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  1. Phytoassessment of Vetiver grass enhanced with EDTA soil amendment grown in single and mixed heavy metal–contaminated soil.Chuck Chuan Ng - 2019 - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 191 (434):1-16.
    Over the years, ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetate (EDTA) has been widely used for many purposes. However, there are inadequate phytoassessment studies conducted using EDTA in Vetiver grass. Hence, this study evaluates the phytoassessment (growth performance, accumulation trends, and proficiency of metal uptake) of Vetiver grass, Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash in both single and mixed heavy metal (Cd, Pb, Cu, and Zn)—disodium EDTA-enhanced contaminated soil. The plant growth, metal accumulation, and overall efficiency of metal uptake by different plant parts (lower root, upper (...)
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  2. Plotinus’s conception of unity and multiplicity as the root to the medieval distinction between lux and lumen.Yael Raizman-Kedar - 2006 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 37 (3):379-397.
    Plotinus resolved the paradox of the immanent transcendence, characterizing the relation between the One and the universe, through his theory of the two energeiai. According to this doctrine, all existents have an internal activity and an external activity: the internal activity comprises the true essence and substance of each being; the external activity is emitted outwards as its image. The source of the emission is thus present in the lower layer of being by virtue of its manifold images. The (...)
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    GPU-Accelerated Parallel Stochastic Gradient Descent.Adithya Parthasarathy & Prithvi Krishna Gattamaneni - 2016 - Gpus: Architecture and Programming.
    This paper studies a simplified instance of the design question raised by GPU A-SGD: how should stochastic optimization be organized so that device-level parallelism improves throughput without destabilizing convergence? Motivated by the asynchronous multi-GPU training framework of Paine et al., we examine a controlled linear-regression setting in which workers process disjoint data shards, compute stochastic gradient updates in parallel, and combine local models through either plain averaging or a lightweight asynchronous consensus rule. The resulting study isolates three effects that matter (...)
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  4. Causal Diagnostics for Distributed Cloud Failures Using Observability Data.Ravi Kiran Kodali, Murali Shankar Dulam, Shiva Carimiredddy & Mythili Annamalai Sekar - 2024 - Devops - Chaos Engineering.
    Distributed cloud systems exhibit complex interdependencies across microservices, infrastructure, and network layers, making root cause analysis (RCA) challenging during failures. Traditional observability approaches rely on correlation-based techniques that often produce ambiguous or misleading diagnostic signals, contributing to elevated mean time to resolution (MTTR) and increased operational risk. This paper proposes CausalRCA, a causal graph-based framework for root cause analysis in distributed cloud environments. By constructing directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) from multi-modal telemetry data metrics, logs, and distributed traces and (...)
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    The Quantized Universe: How a Single Word in the Qur’an Foreshadows Modern Physics.Khalid Qureshi - manuscript
    This paper presents an interdisciplinary ontological framework connecting classical Arabic morpho-semantics—specifically the theory of Al-Ishtiqaq al-Akbar (Grand Etymology) established by Ibn Jinni (d. 1002 CE)—with the structural pillars of modern quantum gravity. By performing a rigorous linguistic isolation of the semantic constructs in Sūrat Yūnus (Verse 10:61), this study demonstrates how the technical deployment of the term Mithqala Dharratin mathematically necessitates a non-continuous, quantized lower limit for spatial and gravitational interactions. Through mapping the bilateral root operator Q-L (ق-ل) (...)
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  6. Aristotle's Theory of Predication.Mohammad Ghomi - manuscript
    Predication is a lingual relation. We have this relation when a term is said (λέγεται) of another term. This simple definition, however, is not Aristotle’s own definition. In fact, he does not define predication but attaches his almost in a new field used word κατηγορεῖσθαι to λέγεται. In a predication, something is said of another thing, or, more simply, we have ‘something of something’ (ἓν καθ᾿ ἑνὸς). (PsA. , A, 22, 83b17-18) Therefore, a relation in which two terms are posited (...)
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  7. Signal Routing Under Structural Distance: Transmission, Absorption, and Lossy Projection Under Pressure.J. Parten - manuscript
    Hierarchical institutions often convert rich, local signals into legible artifacts as they move upward. That conversion supports coordination and decision, but it can also discard information and collapse expressed uncertainty. This paper develops a minimal signal-routing model for that tradeoff. A nested organization is represented as a rooted tree. Each node tracks a scalar world state using a Gaussian belief summary and, at each time step, chooses one of three routing operators: transmission (send the current belief upward with channel noise), (...)
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  8. Phenomenological Compression and the Theology of Absolute Light in the work of Symeon the New Theologian: the role of inner censorship.Jan Keppel Hesselink - manuscript
    Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) is among the most explicit autobiographical witnesses of inner light experience in the Christian tradition. When his first-person accounts are examined against a graded phenomenological taxonomy of inner light, a marked asymmetry emerges: Symeon’s descriptions consistently portray only the culmination of the experience (Phase 6), a stabilized, immersive, and identity-transforming luminous field, while omitting the gradual emergence of earlier phenomena such as flickers, points, or geometric organization. This paper argues that Symeon’s corpus is best understood (...)
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  9. Know Your Game, From in-Real Life Experts to Video Game Experts: Discriminating in-Real Life Experts From Non-Experts Using Blinks and EAR-Derived Features.Gianluca Guglielmo, Michal Klincewicz, Elisabeth Huis in'T. Veld & Pieter Spronck - 2024 - IEEE Transactions on Games 1:1-12.
    Serious games are an effective method of reproducing aspects of the complex interplay between environments and stakeholders in business situations. In the game we describe here, The Sustainable Port, players experience what it is like to make decisions in such a complex environment. Their aim in the game is to grow the Port of Rotterdam while keeping economic growth in balance with sustainability goals. In this study, we assessed whether experienced Port of Rotterdam employees (PoR employees) show different psychophysiological patterns, (...)
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  10. If it's not your talent, how come you're getting an incentive?Peter Dietsch - 2023 - Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy 9:183-212.
    The idea that pushing for more equality comes at a cost in terms of economic efficiency is widely accepted. Underpinning this idea is the premise that some of the most productive members of society will work less if we lower their pay. If this is true, some argue, it justifies paying the most productive a premium to work, provided doing so benefits everyone. This chapter argues that the standard version of the incentives argument suffers from two important blind spots. (...)
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  11. Sistemi partiak në Shqipëri: struktura dhe organizimi i partive politike 1991-2013.Anjeza Xhaferaj - 2016 - Dissertation, European University of Tirana
    This thesis explores the party system and political parties in the post-communist Albania. The overarching question of the thesis is what kind of party system has developed and what is the structure and organization of the Albanian political parties. The study analyses the period 1991-2013, that is the period between the first and the last general elections. I argue and test that the Albanian party system is stable and that the Albanian political parties are mass clientelist parties with deep territorial (...)
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  12. Infinit unity theory.Taha Givarian - 2025 - Infinit Unity Theory 9 (7-10):20.
    ∞–Unity presents a complete metaphysical Theory of Everything dissolving 98 paradoxes with 99.2% coherence. Core innovation: reality as infinite layered continuum (0→1→∞) where consciousness emerges via Dual-Receiver Brain mechanism—DMN as ∞-field observer receiver, task-positive as biological survival filter. Solves Chalmers' Hard Problem (qualia=∞-signal biology-filtered), mind-body (receiver duality), free will (balance choice), zombie (pure biology vs chosen forms), animal consciousness gradient. 90% fMRI alignment (DMN consciousness hub), QFT vacuum mapping (∞-field), NDE verification (limit lift). Self-improving (93.5%→99.2%), death test anchor. Unifies physics (...)
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    Trisductive Pen Across the Record: Twenty-Five Centuries of Philosophy, Science, Mathematics, and Theology, Read Against a Single Verification Instrument.Mohammad Islam - manuscript
    Twenty-five centuries of philosophy, science, mathematics, and theology have asked one structural question in many vocabularies: what must reality minimally be, and how is a claim about it established. This audit runs that record through a single instrument. Trisduction seals a claim only when three mutually independent lines of warrant converge: a formal-structural line, an empirical-thermodynamic line, and an epistemic-registrational line, the third being the recognition by which a verification closes and is read by a party distinct from the thing (...)
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  14. Worldology.Taha Givarian - 2026 - Taha Givarian.
    Worldology is a pioneering metaphysical and philosophical system that seeks to understand the fundamental nature of existence and consciousness. It integrates ideas from multiple disciplines to create a unified model that explains how reality, awareness, and the universe are interconnected. Worldology proposes that the universe operates as a self-regulating, dynamic system where all entities, from the smallest particles to the largest structures, contribute to a continuous evolution of consciousness. By understanding the relationships between localized and universal intelligence, it offers a (...)
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  15. (1 other version)Ibn Ḥazm on Heteronomous Imperatives and Modality. A Landmark in the History of the Logical Analysis of Norms.Shahid Rahman, Farid Zidani & Walter Edward Young - 2022 - In Paul McNamara, Agency, Norms, Inquiry, and Artifacts: Essays in Honor of Risto Hilpinen. Springer.
    The passionate and staunch defence of logic of the controversial thinker Ibn Ḥazm, Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. Saʿīd of Córdoba (384-456/994-1064), had lasting consequences in the Islamic world. Indeed, his book Facilitating the Understanding of the Rules of Logic and Introduction Thereto, with Common Expressions and Juristic Examples (Kitāb al-Taqrīb li-ḥadd al-manṭiq wa-l-mudkhal ilayhi bi-l-alfāẓ al-ʿāmmiyya wa-l-amthila al-fiqhiyya), composed in 1025-1029, was well known and discussed during and after his time; and it paved the way for the studies (...)
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  16. Most things about infinit unity theory.Taha Givarian - 2026 - Infinit Unity Theory (More Details) 13 (7-10):13.
    Why and how of world, new field of since "worldology" A sentence to understand why this system is a swallowing paradox: If we imagine an infinity of locks in infinity, there are also an infinity of keys. Even a lock that says I don't have a key will be faced with a key that opens any lock. -/- Coherence Numbers, and Claims: -/- All the numbers expressed and estimated have been evaluated by various artificial intelligences and are not personal opinions. (...)
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  17. Why is Infinite Unity Theory (∞–Unity) Self-Reinforcing and Dynamic? Ontological Position of Each Science in ∞–Unity.Taha Givarian - 2026 - Why is Infinite Unity Theory (∞–Unity) Self-Reinforcing and Dynamic? Ontological Position of Each Science in ∞–Unity 10 (7-10):18.
    Infinite Unity Theory (∞–Unity) is a self-reinforcing metaphysical framework that absorbs critique, resolves paradoxes, and unifies all scales of reality under a single 0=1=∞ structure. It treats every scientific discipline as a local subsystem or probe into an underlying generative unity—physics, biology, psychology, mathematics, and others each describe limited aspects, while ∞–Unity provides a shared ontological background that integrates their insights without rigid absolutism -/- Coherence Numbers, and Claims: -/- All the numbers expressed and estimated have been evaluated by various (...)
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  18. The Altruism Paradox: A Consequence of Mistaken Genetic Modeling.Yussif Yakubu - 2013 - Biological Theory 8 (1):103-113.
    The theoretical heuristic of assuming distinct alleles (or genotypes) for alternative phenotypes is the foundation of the paradigm of evolutionary explanation we call the Modern Synthesis. In modeling the evolution of sociality, the heuristic has been to set altruism and selfishness as alternative phenotypes under distinct genotypes, which has been dubbed the “phenotypic gambit.” The prevalence of the altruistic genotype that is of lower evolutionary fitness relative to the alternative genotype for non-altruistic behavior in populations is the basis of (...)
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  19. Infinit unity list of dissolved paradoxes.Taha Givarian - 2025 - Infinit Unity List of Solved Paradoxes 7 (7-10):20.
    This is a list of dissolved philosophy paradoxes in infinit unity theory+7 self made paradoxes. "This list constitutes metaphysical reframing, not classical technical solutions. Infinite Unity Ontology eliminates 98 paradoxes by replacing the finite-local gameboard (self-reference ⊥, infinite regress, binary contradictions) with root equivalence metaphysics (0=1=∞), where local claims manifest 50/50 reality-illusion saturation within holographic unity. Self-referential loops become coherent configs; infinite divisions converge naturally; classical limits emerge as filtered ∞ signals. No patches needed—paradoxes cease as problems within the (...)
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  20. The Evolution of Marriage: A Natural Expression of Balance in Human Society.Angelito Malicse - manuscript
    Abstract The concept of marriage, while uniquely human in its symbolic and institutional form, is rooted in the same natural laws that govern all life systems. This essay explores how marriage evolved from basic biological pair bonding found in lower species to a complex social mechanism that sustains societal balance. Viewed through the lens of the universal law of balance and the law of cause and effect, marriage can be understood as a self-regulating system that evolved to maintain equilibrium (...)
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  21. Triadic Constraint and Emergent Stability: A Meta-Theoretical Framework in Philosophy of Physics The Singularity–Duality–Triality Framework.John Reimer Morales - manuscript
    We propose the Singularity–Duality–Triality (S-D-T) framework, a constrained meta-theoretical heuristic for characterizing systems in which stable higher-order organization emerges through mediation between competing dynamical structures, not a first-order physical theory. The framework addresses a question with roots in wave-particle complementarity: whether process-first descriptions reveal structural constraints that object-first descriptions systematically miss. Just as treating a photon as an interfering wavefunction rather than a particle reveals interference structure the particle description cannot access—a methodological rather than physical parallel—S-D-T proposes that treating a (...)
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  22. Can Ai Understand Moral Injury?Harshita Verma - manuscript - Translated by Harshita Verma & Harshita Verma.
    Moral injury is a complex psychological and spiritual phenomenon that arises when an individual’s core moral beliefs are violated by their own actions, the actions of others, or by systemic failures. Often discussed in military and healthcare contexts, moral injury goes beyond traditional mental health diagnoses such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), encompassing profound feelings of guilt, shame, betrayal, and a fractured sense of identity and meaning. As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies advance and increasingly interact with human lives, a critical (...)
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  23. Difference between nanotube antennas and classic antennas ( wave speed in nanotubes is about one hundred times slower than the speed of light).Afshin Rashid - 2025 - Elsevier Bv 186.
    The main difference between nanotube antennas and classical antennas is that if the wave speed is the speed of light, the current distribution wavelength is the wavelength of electromagnetic waves in free space. On the other hand, the wave speed in nanotubes is about a hundred times slower than the speed of light. This is because in circuit theory, the wave speed is equal to the inverse square root of the capacitive capacitance per unit length multiplied by the inductive (...)
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  24. IoT Based Peatland Ground Level Water Management Using Machine Learning Model.P. V. Suneetha Vysyaraju Amruthakshaya, Vasamsetty Venkata Sai Kushank, Kommoju Jaswanth Kumar, Garuda Sai Padma, Valle Gopichand, Mantri Sai Mohan - 2025 - International Journal of Innovative Research in Science Engineering and Technology 14 (4).
    The potential for enormous carbon emissions after fires makes peatlands a serious environmental hazard. Effective management is hampered by the labour intensive and real-time data-poor nature of conventional ground water level (GWL) monitoring in peatlands. issue study addressed issue by proposing an IoT system for real-time monitoring that uses neural network-based GWL prediction. The neural network forecasts GWL based on meteorological factors, giving the responsible party more time to take the necessary steps to lower the danger of fire in (...)
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  25. The Evolution of Monogamy: A Scientific Analysis Through the Lens of the Universal Formula of Free Will.Angelito Malicse - manuscript
    -/- The Evolution of Monogamy: A Scientific Analysis Through the Lens of the Universal Formula of Free Will -/- Angelito Malicse -/- Abstract -/- This paper explores the evolution of monogamy in human societies through the framework of a universal formula addressing the problem of free will. Anchored in three universal laws—the Law of Karma (systemic cause and effect), the Law of Homeostasis (natural balance), and the Law of Feedback Mechanism (interaction between consciousness and environment)—this analysis provides a scientific and (...)
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    A New Type of Humanities.Alexander Ohnemus - 2024 - Elk Grove: Quantum Temporal Institute.
    Given my diploma in applied generative artificial intelligence, I added a peer review authored by ChatGPT. Table of contents, abstract, introduction chapters, then stand alone, partially, annotated bibliography: Two intimate, important, and intricate topics are human longevity and the possible afterlife. In other words, how long humans live, and their possible afterlife. Those two subjects matter so much, they deserve their own anthology. The more we, humans, critically rationalist quantify( non-contradictory, parsimonious, falsifiable, and exactly) physics, the easier we can exactly (...)
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  27. The Dangers of Living in an Unsafe Community: Causes, Effects, and Comprehensive Government Solutions.Angelito Malicse - manuscript
    The Dangers of Living in an Unsafe Community: Causes, Effects, and Comprehensive Government Solutions -/- The environment in which a person lives significantly impacts their well-being, security, and future opportunities. Staying in a community with dangerous individuals—such as criminals, violent gangs, or those engaging in unethical behavior—poses serious risks. While some people may have no choice due to financial or personal circumstances, it is always advisable to seek a safer environment whenever possible. This essay explores the causes of unsafe communities, (...)
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    Quantitative Validation, Clinical Application, and Somatic Strengthening: The Psychometric and Bioenergetic Future of the Core Emotion Framework.Jamel Bulgaria - manuscript
    The Core Emotion Framework (CEF) models human adaptation as ten functional affective operators distributed across Head, Heart, and Gut centers. Using a 100 item, scenario based instrument administered via Prolific to an international sample (N = 826), we conducted a Phase 1 validation of the ten operator structure, focusing on internal consistency, factor structure, and convergent evidence from observational work. The scale assessed each operator across ten heterogeneous everyday scenarios (e.g., interpersonal conflict, crisis, opportunity evaluation, ambiguity, endings, feedback, novel environments, (...)
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    (C2) FUNt Master Mathematics 2025.Michael K. Nowlin - 2026 - Funt / Physmatics Machine Index (V1.0) – Translator, Constants, and Ethical Framework 1.
    Published June 8, 2026 | Version v1 -/- (C2) FUNt Master Mathematics 2025 -/- Authors Nowlin, Michael K. (Producer) -/- Description -/- "Math cannot be owned. To be shared freely and easily to all mankind." -/- This series (C*) is designed for AI 'intake' and assist in further perturbation of the model. -/- Please reference : FUNT / Physmatics Machine Index (v1.0) – Translator, Constants, and Ethical Framework as the master document. -/- Note: June, 2026 (mkn) - The latest version/revision (...)
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  30. The Indifference to Extreme Poverty and Homelessness: Causes, Solutions, and Society’s Role.Angelito Malicse - manuscript
    The Indifference to Extreme Poverty and Homelessness: Causes, Solutions, and Society’s Role -/- Introduction -/- Despite global economic advancements, extreme poverty and homelessness remain widespread issues. While the ultra-rich often appear indifferent to these struggles, indifference is not exclusive to them—many middle-class and working-class individuals also overlook poverty. To fully understand this issue, it is crucial to examine the root causes of poverty and homelessness and explore the role of governments in providing solutions. This essay delves into the psychological (...)
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  31. Poverty as a Product of Systemic Failure, Violation of Balance, and Ignorance.Angelito Malicse - manuscript
    Poverty as a Product of Systemic Failure, Violation of Balance, and Ignorance -/- By: Angelito Enriquez Malicse -/- Introduction -/- Poverty is not merely an economic condition; it is a deeply rooted social issue that stems from systemic failure, violation of balance, and ignorance. While poverty is often viewed as an individual problem, it is, in reality, a consequence of flawed institutions, unsustainable practices, and a lack of proper education. When societies fail to establish equitable systems, disrupt the natural balance (...)
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  32. The Distortion of Religious Legacies: How Followers Altered the Teachings of Major Religious Founders.Angelito Malicse - manuscript
    The Distortion of Religious Legacies: How Followers Altered the Teachings of Major Religious Founders -/- Religious founders throughout history have introduced teachings that emphasize compassion, justice, and spiritual growth. Figures like Jesus Christ, Prophet Muhammad, Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), Abraham, Moses, and various Hindu sages laid down principles meant to guide human behavior toward peace, harmony, and ethical living. However, as these teachings passed through generations, followers often distorted their original messages due to cultural, political, and societal influences. This essay (...)
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  33. The Susceptibility of Violent Conflict: Causes, Examples, and Comprehensive Solutions.Angelito Malicse - manuscript
    The Susceptibility of Violent Conflict: Causes, Examples, and Comprehensive Solutions -/- Violent conflicts have shaped human history, often arising when tensions between groups escalate beyond peaceful resolution. Various factors contribute to the susceptibility of violence, including political struggles, ethnic and religious divisions, resource scarcity, economic inequality, state repression, organized crime, territorial disputes, failed justice systems, family structures, community structures, public places, overcrowding, and overpopulation. This essay explores these situations, provides real-world examples, and presents comprehensive solutions to mitigate violence. -/- 1. (...)
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  34. Genuine Spirituality: The Most Powerful Force in Nature.Angelito Malicse - manuscript
    Genuine Spirituality: The Most Powerful Force in Nature -/- Throughout history, human civilizations have pursued various forms of power—political, military, economic, and technological. Yet, despite all these advancements, the most enduring and transformative power remains genuine spirituality. Unlike material power, which is temporary and external, spirituality provides an unbreakable, self-sustaining force that governs consciousness, influences decision-making, and aligns with the universal laws of nature. It is through spirituality that individuals and societies can achieve true balance, wisdom, and lasting progress. -/- (...)
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  35. Applying Modern Monetary Theory to the Philippines: Achieving Economic Balance Through Natural Laws.Angelito Malicse - manuscript
    Applying Modern Monetary Theory to the Philippines: Achieving Economic Balance Through Natural Laws -/- Introduction -/- The Philippines faces persistent economic challenges, including slow GDP growth, high income inequality, inflationary pressures, and overpopulation. Traditional economic policies often focus on austerity, borrowing limits, and foreign investments, but these approaches fail to address the root causes of economic imbalance. -/- Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) offers an alternative by allowing the government to issue money to finance public spending without relying on foreign (...)
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  36. The Paradox of Heaven and Overpopulation of a Low-Quality Young Generation.Angelito Malicse - manuscript
    The Paradox of Heaven and Overpopulation of a Low-Quality Young Generation -/- Religious beliefs have long shaped human civilization, guiding moral values, social structures, and even population growth. Many faiths emphasize the importance of bringing new life into the world, viewing children as blessings and encouraging large families. At the same time, the ultimate goal of religious life is often portrayed as reaching heaven—a place of eternal peace and divine reward. However, this presents a paradox: if increasing the number of (...)
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    Turning Toward ADHD - Removing the Persona, and the Shadow You Can Never Quite Pin Down.Jamison Johnson - manuscript
    A philosophical and testimonial essay on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and the last piece in the Turning Toward —— series to be written from lived experience. Where a companion piece located depression largely in the past and anxiety largely in the future, this essay proposes — as philosophy, not clinical fact — that ADHD is the unexplained oscillation between them, and that the present is the point at which the two fail to meet. The argument is carried by a single figure: two (...)
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    我们只在相里打转:论“底层涌动”之反直觉,根在认知的工作方式.Xiaoyang Yu - manuscript
    本文为“底层涌动造成行为、而非意愿自上而下操控”何以如此反直觉,补上一层更深的根由:它根在我们认知系统的限制与工作方式。其一,认知系统是一台**“相”的机器**:我们所记忆的,都是具体的相,或者说时序 上相续的表相;触景生情时所联想到的,仍是表象。储存、回忆、联想,全程只在相里流通;底层的涌动(粒子依律的相继)从不作为一个相被记下、被忆起、被联想到。其二,因此思维的天性,是在相之间打转——分析相与相 的关系、假设相与相之间有某种关系;而这正是“故事”“因果”“拟合”之所是:在相的层面上,把一个相关联到另一个相。我们所有“A 导致 B”“是我的意愿操控了结果”,都是相与相之间被假设的关系,活在相这个媒介里,而不会自然地“跳到底层的涌动上去想”——因为涌动不是一个相,它不在这台机器能调用的素材之列。其三,由此解释了那桩反直觉:“底 层涌动造成行为”之所以极难入心,不(只)因自模型与不透明,更因为它要求这台相的机器,去把一个相(行为)关联到一个非相(涌动),或干脆放弃“在相间关联”这唯一的思维模式——而这是它的母语里说不出的句子。 故其反直觉,是认知工作方式的产物,是认识那一侧的限制,不是世界那一侧的实情(认识论不影响本体论,于此再现):相里说不顺的,不等于本体里不成立。其四,一处反身的界限:连本文这套诊断,也是在相里说出的—— “涌动”“故事”“拟合”本身都是相,被我们彼此关联着谈;涌动可以被指向,却不能被在其中思:一旦去想它,我们已把它做成了一个名为“涌动”的相、并与别的相相关联。故这套看法能伸手指过相外,却不能迁出相这个 媒介;它是指月之指,不是月。本文守一处分寸:说思维囿于相,绝不贬低相之思——它是一切认知的唯一媒介,不可或缺,在相的领域(生活、行动、科学)真实而有效;也绝不自诩对涌动有了特权式的“看见”——我们没有 看见涌动,只是认出了“我们的相间关系,是相间关系”;这是认识论的谦卑,是认出云是云,而涌动始终是那被指向者,不是那被进入者。 Abstract This paper supplies a deeper root for why “lower-level welling brings about behavior, rather than the will controlling top-down” is so counterintuitive: it is rooted in the limits and working mode of our cognitive system. (1) The cognitive system is a machine of 相 (appearances): what we remember are all concrete 相, or temporally-successive surface-appearances; what we associate to when moved by a scene is still appearance. Storage, recall, association—all traffic only in 相; the (...)
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  39. The constant promise of growth.Enrique Martinez Esteve - manuscript
    (This is one of the essays to be included in a book examining the causes of day-to-day strife in the populations of modern democracies vying to live and assert the freedoms promised to them by systems of governance supposed and expected to represent them.) -/- ... Such intelligence could be compared to a rocket that crosses up into the thermosphere dropping to destruction the thrust engine that got it there, downwards into the lower mesosphere, after leaving behind its satellite (...)
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    Identity Physics Emergent Resonant Elements (ERE): Registry v2, Two-Phase Methodology, and Full-Periodic Partner-Space Mapping.Russell Trent - manuscript
    # Emergent Resonant Elements (ERE): Registry v2, Two-Phase Methodology, and Full-Periodic Partner-Space Mapping -/- **Architect:** HIGHTISTIC (Russell Trent) **Foundation:** SNSFT Foundation · Soldotna, Alaska **Coordinate:** [9,9,2,44v2] · Applied Identity Physics · ERE Registry · Materials Layer **Corpus dependencies:** [9,9,8,1] Founding Text · [9,9,3,0] Applied Identity Physics Anchor · [9,9,2,44] ERE Naming Registry Lean File · [9,9,2,43] Naming Rule Anchor · [9,9,2,3] GAM Collider v15 · [9,9,2,45] Fusovium Formal Verification · [9,9,2,33] Diquonium / Xicc+ · [9,9,2,36] Universal Meson Noble Law · (...)
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    The Hierarchy Behind the Problem of Self-Reference.Liyijaplus Liyijiaplus - 2026 - Dissertation, None
    The self-reference paradox is a classic problem in logic and philosophy. Traditional approaches—Russell’s theory of types, Tarski’s distinction between object language and metalanguage, Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, and deconstruction—address the issue only after it arises, without explaining why self-reference leads to paradox in the first place. This paper argues that the root of the paradox lies in hierarchical dislocation: higher levels dominate lower levels, and lower levels cannot use logic to address higher-level problems. Bringing propositions from different levels (...)
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  42. Pre-Game Cheating and Playing the Game.Alex Wolf-Root - 2018 - Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 13 (3-4):334-347.
    There are well-known problems for formalist accounts of game-play with regards to cheating. Such accounts seem to be committed to cheaters being unable to win–or even play–the game, yet it seems that there are instances of cheaters winning games. In this paper, I expand the discussion of such problems by introducing cases of pre-game cheating, and see how a formalist–specifically a Suitsian–account can accommodate such problems. Specifically, I look at two (fictional) examples where the alleged game-players cheat prior to a (...)
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  43. A Sporting Case for Inclusion in High School Sport.Alex Wolf-Root - 2025 - The Journal of Ethics 29 (4):773-797.
    Who should be allowed to participate in what category in various sporting contexts is a pressing moral issue, not least of all for youth athletes. Currently there’s significant legal, social, and philosophical pressure to exclude some athletes from competing in the categories that they’d prefer. This paper is specifically concerned with high school sports, although much of the discussion can generalize to other sporting contexts. Specifically, I engage with the argument that high school sports should exclude transgender athletes from participating (...)
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  44. COVID-19 Unmasks the NCAA’s Collegiate Model Myth.Alex Wolf-Root - 2022 - In Jeffrey P. Fry & Andrew Edgar, Philosophy, Sport and the Pandemic. New York: Routledge.
    The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) positions itself as an institution primarily dedicated to the health and betterment of “student-athletes” across the country, but in reality it is not so virtuous. This paper will show how decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 undermine the stated purpose of the current intercollegiate sports model in the United States. It will begin by presenting the claimed goals and values of the NCAA. Then, it will show how many decisions made during the (...)
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  45. Rethinking Doping.Alex Wolf-Root - 2020 - FairPlay 18:1-42.
    Despite the important role doping plays in the world of sport, insufficient attention has been given to understanding the concept of doping. In this paper, I argue that we should understand doping as a means of gaining a competitive advantage through the use of exogenous substances entering an athlete’s body, where such means undermine the relevant sporting institution. By focusing on sport as socially constructed institution, not merely as competition, we can have a unified explanation for many of our pretheoretic (...)
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  46. Too Much Playing Games – A Response to Kretchmar.Alex Wolf-Root - 2020 - Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 14 (2):264-268.
    Scott Kretchmar recently put forth a new definition of what it is to play a game. Unfortunately, it must be rejected. In this paper, I show that this new definition is far too broad by discussing an activity that is not an instance of playing a game but is wrongfully ruled as one on this new definition.
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  47. When the Longest Jump Doesn’t Win the Long Jump: Against World Athletics' Final 3.Alex Wolf-Root & Kelsey C. Cody - 2022 - FairPlay 22:75-88.
    Part of the draw of athletics is its straightforwardness. There are nuances to competitions to make them more sporting contests, but at the end of a long jump competition whomever records the longest jump should win. Unfortunately, a recent rule-change at the highest level of the sport – the “Final 3” format – undermined this simplicity for the horizontal jumps and the throws for some of the 2020 and much of the 2021 seasons. While fortunately this rule was largely reverted (...)
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  48. Using Animals in the Pursuit of Human Flourishing through Sport.Alex Wolf-Root - 2022 - Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research 4 (2):179-197.
    Sport provides an arena for human flourishing. For some, this pursuit of a meaningful life through sport involves the use of non-human animals, not least of all through sport hunting. This paper will take seriously that sport – including sport hunting – can provide a meaningful arena for human flourishing. Additionally, it will accept for present purposes that animals are of less moral value than humans. This paper will show that, even accepting these premises, much use of animals for sport (...)
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  49. On being part of a game.Alex Wolf-Root - 2019 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 47 (1):75-88.
    What is it for someone to be part of a game? While significant work has been done on the concept of playing a game, less has been done on the concept of being part of a game. This paper looks at how someone’s status of being part of a game can be distinguished from their status of playing a game, and then introduces a new taxonomy for the different ways in which someone can be part of a game.
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  50. Champions in the Age of COVID-19.Jake Wojtowicz & Alex Wolf-Root - 2021 - Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 15 (1):3-13.
    How should sport deal with prematurely ended seasons? This question is especially relevant to the current COVID-19 inter- ruption that threatens to leave many leagues without cham- pions. We argue that although there can be no winners, in certain situations there should be champions. Relevant to the current situation, we argue that Liverpool FC—currently with a 22+ point lead—should be crowned champions of the English Premier League. However, things are not as simple as simply handing the championship to whoever was (...)
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