Meditations (Annotated: The Emperor and the Stoic Sage: Philosophical Themes)
(The First Book, pp 20-26), by Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations stands as one of the most profound expressions of Stoic philosophy, composed privately by a Roman emperor seeking moral clarity amid war, plague, and political duty. Written in Greek … Read More
The Books on the History of Science: Global Evolution, Romanian Contributions, and Perspectives
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2025). ”The Books on the History of Science: Global Evolution, Romanian Contributions, and Perspectives”, in Index Academic, I 2025, DOI: 10.58679/IA18613, https://www.indexacademic.ro/pdf/the-books-on-the-history-of-science/ The field of history of science has evolved from a niche scholarly pursuit into a … Read More
Seeing with the Heart: A Philosophical Exploration of The Little Prince and Its Timeless Themes
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2025) ”Seeing with the Heart: A Philosophical Exploration of The Little Prince and Its Timeless Themes”, in Index Academic, I 2025, DOI: 10.58679/IA32705, https://www.indexacademic.ro/pdf/seeing-with-the-heart/ The Little Prince (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is a beloved French short … Read More
Between Ideal and Real: Romantic Dream and Identity in “White Nights” by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2025). ”Between Ideal and Real: Romantic Dream and Identity in “White Nights” by Fyodor Dostoevsky”, in Index Academic, I 2025, DOI: 10.58679/IA42545 The article analyzes “White Nights” as much more than a sentimental idyll: a philosophical meditation … Read More
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Philosophical Perspectives
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2025). ”Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Philosophical Perspectives”, în Index Academic, I 2025, DOI: 10.58679/IA55823 PDF: https://www.indexacademic.ro/pdf/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-philosophical-perspectives/ HTML: https://www.telework.ro/en/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-philosophical-perspectives/ This article examines Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll through a philosophical lens, revealing how … Read More
Moral Schism and Spiritual Rebirth: A Critical Examination of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2025). ”Moral Schism and Spiritual Rebirth: A Critical Examination of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment”, în Index Academic, I 2025, DOI: 10.58679/IA85307 PDF: https://www.indexacademic.ro/pdf/moral-schism-and-spiritual-rebirth/ HTML: https://www.telework.ro/en/moral-schism-and-spiritual-rebirth-dostoevsky-crime-and-punishment/ Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment (1866) is widely regarded as one … Read More
Determinism, Chaos, and Leadership: Re-examining Tolstoy’s War and Peace Through Modern Geopolitical Realities
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2025). ” Determinism, Chaos, and Leadership: Re-examining Tolstoy’s War and Peace Through Modern Geopolitical Realities”, în Index Academic, I 2025, DOI: 10.58679/IA26426 PDF: https://www.indexacademic.ro/pdf/determinism-chaos-and-leadership-re-examining-tolstoys-war-and-peace-through-modern-geopolitical-realities/ HTML: https://www.telework.ro/en/determinism-chaos-and-leadership-re-examining-tolstoys-war-and-peace-through-modern-geopolitical-realities/ Contents Determinism, Chaos, and Leadership: Re-examining Tolstoy’s War and Peace … Read More
Psychology of the film Solaris directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Tarkovski’s film is a drama of pain and partial recovery centered on the psychology of the Solaris station crew. Tarkovski wanted to address this way the deeply emotional and intellectual science-fantastic genre, considered by him to be superficial. The film … Read More
Humanism, Becoming and the Demiurge in The Adventures of Pinocchio
The common thread of Pinocchio’s story is his desire to become a human being. Unlike some creators who approached the adventures of Pinocchio in the context of posthumanism the transhumanism embraces technological progress while strongly defending human rights and individual … Read More
Sculpting in Time, with Andrei Tarkovsky
Tarkovsky opposed to the movie editing and considered that the basis of the art of cinematography (movie art) is the internal rhythm of images. He considers cinema as a representation of distinctive currents or time waves, transmitted in the film … Read More
Newton-Hooke controversy in the opinion of scientists
A presentation of Hooke’s 1674 monograph introducing the idea of universal gravity was included in the Philosophical Transactions (Royal Society 1775) and subsequently several letters containing observations, including one of Huygens. But obviously, after the publication of Principia in 1687, … Read More
Support and trend of falsifiability
Popper’s supporters argued that most criticism is based on an incomprehensible interpretation of his ideas. They argue that Popper should not be interpreted as meaning that falsifiability is a sufficient condition for the demarcation of science. Some passages seem to … Read More
Imre Lakatos, The methodology of scientific research programmes – An Overview
The methodology of scientific research programmes is a collection of papers published over time expressing a radical review of Popper’s demarcation criterion between science and non-science, leading to a new theory of scientific rationality. Volume I address aspects of the … Read More
Criticism of Falsifiability
Thomas Kuhn criticized falsifiability because it characterized “the entire scientific enterprise in terms that apply only to its occasional revolutionary parts,” and it cannot be generalized. In Kuhn’s view, a delimitation criterion must refer to the functioning of normal science. … Read More
Falsification and refutation
A scientific theory, according to Popper, can be legitimately saved from falsification by introducing an auxiliary hypothesis to generate new, falsifiable predictions. Also, if there are suspicions of bias or error, the researchers might introduce an auxiliary falsifiable hypothesis that … Read More
The new (liberal) eugenics
Despite the Nazi horrors, in 1953 the new eugenics was founded, when Watson and Crick postulated the double helix of DNA as the basis of chemical heredity. In 1961, scientists have deciphered the genetic code of DNA, laying the groundwork … Read More