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Chris A. Kramer deposited RELIGION TODAY, A CRITICAL THINKING APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 03:00:55 -0400

RELIGION TODAY (2nd edition) offers a refreshing introduction to the academic study of religion with a particular emphasis on critically informed analysis. The book skillfully explores diverse religious traditions and phenomena, providing readers with a comprehensive overview that encourages them to engage critically with the subject and…[Read more]

Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the forum Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:15:22 -0400

[i]The larger point is, that particles are not required to travel any distance, for example between Earth's ecosystem and ECO's ecosystem to naturally instantiate individuality. Atoms on ECO2 in principle can instantiate any individual currently on Earth because Earth is an ECO2 for all other viable habitats.[/i]

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Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the forum Public Philosophy Journal

Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:10:42 -0400

Figure 3:13 day old human embryo. (IMAGE CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)

Human embryos kept alive in lab for unprecedented 13 days so scientists can watch development
Human embryos have been kept alive in a petri dish for an unprecedented 13 days, allowing scientists to finally see what happens in the mysterious days after implantation in the…[Read more]

Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the forum Public Philosophy Journal

Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:10:25 -0400

Figure 3:13 day old human embryo. (IMAGE CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the discussion Public Philosophy Journal

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 13:18:15 -0400

For the gratefully literate;

Consider that the smash product of multiple parent monoids can produce a unique child monoid as offspring.

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The concept of combining multiple parent monoids to produce a unique child monoid as offspring through a process akin to a "smash product" can be an intriguing metaphor for understanding the…[Read more]

Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the discussion Public Philosophy Journal

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:49:27 -0400

Only for the capable or for the curious;

Consider that the smash product of multiple parent monoids can produce a unique child monoid as offspring.

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The concept of using the smash product to represent the production of a unique child monoid from multiple parent monoids is a fascinating application of algebraic topology to the…[Read more]

Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the discussion Public Philosophy Journal

Sat, 22 Jun 2024 13:17:23 -0400

At first the comprehension that ones’ first person individuality is abstracted, separate, and distinct from the evolution, development, and life of ones’ cells is a tough hurdle for the mind to overcome. Even as it is viewed from various perspectives, and in the absence of clarifying empirical evidence, it requires some time alone in con…[Read more]

Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the discussion Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:41:19 -0400

Testable Elements Of The LINE Hypothesis;

One initial approach would be to seek evidence for, or against some fundamental aspect of the working hypothesis: Test for the existence, or lack thereof, of the proposed entanglement cells (EC) that establish and maintain life via the QE connection in complex hosts: Termination of the hosts' EC's and no…[Read more]

Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the discussion Public Philosophy Journal

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 12:25:15 -0400

The LINE hypothesis is a plausible hypothesis for the axiom; Individuality exists and it is naturally mobile throughout this universe. Given the current state of scientific understanding the only exhibit of evidence for individuality that can be offered to you, is you. So it falls upon each of us to decide if oneself is an individual or not.…[Read more]

Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the discussion Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:57:53 -0400

The LINE "Life Instantiated By Natural Entanglement" hypothesis presents perhaps for the first time, a practical scientifically plausible hypothesis for the natural implementation that governs the instantiation of the living individual as a being distinct from the evolution of that beings current species. It will introduce you to;

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Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the discussion Public Philosophy Journal

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:35:03 -0400

Today the world generally unites in a communal pride in the seminal achievement of Neil Armstrong, as the first among humankind to set foot on a cosmological body other than the Earth. In this achievement, we acknowledge the triumph of the human spirit, and intellect, to measure, understand, manipulate, and control the laws of nature, to implement…[Read more]

Anthony Lang replied to the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the discussion Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:08:37 -0400

Naturally invasive scenarios such as this don't reveal questions posed by individuals, but questions posed by nature. Such scenarios essentially ask; how could it be otherwise? Such questions reveal their own answers to any species sufficiently developed to comprehend and honestly confront them. The point of this scenario is the inescapable…[Read more]

Anthony Lang started the topic What is a living individual and is it naturally universally mobile? in the discussion Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 28 May 2024 13:27:59 -0400

The LINE Scenario: A Thought Experiment;

Earth is gone. Complements of some natural occurrence, you name it. Perhaps a primordial black hole or giant rogue planet that happens to be passing through this solar system which sends the Earth into direct collision with Jupiter. Or perhaps there is an immense solar flare that perturbs Earths' orbit,…[Read more]

Gabriela Méndez Cota deposited Feminismo del fin in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 02:25:56 -0500

This is a prologue to the Spanish translation of Joanna Zylinska's The End of Man. A Feminist Counter-Apocalypse (2019).

Chris A. Kramer deposited Subversive Humor in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 02:34:12 -0400

I argue that an indirect and imaginative route through subversive humor offers a means to
raise consciousness about covert oppression and the mechanisms underlying it, reveal the errors
of those with power who complacently sustain systematic oppression, and even open those people
up to changing their minds. Subversive humor confronts serious…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited Dave Chappelle’s Civic Rhetoric: Positive Propaganda in a Liberal Democracy in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 02:33:45 -0400

Some of Dave Chappelle’s uses of storytelling about seemingly mundane events, like his experiences with his “white friend Chip” and the police, are examples of what W.E.B. Du Bois calls “Positive Propaganda.” This is in contrast to “Demagoguery,” the sort of propaganda described by Jason Stanley that obstructs empathic recognition of others, and u…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited The Playful Thought Experiments of Louis CK in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:29:37 -0400

It is trivially true that comedians make jokes and thus are not serious; they are “just playing.” But watching Louis CK, especially his performances in Chewed Up, Shameless, and Hilarious, it is evident that he has more in mind than simply getting his audience to frivolously guffaw. I will make the case that this is so given the content of som…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited A Wise Person Proportions their Beliefs With Humor in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:29:08 -0400

What has proportion to do with humor or irony? And what do either of these have to do with being human? Jokes, laughter, and funniness connote excess, exaggeration, incongruity, dissonance, etc., the opposite of proportion--balance, symmetry, Aristotle’s golden mean. Yet, The Philosopher maintains, the wit has found the ideal moderate position b…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited Is Laughing at Morally Oppressive Jokes Like Being Disgusted by Phony Dog Feces? An Analysis of Belief and Alief in the Context of Questionable Humor in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:28:45 -0400

In two very influential papers from 2008, Tamar Gendler introduced the concept of “alief” to describe the mental state one is in when acting in ways contrary to their consciously professed beliefs. For example, if asked to eat what they know is fudge, but shaped into the form of dog feces, they will hesitate, and behave in a manner that would be…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited How Socratic was Swift's Irony? in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 02:27:53 -0400

Was Swift correct that “reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired” (Letter to a Young Gentleman)? If so, what recourse is there to change attitudes especially among those who continue to fervently believe unjustified claims and act upon them in a way that affects other people? I will answer the…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited I Laugh Because it's Absurd: Humor as Error Detection in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 02:24:45 -0400

This chapter will focus on the overlap and benefits of a humorous and philosophical attitude toward the world and our place in it. The first part of this chapter’s title borrows from Kierkegaard and before him the Christian apologist Turtullian, who once quipped about the central contradictory tenets of Christianity, in putatively ironic f…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited As if: Connecting Phenomenology, Mirror Neurons, Empathy, and Laughter in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:29:36 -0400

The discovery of mirror neurons in both primates and humans has led to an enormous amount of research and speculation as to how conscious beings are able to interact so effortlessly among one another. Mirror neurons might provide an embodied basis for passive synthesis and the eventual process of further communalization through empathy, as…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited An existentialist account of the role of humor against oppression in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:29:12 -0400

I argue that the overt subjugation in the system of American slavery and its subsequent effects offer a case study for an existentialist analysis of freedom, oppression and humor. Concentrating on the writings and experiences of Frederick Douglass and the existentialists Simone De Beauvoir and Lewis Gordon, I investigate how the concepts of…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited Incongruity and Seriousness in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:28:48 -0400

In the first part of this paper, I will briefly introduce the concept of incongruity and its relation to humor and seriousness, connecting the ideas of Arthur Schopenhauer and the contemporary work of John Morreall. I will reveal some of the relations between Schopenhauer’s notion of “seriousness” and the existentialists such as Jean Paul Sartr…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited World-Traveling, Double Consciousness, and Laughter in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:28:25 -0400

In this paper I borrow from Maria Lugones' work on playful " world-traveling " and W.E.B. Du Bois' notion of " double consciousness " to make the case that humor can facilitate an openness and cooperative attitude among an otherwise closed, even adversarial audience. I focus on what I call " subversive " humor, that which is employed by or on…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited Parrhesia, Humor, and Resistance in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:27:48 -0400

This paper begins by taking seriously former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass' response in his What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? to systematic violence and oppression. He claims that direct argumentation is not the ideal mode of resistance to oppression: " At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed." I…[Read more]

Chris A. Kramer deposited Subversive Humor as Art and the Art of Subversive Humor in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:27:27 -0400

This paper investigates the relationships between forms of humor that conjure up possible worlds and real-world social critiques. The first part of the paper will argue that subversive humor, which is from or on behalf of historically and continually marginalized communities, constitutes a kind of aesthetic experience that can elicit enjoyment…[Read more]

Augustine Farinola deposited HUMAN AND VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY RELATION: A POSTPHENOMELOGICAL ANALYSIS in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:32:28 -0500

In this essay, I shall examine VR technology so as to ascertain the kind of human-technology relations therein. This will be done using the framework provided by Don Ihde and Peter-Paul Verbeek (who are currently seen as postphenomenologists). My choice of VR technology, as an instantiation of technological advancement, is due to its impact on…[Read more]

Augustine Farinola deposited TOWARDS SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: A PANASEA FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:31:41 -0500

In this essay, I examined the idea of ‘technological revolution’ to confirm whether it connotes a sort of incorporation of existing technologies as new ones emerges or whether it portrays a ‘sharp discontinuity’ from the prior technologies. I began by exploring the dictionary definitions of ‘revolution’ in order to appropriate its usage in re…[Read more]

Augustine Farinola deposited THE QUESTION OF RATIONALITY OF AFRICAN PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION AND THE CHALLENGE OF COMPARATIVE DISCOURSE in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:30:55 -0500

During comparative discourse, some scholars have ridiculed African indigenous concepts, phenomena, beliefs, and worldview in a forceful attempt to allow it to fit into western framework and to avoid the charge of irrationality. It is against this background this essay attempt to establish the basis for the rationality of discourse within the…[Read more]

Augustine Farinola deposited FACTS AGAINST SPECULATIONS: UNDERSTANDING PATRICIA CHURCHLAND’S NEUROPHILOSOPHY in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:26:30 -0500

This essay focuses on Patricia Churchland contribution to this interdisciplinary approach towards gaining a holistic understanding of our human nature and realities surrounding us, with specific reference to the perceived framework needed for the development of a unified theory of the mind-brain. A critical engagement with Churchland’s ideas s…[Read more]

Augustine Farinola deposited A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF KARL MARX’S MATERIALISTIC INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:25:44 -0500

This paper is a critical appraisal of Karl Marx’s theory of historical materialism and a deployment of its emphasis on economic factor in addressing Nigeria’s socio-economic situation. As we applaud Marx’s materialistic approach to history as an account that is rich enough to promote contextual understanding of past events in various part of the w…[Read more]

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Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:27:38 -0400

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Bethany Laursen created the doc PPJ's Formative Peer Review Infographic in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:24:31 -0400

Bethany Laursen created the doc PPJ's Formative Peer Review Process in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:21:52 -0400

Bethany Laursen created the doc About the PPJ in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:20:11 -0400

Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Shifting Global Economic Paradigm in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:35:17 -0400

Introduction: The 21st century was started with the dawn of a new economic puzzle of China’s fast economic growth. It has surprised the economists. The Chinese constant upward growth has shifted economic paradigm and the axis of growth appear to have been shifted from the western hemisphere to the eastern hemisphere. Some economists term it a 2…[Read more]

Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Investment Performance of Islamic Bank: An Empirical Study in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:27:09 -0400

The article undertakes an empirical study on investment of Islamic Bank. The aim of the study is to examine and evaluate the performance of investment of Islamic Bank for the time period 2005-2009 in comparison with a conventional Bank. Several financial ratios are applied for this purpose. For the empirical investigation data has been collected…[Read more]

Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited May E-Governance Create Digital Divide? in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:26:10 -0400

Developing country (DC) governments have been using information and Communication technologies (ICTs) supporting and transforming the external Workings of governance by processing and communicating data. E-Governance should be seen to encompass all ICTs, but the key innovation is computer networks. Bangladesh has failed to progress towards…[Read more]

Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Is Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Efficient? A Comparison of Efficiency Before and After the Market Crisis of 2010 in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:25:27 -0400

This paper tests for the weak form of efficiency in DSE. A major objective of this paper is to compare and analyse the efficiency of the market before and after the market crash of December, 2010. The sample includes DSEGEN price index daily closing values. The data is divided among two time periods, year 2009-2010 is used to test the efficiency…[Read more]

Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Perceived Intensity of Stress Stressors: A Study on Commercial Bank in Bangladesh in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:31:59 -0400

Job stress becomes an important agenda for managers and management scholars now a days and it will remain in future. Organizational Stress is receiving increasing attention in the academic literature and has become a salient issue for the organizations. Job life is one of the important parts of our daily lives which cause a great deal of stress.…[Read more]

Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Bank Selection and Patronage By University Students: A Survey of Students in Umudike, Nigeria in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:29:17 -0400

University students represent an attractive segment of customers for retail banks in many countries including Nigeria. The objective of this study is to find out the determinants of the choice of commercial banks by university students, using Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU). MOUAU is selected due to the plurality of its…[Read more]

Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Tourists’ Perception towards Cox’s Bazar Sea Beach in Bangladesh as a Tourist Destination in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:28:18 -0400

The study was carried out on Cox’s Bazar sea beach area, the world longest sea beach and the tourist capital of Bangladesh. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the tourists’ perception towards various facilities and services at Cox’s Bazar sea beach as a tourists’ destination. The study was based on primary as well as seconda…[Read more]

Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Branding strategies for service firms- a study on the selected Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Bangladesh in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:27:59 -0400

Research work has been done on how to create a brand supporting behaviour but most of the time the existing insights have generally stemmed from research with management, brand practitioner’s and even consumers’ perspectives. Very little has been done to research the employees’ perception towards internal branding and to compare the view of the m…[Read more]

Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Nation Branding: Beautiful Bangladesh in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:27:24 -0400

Recently a word ‘Nation Branding’ or ‘Branding Bangladesh’ is practiced a lot. A nation brand is the total sum of all perceptions of a nation in the mind of international stakeholders which may contain some of the following elements: people, place, culture, language, history, food, fashion, famous faces (celebrities), global brands, etc. The way…[Read more]

Andrea Walsh created the doc PPJ Learning Network Video Series in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:58:01 -0400

J. Britt Holbrook deposited Balancing Act: Open Access and Academic Freedom in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 16:25:42 -0400

Presentation delivered at ISMPP 2019.

J. Britt Holbrook deposited A cartography of philosophy's engagement with society in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:35:10 -0400

Should philosophy help address the problems of non-philosophers or should it be something isolated both from
other disciplines and from the lay public? This question became more than academic for philosophers working in
UK universities with the introduction of societal impact assessment in the national research evaluation exercise,
the REF.…[Read more]

J. Britt Holbrook deposited The humanities do not need a replication drive in the group Public Philosophy Journal

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:25:36 -0500

Argues that the humanities do not need a replication drive like that being pushed for in the sciences.