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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
Newton’s Principia on God-mediated action
As John Henry states, Newton simply wants to reaffirm the truth of God’s omnipresence without directly involving him in the physics of the world system. Newton simply wants to distance himself from a Cartesian concept of God and convince the … Read More
An Epistemic Evolution of Intelligence
The perception of intelligence as power has intensified during the Second World War, when several intelligence agencies has been formalized and significantly increased. In all countries, new agencies and departments have been set up to deal with threats. Government publications … Read More
Space, time, and time travel
Newton supported the idea of absolute time, unlike Leibniz, for which time is only a relation between events and cannot be expressed independently, a statement in concordance with the relativity of space-time. Eternalism claims that the past and the future … Read More