Symposion. Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences Symposion. Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences
Author: Alex Blum
Keywords: God omniscient being theological fatalism
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VOLUME 12 ISSUE 2 NOVEMBER 2025
Research articles
The Authoritarian Character Redux: The Later Fromm and the Culmination of the Frankfurt School’s Studies on Authority (151-177)
Author: Nathisvaran Govender, Richard Sivil, and Gregory Morgan Swer
Keywords: authoritarian character Erich Fromm Frankfurt School necrophilia sadomasochism
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Elements of a Radical Democracy. Kierkegaardian Sources to Hannah Arendt’s Political Theory (179-197)
Author: Letizia Konderak and Javier Toscano
Keywords: dissensus Hannah Arendt origin radical democracy Søren Kierkegaard
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Taylor’s Ontologised Moral Realism and the Problem of Authenticity (199-224)
Author: Ankur Ranjan, Sreekumar Nellickappilly
Keywords: authenticity Charles Taylor moral realism ontology plurality uniqueness
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Concrete Intersubjectivity: How Persons Interact, and How This Is Crucial to Ethics (225-249)
Author: Hili Razinsky
Keywords: (political ambivalence animal) relationship interactive ethical imperative personal second-personal interaction Social Ontology subjectivity
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What Would Be Required for Large Scale Acceptance of Block Time? (251-266)
Author: Peter J. Riggs
Keywords: Block Time Dynamic Time structure of time temporal beliefs types of evidence
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Reading Section 81 on ‘Within-Time-Ness’ and the Origin of the Ordinary Concept of Time in Heidegger’s Being and Time (1927): Part One (267-289)
Author: Rajesh Sampath
Keywords: Heidegger metaphysics ontology phenomenology
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Is GPT-4 Self-Aware? (291-307)
Author: Izak Tait
Keywords: artificial intelligence consciousness GPT-4 personal identity philosophy of mind self-awareness
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Critical Thinking, Epistemic Curiosity and Epistemic Autonomy in the Context of Education (309-326)
Author: Joby Varghese
Keywords: AI in education critical thinking epistemic autonomy epistemic curiosity epistemological impact
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