REPRESENTATIONALISM, SKEPTICISM AND PHENOMENAL REALISM

Representationalism, skepticism and phenomenal realism

The irreducibility thesis of phenomenal consciousness can only succeed against the sceptical attack and avoid solipsism iff it can coherently establish the transition from subjective certainty to the objectivity of knowledge.The sceptical attack on the relationship between the phenomenal qualitative character of experience about the subjects own me

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Low Altruism as a Cause of Ostracism

This study focused on the causes of ostracism and explored the relationship between altruistic personality traits and ostracism.Using a combination of questionnaire surveys and laboratory experiments, results showed that: individuals with lower altruism were more vulnerable to be ostracized than those with higher altruism (Study 1 and Study 2).The

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The Builder-Architect

Today we have failed in creating built environments that serve our wellbeing.Rather such environments alienate us and cause Doilies anxiety and other pathologies of the soul.Modern buildings rarely touch us deeply because they are produced with an ethos of profit, self-absorbed egotism, stale utility, and mass production.History shows that there is

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