их с комплексами других поселений Чуйской долины, а также Южного Казахстана.

(Essays on Turkish Linguistics)

Significant links between China and India have existed for centuries. It was inevitable that the two regions would be in contact since they represented the largest and most important populations and cultural centers of the eastern part of Eurasia. While the political boundaries that marked the expanse of empires and kingdoms of both cultural regions were physically relatively close to one another, there were formidable geological barriers that kept them apart. The highest mountain range in the world, a number of the largest rivers in the world that drained those slopes, 1 and interior basins that were some of the hottest and driest places on the planet, were major challenges to land-based contacts. 2

Karakter sangat penting

Grey Room, 2006

Topological practices of Dan Graham and Stanley Brouwn