Philosophical Perspective Research Articles

Redefining Comfort: A Philosophical Exploration of Kolcaba's Theory Through Buddhist Perspectives.

This philosophical exploration addresses the limitations of Kolcaba's model, which conceptualizes comfort as situational relief and posits an enduring and ethically grounded understanding of comfort. Previous studies in healthcare underscore comfort as an immediate intervention to alleviate discomfort, yet philosophical perspectives suggest a broader form of comfort. This exploration aims to bridge this gap by integrating Kolcaba's theory with Buddhist concepts, specifically examining mindfulness, non-attachment, and compassion as pathways to a stable, holistic state of comfort. Through a philosophical exploration, this analysis demonstrates that comfort can be expanded from situational alleviation to a sustained state of inner peace. The findings reveal new dimensions of comfort that redefine comfort as a multidimensional experience. These insights carry significant implications, suggesting that a holistic model of comfort could enhance approaches to patient care and extend the conceptual understanding of comfort beyond temporary relief to a profound and enduring sense of well-being.

Employee Engagement in Philosophical Review: Ontology, Epistemology, and Axiology

This study aims to describe employee engagement from a philosophical perspective, through three main dimensions: ontology, epistemology, and axiology. The method used is a literature study that examines various relevant scientific references. This study examines the nature of engagement ontologically, the basis and source of its epistemological knowledge, and the value and appropriateness of its implementation axiologically. The study's results show that ontologically, employee engagement is a reality reflected in work behavior full of enthusiasm, dedication, and absorption. Epistemologically, engagement is understood as a scientific construct developed through valid theories, data, and research methods. On the other hand, engagement has strategic value axiologically because it contributes to forming work ethics, loyalty, and organizational productivity. The implication is that paying attention to employee engagement within a philosophical framework is important to provide a strong conceptual foundation in formulating competent and sustainable human resource development strategies.

The norm-setting dynamics of institutions and artificial intelligence: quality of care and efficiency in social work

Rapid technological advancements will impact individuals’ living conditions and social relationships, introducing new challenges for social work practice and research. This article explores various ethical and philosophical perspectives on this development. The article explores the standards of quality and efficiency in public service care, along with the effects of artificial intelligence (AI) systems on practical social work. Its purpose is to provide a thorough understanding, encompassing the ethical considerations pertinent to the field. By employing Mary Douglas’s theories on institutional categorisation processes, it emphasises the normative influences that shape social work practices and the implications of using AI systems. The article concludes that AI could create new opportunities for enhancing social work. However, there are reasons to proceed with caution, as our understanding of the implications of this development remains limited. It seems reasonable to assume that AI may be beneficial for managing technical quality. Yet, concerning relational and functional quality, it appears more uncertain what AI can contribute to delivering high-quality care.

Reconstructing the Subjective Identity of Artificial Intelligence in the AI Era: From Instrumental Rationality to Ethical Entity

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology advances at an unprecedented pace, it is evolving from a mere instrument into a “quasi-subject.” This transformation inevitably reshapes the traditional human–machine relationship and gives rise to profound social and ethical challenges. From the dual perspectives of value philosophy and social ethics, this paper examines the trajectory by which AI shifts from being an “objectified tool” to a “constrained subject.” We propose a theoretical model of a “human-led finite subject,” laying a conceptual foundation for situating AI’s quasi-subjective role within social ethics. By analyzing possible directions for constructing AI subjectivity and the ethical dilemmas it faces, we outline a human–machine ecological symbiosis model grounded in algorithmic justice.

EAIE-Scale-The Examination of Autistic Intersubjective Experiences. A qualitative tool to the exploration of sociality.

The Examination of Autistic Intersubjective Experiences is a semi-structured interview aimed at a phenomenological exploration of experiential and subjective ways of dealing with sociality. As a qualitative study, this work can be understood in continuity with EASE (Examination of Anomalous Self Experience [1] and EAWE (Examination of Anomalous World Experience, [2]. While these models focus on anomalies of selfhood and experience of the external world respectively, this semi-structured interview focuses instead on the divergent ways dealing with intersubjective experience and on the difficulties that people with a diagnosis of autism experience in the social domain. The advantages are both theoretic and practical: from a philosophical perspective, it will be interesting to observe how intersubjectivity works. From a clinical perspective, the collected data will be useful both for clinicians and caregivers, allowing them to better understand and cope with the autistic subject, and favor the communication between different social styles.

Atemporality from Conservation Laws of Physics in Lorentzian-Euclidean Black Holes

Recent results have shown that singularities can be avoided from the general relativistic standpoint in Lorentzian-Euclidean black holes by means of the transition from a Lorentzian to an Euclidean region where time loses its physical meaning and becomes imaginary. This dynamical mechanism, dubbed “atemporality”, prevents the emergence of black hole singularities and the violation of conservation laws. In this paper, the notion of atemporality together with a detailed discussion of its implications is presented from a philosophical perspective. The main result consists in showing that atemporality is naturally related to conservation laws.

An Essencist Assessment of the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Educational Development in Nigeria

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming education worldwide, offering new opportunities for personalized learning, efficiency in administration, and enhanced teaching methodologies. However, in Nigeria, the integration of AI into the educational sector raises philosophical, infrastructural, ethical, and socio-cultural questions. This paper examines AI’s impact on educational development in Nigeria through the lens of Essencism, a philosophical perspective that emphasizes the intrinsic nature of learning as an intellectual and moral process. The research adopted the qualitative method and collected data from existing literature such as textbooks, journals and other relevant materials. The study explores AI’s potential to enhance accessibility, bridge learning gaps, and support personalized education while critically assessing its limitations, including algorithmic bias, teacher displacement concerns, and infrastructural challenges. Furthermore, the paper addresses the governance of AI in Nigeria’s educational sector, analyzing the absence of clear policies, the implications of data privacy regulations, and the role of international organizations such as UNESCO in shaping AI adoption. It also discusses ethical considerations, particularly how AI affects traditional learning methods, cultural values, and the role of teachers in an AI-driven educational environment. The socio-cultural impacts of AI on Nigeria’s education system are explored, highlighting concerns about the depersonalization of learning and the risk of eroding Indigenous knowledge. Through an Essencist assessment, this paper argues that while AI presents opportunities for educational advancement, its integration must align with the essence of learning—critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and intellectual development. The study concludes that strategic policies, sustainable AI investments, and culturally sensitive approaches are essential for maximizing AI’s benefits while preserving the core values of education in Nigeria.

From survival instinct to religious belief: Socio-systems analysis in a global context

In the context of globalization, religion, as a complex belief system encompassing social, economic, and political aspects, is undergoing a process of transformation and innovation. This transformation is analyzed from the perspectives of social philosophy and humanistic philosophy to clarify the interaction between religious life and human life. Here, the decline of faith in humanity promotes faith in religion, creating cohesion among people of the same faith, while at the same time causing internal division and conflict. The article focuses on several main issues: the nature of religious faith as opposed to faith in humanity; the division between clergy and believers, and between theists and atheists; the impact of globalization on religious conversion; the role of religion in maintaining social morality and the possibility of its exploitation for political and economic purposes; the trend of conversion and the emergence of new forms of belief. Through analysis, comparison, and especially the inversion method, the article clarifies the relationships between cause and effect, freedom and necessity, ability and need, means and ends, and subject and product in religious life. The research results show that religious conversion in the era of globalization is an inevitable process, reflecting changes in faith, culture, and society. The article proposes a new approach to interreligious dialogue and religious studies from the humanistic and social philosophy methodology, aiming to build a peaceful society and respect differences.

Responsibility for managing values. The metaethical dilemma between normative absolutism and relativism

ABSTRACT This investigation discusses the implications of the two most fundamental counter-assumptions of axiology – normative relativism and anti-relativism (absolutism) – for managing values in the process of responsible research and innovation. The study aims to show how these premises determine the goals and means of this practice. The study argues that these premises lead to fundamentally different conceptions of responsibility, with implications for how they are integrated and operationalised in organisational contexts. The study also seeks to open a metaethical perspective to investigate the normative assumptions of managing values further, thereby exploring the interdependence between value concepts and responsible research and innovation. Furthermore, this research shows how philosophical perspectives enhance communication within value management by revealing its underlying normative assumptions. The study is conceptual, and its method is analytical.

A study on the influence of violin performance art on the cultivation of humanistic spirit from a philosophical perspective

The study of the influence of violin performance art on the cultivation of the humanistic spirit, approached from a philosophical perspective, examines the profound relationship between music, emotion, and human experience. Violin performance, recognized for its expressive capabilities, has historically served as a significant medium for artistic communication, connecting performers and audiences across cultural and temporal boundaries. This exploration highlights the violin not merely as an instrument, but as a catalyst for emotional and social engagement, promoting the ideals of empathy and shared understanding that are central to humanism.

Flowing boundaries in autopoietic systems and microniche construction.

Flowing boundaries in autopoietic systems and microniche construction.

Shop Floor Culture and Counter School Culture

This article investigates the relationship between educational outcomes and anti-school attitudes at different levels of school social organization. Various sociological and philosophical perspectives on shop floor and counter-school culture address a portion of this confusion. The main objective of this study is to verify the effects of shop floor culture and counter-school culture in the field of education. The design of the study involved a descriptive document analysis and the adoption of a systematic literature review. We retrieved the data from books, research papers, and journals. The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of shop floor culture and counter-school culture on students' performance. The theoretical approach draws its foundation from Paul Willis's work. There are various types of shop floor culture that are prevalent in the educational field. These include the belief that private schools provide superior education, the belief that the quality of education is determined by the amount of money invested in schools, the belief that teachers work less and earn more, the belief that knowledge is more important than experience, and the belief that more homework leads to more learning. We conclude that shop floor culture refers to the concepts and behavioural practices of individuals, implying that the cultures of people in different areas will always exhibit slight differences, thereby preventing generalization.

ROLE PEOPLE ISLAM TO ENFORCEMENT LAW IN INDONESIAN STATE SYSTEM: PERSPECTIVE OF ISLAMIC LEGAL PHILOSOPHY

Enforcement law is component important in guard stability system state administration Indonesia Which compound. Muslims, as majority resident Indonesia, own not quite enough answer big in support enforcement law Which fair and ethical. Through the perspective of Islamic legal philosophy, this study explores how Islamic legal principles such as justice ('adalah), welfare (maslahah), and obedience to the law (ta'zim al-qanun) can strengthen the Indonesian legal system. This journal uses a descriptive qualitative research method with a literature review approach to understand the role of Muslims in the context of law enforcement in Indonesia. The findings show that Muslims have a significant role in fighting for the values of justice and maintaining the integrity of the legal system based on Islamic spiritual, moral, and ethical foundations.

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An Existentialist Analysis of Coercive Training and Recovery Behaviors for Men Perpetrating Domestic Violence This article explores a potential approach to help men who have perpetrated domestic violence move beyond their identity as "abusers," recover psychologically, and adopt a new perspective on themselves and their place in society. The positive impact of Rites of Passage, particularly those involving prayer rituals and fostering healing through "communitas," is discussed. Furthermore, this approach is analyzed from anthropological, social work, and existential philosophical perspectives, with an emphasis on how such group-based interventions may support men in reducing domestic violence and transforming their lives.

Examining the concept of Unity of Existence according to the perspective of Islamic philosophers and Mystics

This article discusses the concept of Wahdat Al-Wujud (Unity of Existence) from the perspectives of Islamic philosophers, categorized into three major groups: the Peripatetic philosophy, the Illumination philosophy, and the Transcendental philosophy. Additionally, this article will explore the thoughts of Sufis such as Sheikh Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi and Hamzah Fansuri (Indonesian Archipelago), through several of their works like Asrar Arifin, Sharab al-Ashiqin, and Al-Muntahi. To analyze this discussion, authors employs an analytical-descriptive method, ultimately concluding that among philosophers, the concept of existence (Wujud) is not only self-evident but is also deemed impossible to define. The Peripatetic school believes in Asalatul Wujud, while the Illumination philosophy upholds Asalatul Mahiyah. Interestingly, Mulla Sadra builds the foundation of his philosophy on the concept of Asalatul Wujud. Yet, he can explain the theory of Taskik Wujud through the metaphor of light, which has often been discussed in Illumination philosophy. The concept of Unity of Existence in mysticism asserts that there is only one true existence: the existence of the Divine Essence, and all that exists are manifestations. It does not deny multiplicity (Kasrat); however, it is found in the appearances and manifestations, not in existence itself.

Caring for Thirst: Challenges to Access to Water in Slovakia through a Legal Lens

This article provides an assessment of segregated Romani communities’ access to water in Slovakia. It combines philosophical and human rights perspectives and focuses on obstacles communities encounter when pursuing access to safe drinking water throughthe context of law, whether national legislation, EU legislation, or international human rights. This article aims to establish the caseof racial discrimination against Roma in Slovakia through the lens of the environmental justice and especially water precarity. Thiscontribution also explores international standards concerning the right to access water from the perspective of vulnerability, arguingthat specific populations living in precarious situations should have an unconditional right to water.

Classification in the Wider Philosophical Perspective of Informational Ontology. Lecture 1: Bibliographic Classifications

Authors in library and information science like Dewey, Otlet, Bliss, Ranganathan, Vickery, Kyle, Foskett, Austin and Dahlberg have developed a rich corpus of classification theory and practice, covering important techniques like hierarchical subdivision, facet analysis and ordering of arrays by integrative levels. The advent of digital information offers an opportunity to organize information using such techniques; but this heritage has often been forgotten in the illusion that automation has made it unnecessary. Nowadays bibliographic classification is subsumed in the field of knowledge organization, which covers the conceptual ordering of contents in libraries, archives, museums, digital collections and knowledge in general. We propose a broad view of knowledge organization as an intellectual guide to learning and scholarship grounded in philosophical ontology. Established classification principles can contribute their techniques for the production of general schemes of phenomena.

Classification in the Wider Philosophical Perspective of Informational Ontology. Lecture 2: Informational Ontology

The recent informational paradigm suggests that there are relationships of formal dependence between the major levels of reality: matter, life, mind and culture, as each of them is a new way of recording models of other phenomena in some modular memory. Such memories – respectively energy, genomes, cognition and language – instruct the production of many copies of informed systems – that is bodies, organisms, behaviour and cultural heritage. The macro-level of culture is often reduced to the label of “social” but covers several sub-levels that have their characteristics. The objects of information science, including intellectual works and knowledge organization systems, belong to the sub-level of scholarship. Therefore they should be studied not just as mental, technical or social phenomena, but especially for the distinctive properties of scholarship, including active research initiative, explicit theories, scientific communication channels, cumulative knowledge recording and openness to criticism.

Transcending Binary Opposition: Exploring the Path to Harmonious Coexistence of Humanity From a Philosophical Perspective

Transcending Binary Opposition: Exploring the Path to Harmonious Coexistence of Humanity From a Philosophical Perspective

Creativity as a Driving Force of Innovation in the Context of 21st-Century Ukrainian Scientific Thought

The purpose of this article is to examine creativity as a driving force of innovative development and to reveal its influence on the formation of the intellectual and cultural-artistic potential of society in the context of Ukrainian scientific thought of the 21st century. The research methodology is based on an interdisciplinary approach to the study of creativity in Ukrainian scientific thought of the 21st century. The philosophical analysis of scientific thought allows for the integration of concepts into a broad cultural-artistic context. The psychological approach is grounded in theories of personal development through creativity. The semantic approach emphasises meaning and subjective experience, while also explaining how creativity extends beyond ordinary experience to create new opportunities for thought processes. The systemic approach structures existing perspectives on creativity as a driving force of innovative development, considering it as a factor influencing the formation of intellectual and cultural-artistic potential in society and enabling the forecasting of its development prospects. Scientific novelty. The novelty of this study lies in the analysis of Ukrainian scientific thought of the 21st century, where creativity is examined as a driving force of innovative development. The study reveals its impact on the formation of the intellectual and cultural-artistic potential of society and explores creativity as a key factor of social development. Creativity is considered from philosophical, psychological, and economic perspectives, with an emphasis on its role in generating new ideas, adapting to change, and driving innovation processes in the socio-cultural space of the first quarter of the 21st century. Conclusions. In the context of 21st century Ukrainian scientific thought, creativity emerges as a driving force in which intellect and imagination interact to generate not only new ideas and objects but also new ways of perceiving and understanding reality. Creativity, as a driving force of innovation in the formation of intellectual and cultural-artistic potential, has significant potential for transforming both individual and collective experience. It is an active process that can ensure the continuous evolution of values and perspectives and provide forming the basis for the development of new artistic forms. The article analyses various approaches to creativity as a categorical concept definition, its complicated essence, and its connection with freedom of mind, intuition, self-expression, and social mechanisms. Based on the analysis of Ukrainian scientific thinking of the 21st century, the study defines ‘creativity’ as a new developmental force in society, which combines a number of features such as adaptation to new conditions, innovative thinking, and new paradigms in culture, art, and science. The proposed integration of different scientific approaches aims to deepen the understanding of creativity both as an outcome and as a characteristic of personality. The study emphasises the importance of creativity for the development of intellectual capital and social progress.