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_International Journal of Transformative Multidisciplinary Studies_ 2 (3):49-74. 2026This paper explores Martin Buber’s concept of dialogical existence as a philosophical framework for understanding reconciliation as a pathway to peace. Conflicts, alienation, and relational fragmentation are widespread in contemporary societies and threaten genuine human encounter and mutual recognition. The stud…

“Personality in man is the triumph over the determination of the social group. Personality is not a substance but an act, a creative act.” - Nikolai Berdyaev, Slavery and Freedom The post “Personality in man is the triumph over the determination of the social group. Personality is not a…” appeared first on Philosophy News .

philosophybits: “The actual world cannot be distinguished from a world of imagination by any description. Hence the need of pronoun and indices, and the more complicated the subject the greater the need of them.” — Charles Sanders Peirce, “On The Algebra of Logic”, The Essential Peirce, vol 1 The post “The actual world cannot be distinguished from a world of imagination by any… appeared first on …

Does a ‘good’ or ‘necessary’ lie — used as a protective shield or to preserve emotional peace — eventually become an ontological lie, depriving the individual of genuine encounter with truth, ...

I've seen questions here on SE Philosophy that are asked, while standing on the side of Life and those questions ALWAYS STOP AT Death. I didn't see questions crossing over to other side that often. ...

_European Journal for Philosophy of Science_. forthcomingHilary Putnam (1975, 2012) believed that mathematical claims are objectively true but that there are no mathematical objects. There are some worries with Putnam’s position. First, it seems inconsistent with the conclusion of the so-called Quine-Putnam indispensability argument: that there are mathematical objects. Second, it seems inconsist…

“Mighty waters draw much stone and rubble along with them, mighty spirits many stupid and bewildered heads.” - Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, 541 The post “Mighty waters draw much stone and rubble along with them, mighty spirits many stupid and bewildered…” appeared first on Philosophy News .

Why do mathematical axioms or theorems require proof, while most physics ones do not? For an example, general relativity is a physical theory that does not require proof; conversely, mathematical theorems such as Cauchy's inequality require proof. Why?

I have been reading introductory works on the foundations of mathematics, and they often proceed through axioms, definitions, theorems, and proofs. My concern is that this seems potentially circular: ...

Abstract: Traditional metaphysical investigations into ultimate grounding inevitably confront the Münchhausen Trilemma, leaving inquiry to choose among infinite ontological regress, circular explanation, or brute contingency. This paper presents a foundational rationalist ontology—Stability-Filtered Plenitude—designed to establish an ungrounded, non-dependent, atemporal terminus without relying o…