(Heidegger in 1960. ) The Heideggerian approach aims to free ontology from any metaphysical shackles, in a phenomenological approach by upholding the question of the meaning of being drawn over the course of human existence, at the source of time. … Read More
The art experts To determine, if necessary, the authenticity of a work, it is recommended to refer to a qualified expert. The latter can be an art historian specializing in a given period, an auctioneer, a gallery owner or an … Read More
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2022). Black Swan, an assumed risk – Is it worth it? DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25379.94241, in Telework: https://www.telework.ro/en/black-swan-an-assumed-risk-is-it-worth-it/ Abstract Book review: Taleb, Nassim Nicholas (2007), The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Random House, ISBN 978-1400063512 The … Read More
Ontological dualisms Ontological dualism consists of the affirmation of the dual character of existence in relation to spirit and matter, and can be divided into three categories: Substance dualism posits that mind and matter are fundamentally distinct types of substance. … Read More
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2022). The Knowledge, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11276.59528, in Telework: https://www.telework.ro/en/the-knowledge/ Abstract Hard to say what knowledge is. The more this concept is discussed, the more divergent opinions are. Epistemology is the theory of knowledge, and one of the characteristic … Read More
Before Popper, Kant had proposed a solution to Hume’s problem that also called for knowledge that relates to the world of observations while preceding those observations. The difference is that, for Kant, this knowledge is a priori truths, which puts … Read More
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2022). Biopolitics and Geopolitics, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35747.73767, in Telework: https://www.telework.ro/en/biopolitics-and-geopolitics/ Abstract Biopower refers to the practice of modern nation-states through an explosion of numerous and diverse techniques for achieving the subjugation of bodies and the control of populations. … Read More
Nuclear deterrence is based on both sides’ fear of the other’s use of nuclear weapons, and on the doctrine of mutual vulnerability. Deterrence consists in preventing an act by persuading the actor concerned that the costs of such an action … Read More
Spinoza It is in proposition 11 of the first part of the Ethics that Spinoza proposes a proof of the existence of God by the essentialist approach. The statement of this proposition is: “God, that is, a substance consisting of … Read More
Critical rationalism, stemming from the Kantian enterprise, can be characterized by three traits: The renunciation of its dogmatic and metaphysical pretensions. The integration of experience within an experimental dialectic. Recognition by reason itself of its limits and its historicity. Kantian … Read More
Realism was a response to philosophical questions posed in different terms depending on the era. We can then distinguish three important periods in the history of philosophical realism, corresponding to three types of debates: Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Quarrel … Read More
The multiple meanings of being “Being” is said in multiple senses, says Aristotle at the beginning of the fourth book of his Metaphysics, he enumerates in this same passage, a list of concepts each of which receives the name of … Read More
