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The Place of Philosophy in Science
No full textThis article challenges the traditional autonomy of philosophy, arguing that modern thought has been distorted by "Platonic poisoning" and the dualistic myth of the "ghost in the machine." Rejecting pure metaphysics as "intellectual noise," the author asserts a strictly monistic and physicalist view of reality. The paper argues that philosophy can no longer serve as an independent source of truth; instead, its legitimate role is redefined as an auxiliary tool within the framework of rigorous science. In this capacity, philosophy functions as the "hygiene of language," responsible for systematizing empirical data, ensuring logical rigor, and stripping scientific discourse of metaphysical remnants. Ultimately, the author concludes that truth is discovered exclusively through laboratory experimentation, while philosophy serves to package these findings for practical application, acknowledging the absolute priority of physical realit
How Open Was Accounting and Auditing Research Data In 2025? An Analysis of 1,157 Data Availability Statements
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An Analysis of 1,157 Data Availability Statements"
Conceptual Boundaries of Music: A Behavioral Study of Cross-Cultural Sound Classification
No full textMusic is a cultural universal, yet the conceptual boundary between “music” and “non‑music” remains theoretically unsettled. This study used behavioral measures to examine the perceptual judgments of listeners from Brazil, China, and the United States as they classified short sound excerpts and rated their perceived musicality. Participants (N = 103) completed an online survey featuring 24 two‑second stimuli drawn from 11 sound categories, including traditional music from 130 societies and non‑musical sounds from established auditory taxonomies. Descriptively, the mean proportion of “music” classifications was 0.51, with substantial category‑level variation: traditional vocal and non‑vocal music received the highest endorsement rates, whereas speech and environmental sounds received the lowest. Musicality ratings showed a parallel pattern. Inter‑participant agreement, quantified using Krippendorff’s α, was moderate at the aggregate level (α = .73) but generally low within categories.
To complement these descriptive patterns, mixed‑effects models were used to assess whether sound category or country predicted responses while accounting for participant‑ and stimulus‑level variability. Both models revealed large, reliable effects of sound category: the two traditional music categories were far more likely to be judged as music and received substantially higher musicality ratings than all other categories. No other category differed significantly from the reference, and country effects were small or nonsignificant. Together, the descriptive and inferential results indicate that listeners share strong intuitions about prototypical musical sounds, but judgments become highly heterogeneous for ambiguous cases, suggesting that the concept of music may be graded and context‑dependent rather than sharply bounded
Promoting resilience among young people experiencing adverse life effects: A scoping review of evidence
No full textBackground: Resilience-promoting interventions are positioned as potential solutions to support young people’s mental health and coping under macroeconomic uncertainties and adverse life events.
Aims: This scoping review explored key directions in promoting resilience among children, adolescents and young adults.
Methods: A scoping review was conducted according to the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Eight databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies reporting interventions targeting youth resilience or coping with adversity. The inclusion criteria focused on resilience-building interventions for youth exposed to adverse life events. Data were narratively synthesised.
Results: Twenty-two studies met our inclusion criteria. Promising intervention features included CBT-informed intervention ingredients delivered in a group format, tiered school models, and peer-support. Improvements were observed in emotion regulation, self-esteem, prosocial behaviour, and psychological flexibility. Effects on core mental health symptoms such as depression and anxiety were inconsistent. Co-design, facilitator training, and cultural grounding were inconsistently addressed across studies.
Conclusions: Significant heterogeneity characterised how different intervention programmes defined and operationalised resilience, leading to variability in outcome variables and measures. Greater consistency in defining and measuring resilience, alongside attention to implementation quality and cultural context is essential to strengthen the evidence base and inform future interventions and building cumulative evidence base in the field
Longitudinal Between- and Within-Person Associations of Screen Time, Bedtime, and Daytime Sleepiness Among Adolescents: Three-Wave Prospective Panel Study
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Ignorance of Reality and Science: A Systems, Neuroscientific, and Societal Analysis
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Human ignorance of scientific reality is often misunderstood as a lack of intelligence or moral failure. This paper argues that ignorance is instead a predictable outcome of how the human brain evolved to maintain internal balance, conserve energy, and preserve social identity. Drawing from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, systems theory, and social dynamics, this paper explains how defective feedback loops, emotional threat responses, and dogmatic education produce individual and collective ignorance. It further shows how such ignorance violates natural balance, generates societal suffering, and perpetuates poor leadership and systemic collapse. Finally, the paper argues that only a holistic, systems-based educational framework—one that emphasizes error correction, feedback, and natural limits—can realign human cognition with reality without attacking personal belief systems
Architecture of Deception: A BERTopic Analysis of Deceptive Narratives Across Fraud Contexts
No full textThe Uneven Landscape of Swiss Travel Behavior: Evidence of Mobility Inequality from the National Microcensus
No full textSystem of Production and Nutritional Quality of Beef: A Systematic Review Protocol
No full textBeef production systems vary widely worldwide, particularly regarding feeding strategies, management intensity, and animal finishing practices. These differences may significantly influence the nutritional quality of beef, especially lipid composition and protein characteristics, which are increasingly relevant to both human nutrition and public health debates. Despite a growing body of literature, evidence remains fragmented, and a structured synthesis focused on production systems as the primary determinant of nutritional quality is lacking. This systematic review aims to address this gap by synthesizing evidence from the last 15 years on how beef production and feeding systems affect the nutritional quality of beef
Identifying the 50 most productive researchers in top-tier, broad-scope educational psychology journals from 2017 to 2022: A new perspective with a focus on publication trends and diversity
No full textThe present study identified the most productive researchers in educational psychology by analyzing the number of published articles in top-tier and broad-scope educational psychology journals from 2017 to 2022. Building on prior productivity research, we extended the scope of the analysis in three distinct ways: (1) we expanded the sample to include the 50 most productive researchers; (2) we applied three different scoring methods to assess productivity; and (3) we used a broader and more objectively defined set of journals, based on the Web of Science “Psychology, Educational” category. In addition, we conducted an online survey to examine characteristics of highly productive researchers and examined their publications in the target journals with respect to research topics, open science practices, collaboration patterns, and internationalization. Results indicated that three senior researchers (i.e., Richard E. Mayer, Reinhard Pekrun, and Herbert W. Marsh) consistently ranked among the top 5. In addition, early-career researchers accounted for a substantial share of the top 50, ranging from 25% to 40%. However, the diversity of the most productive researchers was limited: the majority identified as White (86%), male (59%), non-first-generation students (60%), and first-generation faculty members (86%), and primarily held European (46%) or North American nationalities (39%). Publication trends showed a predominance of quantitative studies, with articles typically reporting 1.2 studies and an average of 4.2 authors. The most frequently used keywords were motivation, quantitative methods, and multimedia learning, reflecting a broad range of research interests within the field