Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

(The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, embroidery, 1860-1880.) Eastern philosophy is a field of philosophy which designates the philosophical traditions elaborated in the Asian, Persian and Islamic countries of tradition. Eastern philosophy is distinguished from Western philosophy by the … Read More

How much is success in a certain game dictated by skill and how much by chance? It sounds like the kind of debate that would rage between game theory undergraduates and statisticians over long evenings, but surely it is not … Read More

A theory (from Greek theorein, “contemplate, observe, examine”) is a coherent set of explanations, notions or ideas on a specific subject, which may include laws and hypotheses, induced by the accumulation of facts from of observation, experimentation or, in the … Read More

 (School of Athens: Epicurus, Averroes, Pythagoras Parmenides, Socrates, by Raphael) Western philosophy refers to philosophical thought and its elaboration in the West, thus distinguishing itself from Eastern philosophy or other diverse tendencies observed among many indigenous peoples. The term is … Read More

Continental philosophy is a term originally coined by English-speaking philosophers, especially those associated with analytic philosophy to designate several philosophical traditions from continental Europe (especially Germany and then France). In use, the term continental philosophy corresponds to the Roman-Germanic tradition. … Read More

The term ancient philosophy generally refers to Hellenistic philosophy, which was born in the seventh century BC, with Socrates and Plato, and their successors in the Roman Empire as well as in the Arab-Muslim world. It thus applies to a … Read More

(Art drawing about the theory of relativity) The theory of relativity includes both the theory of special relativity as that of general relativity formulated by Albert Einstein in the early twentieth century, who sought to resolve the incompatibility between Newtonian mechanics and electromagnetism. The theory of special relativity, published in 1905, deals with the physics of … Read More

Axiology (from the Greek: axia or axios, value, quality) can define either the science of moral values ​​or, in philosophy, at the same time a theory of values ​​(axios) or a branch of philosophy interested in the domain of values. … Read More

Atomic physics is the field of physics that studies atoms as isolated systems that include electrons and the atomic nucleus. It focuses primarily on the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus and how it is modified. This definition encompasses both … Read More

(Bryan Zanisnik, performance of “When I Was a Child I Caught a Fleeting Glimpse”, 2009. ) An artistic performance is a behavioral artistic action undertaken by an artist(s), in front of an audience. The work can be presented in solo … Read More

Scientific research is, first and foremost, all actions undertaken to produce and develop scientific knowledge. By metonymic extension, this term is also used in the social, economic, institutional and legal context of these actions. History of scientific research (Basrelief sculpture … Read More

In philosophy, science, and everyday language, causality refers to the relationship of cause and effect. cause, the correlate of the effect, is “what makes a thing do or act as it does”; this produces the effect; causality is the “current … Read More