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Nel suo scritto intitolato What is moving right now? Elton Marques cerca di rispondere alla domanda su cosa sia la spotlight cui si riferisce la teoria temporale detta Moving Spotlight Theory ed espone l’idea che si tratti del flusso di coscienza relativo ai nostri stati mentali. Dopo aver presentato la sua tesi, introduco un’ipotesi aggiuntiva allo scopo di risolvere una difficoltà presente nella sua interpretazione. Benché Marques non tenti di sostenere il modello della MST rispetto ad altri modelli temporali, egli cerca di rendere la sua ipotesi convincente. Per questo motivo, io stesso metto qui a confronto il modello della MST (in particolare nella versione offerta da Marques) con altri modelli temporali, per valutarne la plausibilità all’interno del dibattito complessivo riguardante le principali teorie sul tempo, che pertanto vengono esposte nelle loro linee essenziali.

En este artículo voy a estudiar la innovación radical que, en la historia de la filosofía, constituyen de los conceptos kantianos de “facultad” y “mente”. Con este propósito me concentraré en el debate en torno a las facultades que tiene lugar en el siglo XVIII en Europa en general y, en particular, en Alemania. Terminaré mi análisis señalando de qué manera el término “facultad” sólo puede ser interpretado en conexión con la concepción filosófica pura de Kant sobre el concepto de “mente”, la cual será distinguida de un análisis epigenético de tipo empírico acerca de la mente humana

[Vico, Natural Law, and the Concept of “Obligatio”]. The aim of this paper is to explore the relation between the concept of obligation and the idea of law in Vico’s philosophy. The author argues that the concept of law (jus) and its mandatory element, i.e. the obligation (obligatio) constitute the link between the metaphysical verum and the historical certum. According to the Author’s interpretation, the obligation is presented as the efficacy of the realised, necessary and coercive legal truths in the real, historical societies. The paper is divided into an historical and a theoretical part. The first one deals with an episode in the reception of the Scienza Nuova Prima and with the role that the concept of law plays in this work. The second part presents an interpretative thesis concerning the role of the concept of obligation in the context of Vicos legal philosophical argumentations.

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Aim: The aim of this prospective, randomized, double-blind study was to evaluate the effects of adding 0.5 microg/ml sufentanil to 0.2% ropivacaine for patient controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) on the quality of postoperative pain control in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction., Methods: Twenty ASA physical status I-II patients, scheduled to have elective ACL repair were studied. Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia was performed at the L3-L4 or L4-L5 interspace using a needle-through-needle technique. Spinal anesthesia was induced with 10 mg of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine. Postoperative epidural analgesia was started at the end of surgery using a continuous epidural infusion of 0.2% ropivacaine alone (n=10) or 0.2% ropivacaine/0.5 mg mL(-1) sufentanil (n=10). The degree of pain was evaluated at 1, 8, 16, 24 and 48 hours after surgery; at the same observation times the degree of motor block, sedation, oxygen saturation, total consumption of PCEA solution and incremental doses given to the patient were also recorded., Results: No differences in the quality of intraoperative anesthesia was observed, and in no case general anesthesia was required to complete surgery. Patients receiving the combination of ropivacaine and sufentanil showed lower levels of VAS from 16 hours after surgery as compared with ropivacaine group (P=0.02). However, no differences in the degree of pain were observed between the 2 groups during continuous passive mobilization., Conclusion: Adding 0.5 microg/ml sufentanil to 0.2% ropivacaine for patient controlled epidural analgesia improved pain control at rest but did not result in significant improvement of postoperative analgesia during continuous passive mobilization.