Florentina Enea Abstract Understanding how music and emotion co-vary has been the focus for many scholars for a long time, starting with the writings of Ancient Greeks to contemporary thought. Philosophers, musicologists, and cognitive scientists alike have been puzzling on the extent to which music can have an influence on how humans feel, think … [Read more…]
Sylvia Borissova Abstract The article aims to pay aesthetic and axiological tribute to Charles Fourier’s conception of the so-called attraction passionelle – the basic drive of social development, and, in particular, of the composite passion, “the most beautiful of the twelve passions, the one which enhances the value of all the others”. The exposition … [Read more…]
Mugurel Pavaluca Abstract As a philosopher or a lover of philosophy, one wonders whether this area can also be useful in everyday life; whether philosophy also has a reason that leads to happiness. Boethius tried to find the answer to this question in the 6th century through his writing Consolatio Philosophiae. The Lady Philosophy … [Read more…]
Corina Domnari Abstract In my paper I will discuss the reinterpretation of the Neoplatonic ‘epistrophe’ as a hallmark of description of subjectivity in the Patristics. The Plotinian theme of epistrophe outlined a new understanding of Self, centered on individuality and subjectivity. By affirming the existence of distinctive levels in Self, Plotinus brought a degree … [Read more…]
Natasha Beranek Abstract Transhumanism is not a religion, despite the focus that many of its retinue place on ethereal aims like immortality, disembodied consciousness, and perfection. Nor can transhumanism be accurately glossed as an ideology, given its diversity of opinions on possible ‘beyond human’ outcomes. We Have Always Been Cyborgs instead renders transhumanism much more … [Read more…]
Lorin Ghiman Abstract What is still lacking in the expanding research field of transhumanism is a serious investigation of the social existence and its role in the shaping of the future. Taking Sorgner’s recent book, We have always been cyborgs, as a guide, the paper investigates the roots and possible reasons of the societal … [Read more…]
Radu Uszkai, Emanuel Socaciu, Mihai-Valentin Cernea Abstract When he first formulated the famous ‘Experience Machine’ thought experiment in 1974, Robert Nozick could only give his readers one analogy with a potential real-life ‘device’: psychoactive drugs. Now, decades later, MMORPG’s like World of Warcraft and EVE Online, with their promise of delivering immersive pleasure to … [Read more…]
Nicolás Antonio Rojas Cortés Abstract Acknowledging an ontology of permanent becoming has ethical and epistemological consequences for the presentation of a thought system. Ontological presuppositions have consequences for our understanding and our ways of inhabiting the world. These statements are particularly true when we think of transhumanism. The problem is that when these assumptions … [Read more…]
Andrei Nuțaș Abstract Transhumanism is a cultural and philosophical movement that advocates for the use of technology to improve the human condition and overcome limitations as a species. The question of whether the transhumanist goal of a posthuman future is desirable remains open, as it depends on the values and goals that guide the … [Read more…]