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Portraying the unrepresentable: “the methodical eye” of the early modern meta-painting. “Las Meninas” , from Velazquez to Picasso

Oana Șerban Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine and define a new aesthetical paradigm, claimed by the speculative painting, following two different but connected artistic discourses: Las Meninas by Velazquez, and its 58 replicas of Pablo Picasso, the self-portrait being possible only as representation of the fictional author and its authorial Ego. … [Read more…]

The selfhood and the ascetic ideal of the modern subject: the art of living from Friedrich Nietzsche to Michel Foucault

Oana Șerban Abstract Conceived as an analysis of the reception of Nietzsche`s ethics, assumed as a project for an aesthetic of existence, at the crossroads of modernism and postmodernism, this article explores the way in which the whole art of living could be interpreted following two significant moments: the “death of God”, proposed by Nietzsche, … [Read more…]

Metaphysics and quantum physics: synallagmatic connections and asymptotic relationships

Andreea Gae Abstract Could the paradigm of the quantum physics instrument a metaphysical reconstruction of the natural world? What connections exist between actuality, potentiality and the contradictory complementarity? What are the uncertainty relations and how do they meet the Hegelian Concept or the Aristotelian energeia? How does the metaphysics retrieve the negativity of becoming and … [Read more…]

Emotional Emptiness and Child Neglect: The Impact of Chronic Feelings of Emptiness in Human Capabilities

Mar Cabezas, Carlos Pitillas   Abstract The present contribution aims to provide an analysis of the under-studied emotional state of emptiness. In order to do this, we firstly provide a description of the spectrum of emotional states of emptiness, their associated cognitions, antecedents and effects. Secondly, we focus on the cases where this state is … [Read more…]

The Concept of Spirituality

Rolando Gripaldo   Abstract     This paper attempts to understand the relationships among the various elements of the human person: body, mind, spirit, soul, ego, consciousness, and self as viewed from the Western philosophical tradition. The paper argues that in order to know the soul, one should know the self because it is the … [Read more…]