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Scotistic realism (also Scotist realism or Scotist formalism) is the Scotist position on the problem of universals. It is a form of moderate realism, which is sometimes referred to as 'scholastic realism'.[1][2] The position maintains that universals exist both in particular objects and as concepts in the mind.[3]
The "problem of universals" was an ancient problem in metaphysics about whether universals exist. For John Duns Scotus, a Franciscan philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest, universals such as "greenness" and "goodness" exist in reality. This is opposed to the later nominalism of William of Ockham, and the earlier conceptualism of Abelard, which say universals exist only within the mind and have no external or substantial reality, or universals don't exist at all (including the mind).[4][5] In addition, Scotus doesn't think that universals exist in some "third realm" or "Platonic heaven", as Plato thought (i.e. Platonism).[6]
In this way, Scotistic realism can be seen as a middle ground between Aristotelian realism (i.e. immanent realism) and conceptualism [wikipedia]
'Duns Scotus' is one of the etymological bases for the word 'Dunce'...
Larry was no Dunce.
its like William of Occam said Dude 'Plurality Should not be posited without necessity'
but if the 'great God Science' is Your bag? then absolutely nothing is new under the sun..
By studying brain tissue and neurons in vitro, Nakamura, Dryanovski et al. show that cocaine stimulates the release of endocannabinoids via extracellular vesicles. In essence, cocaine causes neurons to synthesize endocannabinoids that are then enclosed within membrane-bound packages.
These packages – or extracellular vesicles – can then fuse with the cell’s membrane.
Multiple protein interactions are necessary to permit this extracellular vesicle release, and the authors show that disrupting these control points prevents vesicle release. Functionally, this also disrupts the ability of cocaine to trigger endocannabinoid release and its effects on synaptic transmission in midbrain dopamine neurons.
Cocaine thus drives endocannabinoid release in the brain’s pleasure centers via the assembly of extracellular vesicles and designing drugs to manipulate the protein interactions that underlie vesicle assembly could provide a new way to counter cocaine addiction.
https://irp.nida.nih.gov/featured-paper-april-2020/
Interesting stuff.. My researches are Endocannabinoid related.
Some Cocaine dependents create Artworks that represent Cocaine but in 'dis-guised' form.
One Particular Artwork that I studied was titled 'Toro' and depicted what I perceived to be 'Bull' or 'Buffalo Trace' [Bourbon Whiskey]as the Artist was a known Dope Head/ Alcohol Dependent-but I was wrong. 'Buffalo' is American slang for a Nickel coin and is representative of 'Five' and 'Five' is a cheap bag of Cannabis [5$] . Another Production by the same Artist was titled 'Marcher' and 'Marching Powder'? is British Army slang for ? Cocaine [which could be legally bought in UK up until 1920]
Why these productions appear as 'cryptic' to the untrained eye sheds much light on the workings of the Psyche 'defensive mechanism' known by Jungians as the 'Mercurius Duplex' [Shadow Archetype] Severe and untreated trauma has produced 'forms' of Characters via Psychologic Techniques such as using Hand Puppets etc in childhood- now brought into adulthood by some very clever individuals.
'False Prophets' such as Hunter S Thompson [who was a Juvenile Delinquent/ Pederast] seem to influence American kids?
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