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Death Awareness in Non-Human Minds: A Philosophical Inquiry: Edited by Kseniya Dybatch
No full textLong thought to be exclusively a human concern, the idea of death may also be present in non-human animals, according to new research in comparative thanatology. This essay challenges anthropocentric presumptions that discount non-human awareness of life's finality by examining the cognitive and philosophical aspects of animal death recognition. By looking at viewpoints such as Susana Monso's minimum concept of death theory and Kristin Andrews' work on animal sentience, this essay makes the case that animals have a knowledge of death by looking at academic viewpoints. Through scientific and philosophical research, counter arguments are addressed and disproved, such as Descartes' rejection of animal cognition and assertions that death awareness is essentially instinctive rather than cerebral. The topic of animal grieving is also covered, with an emphasis on determining if observable behaviours of mourning indicate a depth of feeling or are purely physiological reactions. This work attempts to improve our comprehension of mortality across species and add to the larger conversation on animal awareness by combining viewpoints from philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science
Neo-Carnapian Relativism and the Idea of Framework
Get PDFIn “Carnap’s Metaontology”, Matti Eklund explores four plausible interpretations of Rudolf Carnap’s ontological position. I intend to provide a neo-Carnapian view on what he calls the “relativist” interpretation of Carnap. Eklund conceives of the relativist interpretation as a more radical extension of the “language pluralist” interpretation. Central to the language pluralist interpretation are the following claims: there are many possible languages, the meaning and therefore truth value of a single sentence can vary across languages, and the language we speak is just one possible language (Eklund 231). The major difference between the language pluralist interpretation and the relativist interpretation lies in two further claims. 
Scatter
Get PDFHave you ever felt lost while the world keeps moving around you? Scatter explores the tension between the mundane and the contemplative, using everyday imagery to reflect on apathy, disconnection, and longing. The poem moves through moments like a cat devouring the newspaper, the rhythmic sounds of a sink dripping, the simple act of buttering toast, and a man sweeping dust into dust—each fragment capturing a slice of ordinary life. These moments evoke philosophical reflections on time, memory, and the search for meaning in a world that feels distant. The poem contrasts external events with the speaker’s internal experience, mainly through the metaphor of egg yolk binding the tongue and oceanic brine representing an unattainable ideal. Scatter meditates on existing between moments, where meaning often slips through our grasp, yet the search for it endures
Astral Embodiment: Thinking Piece
Get PDF‘Astral Embodiment’ is a poem that fixates on the out of body experience called astral projection that has been talked about numerous times either by critics or believers. This poem covers the basics of going into the ability to travel to the subconscious realm and the dangers of over manifesting your desires and letting it control your way of thinking. It also shows how our subconscious mind allows us to travel back into the real human world while appreciating the power of manifestation and the creation of our human body
