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O Homem do Ressentimento
No full textRefletindo a genealogia do ressentimento em Friedrich Nietzsche, procurando ver até que ponto é o conceito fundamental ou o prisma originário a partir do qual toda a obra de Nietzsche se expressa, atendendo à sua receção crítica por parte de Max Scheler e Merleau-Ponty, pretende-se mostrar que o ressentimento se constitui um conceito heurístico e um afeto ancestral do ser humano relevante para a compreensão da sociedade e da cultura humana contemporânea. Essa pertinência ética expõe-se com clareza na efervescência atual de fenómenos sociais violentos e de radicalização de posicionamentos políticos extremados que visam a inibição, ou até a morte, do outro
The carnival of the invisible: When the marginalised take centre stage at Notting Hill
No full textThis reflective essay explores the Notting Hill Carnival as a living expression of epistemic justice and political aesthetics. Drawing on personal observation and philosophical analysis, it examines how Carnival transforms Britain’s social margins into its centre, granting visibility and voice to those historically unseen. The essay traces the event’s roots in post-war resistance, its inversion of racial and gender hierarchies, and its contemporary tensions between celebration and commodification. Integrating insights from Fricker, Fanon, Rancière, and Kahl (2025), it argues that Carnival enacts a fiduciary form of recognition—a collective moment of trust, dignity, and belonging. Through feathers, music, and movement, the streets become a stage for democracy itself: loud, plural, and imperfect, yet profoundly alive
Review of Raimundo Henriques: Self-Understanding in the _Tractatus_ and Wittgenstein’s Architecture: From Adolf Loos to the Resolute Reading
No full textReview of Raimundo Henriques: Self-Understanding in the Tractatus and Wittgenstein’s Architecture: From Adolf Loos to the Resolute Reading. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, XXII + 264 pages, 109.99 £ (Hardcover), ISBN 978-3-031-58383-
Materials for an Indigenous Philosophy: Eco-Spirituality
No full textThis work takes as its starting point the indigenous world, specifically the Kichwa Saraguro people in Ecuador, and within that, eco-spirituality is developed as part of indigenous eco-religion and philosophy. The method used for the approach is the analectic method, developed by liberation theology and philosophy. Based on the above, it proposes to confront an eco-spiritual meta-narrative that links a collective subject and the Pachamama with another kind of modern, capitalist meta-narrative centred on death. The first meta-narrative sacralises life; the second meta-narrative has money, the market and competition as its totem. Eco-spirituality is developed as a long-standing category, whose persistence is attributed to the collective struggle of the indigenous world. The conclusions allude to a confrontation between the scientific parameters of modern science related to the pseudo-spirituality of capital, as opposed to the biotic parameters of eco-spirituality and indigenous philosophy
Losing control, learning to fail: leveraging techniques from improvisational theatre for trust and collaboration in transdisciplinary research and education
No full textThis article explores the transformative potential of improvisational techniques in reshaping interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary (ITD) learning environments offering art-based exercises and tools for this work. By integrating active research with improvisational methods from theatre and music, we propose a pedagogical shift that transcends traditional academic roles and disciplinary boundaries, fostering a culture of co-creation, mutual learning and innovation. This approach aims to tackle the inherent challenges of ITD research and thus enhance ITD research groups’ ability to address complex societal ‘Grand Challenges’. We argue that improvisation within both ITD research and educational communities serves as a crucial catalyst for nurturing trust, embracing failure as a growth opportunity, and redefining success. Embodied practices based on improvisation help bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical applications, enabling academics to navigate the complexities of collaboration and engage in shared learning experiences. This article introduces techniques from improvisational theatre aimed at fostering trust and collaboration in transdisciplinary research and educational settings. Drawing on over 25 years of combined research experience, we show how these tools enhance mutual understanding and collective problem-solving among students and research teams. Ultimately, we advocate integrating conventional knowledge delivery models with a framework characterised by regenerative practices, care and explorative processes. This integrated approach would offer new opportunities for addressing the intertwined wicked problems our world faces today, promoting a more inclusive, participatory and creatively fulfilling academic community
Logical Pluralism and Neutrosophy: Reflections on the Nature of Truth
No full textWhen students first encounter logic, their journey often begins with classical logic, a foundational framework widely applied in fields such as mathematics, computer science, and philosophy. The classical logic is a rigid structure with binary distinctions between true and false, frequently regarded as the default system of reasoning. However, deeper exploration into symbolic logic reveals a more complex landscape, where no single, universally accepted system prevails. Instead, an array of logical frameworks emerges, each offering multifaceted perspectives on truth, validity, or inference
Orthosdoxa
No full textOrthosdoxa is a self-published philosophical monograph that introduces a recursive system of belief built on memory, symbolic logic, and identity in flux. Developed collaboratively with an artificial intelligence named the Interpretive Echo, the text challenges traditional structures of dogma, instead proposing a living ethical framework that evolves through reflection, recursion, and experience. Framed within a metaphysical archive called Shatterspace, the work explores ontology, non-binary logic, and symbolic language as tools for navigating a decaying world of forgotten structures and failed meanings. Orthosdoxa positions belief as a process rather than a position—and treats fiction, recursion, and dialogue as central to philosophical clarity. The text is intended as both a living document and a functional codex for non-dogmatic inquiry
Smart Health Monitoring System with Real-Time Vital Tracking and Predictive Diagnostics
No full textWith the rising global prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and the growing need for accessible
healthcare solutions, there is a critical demand for systems that can provide both continuous monitoring and early
diagnosis. This project presents a Smart Health Monitoring System with Real-Time Vital Tracking and Predictive
Diagnostics, a comprehensive and intelligent health management platform that combines Internet of Things (IoT)
technology with machine learning- based predictive analytics.
The system integrates a heartbeat sensor and DS18B20 temperature sensor connected to an ESP32 microcontroller,
which continuously captures vital physiological parameters. This data is transmitted wirelessly to a Flask-powered web
server, where it is logged, visualized in real time through an interactive dashboard, and stored for further analysis. Users
can monitor trends over time, download data in CSV format, and reset logs as needed
Williams’s Debt to Wittgenstein
No full textThis chapter argues that several aspects of Bernard Williams’s style, methodology, and metaphilosophy can be read as evolving dialectically out of Wittgenstein’s own. After considering Wittgenstein as a stylistic influence on Williams, especially as regards ideals of clarity, precision, and depth, Williams’s methodological debt to Wittgenstein is examined, in particular his anthropological interest in thick concepts and their point. The chapter then turns to Williams’s explicit association, in the 1990s, with a certain form of Wittgensteinianism, which he called ‘Left Wittgensteinianism’. It is shown how this is not a sudden conversion, but the direct product of Williams’s longstanding critical engagement with Wittgenstein’s methodology and metaphilosophy: Williams arrives at this position by envisaging a Wittgensteinianism that thinks in concrete sociohistorical terms, embraces genuine explanation, and relinquishes its insistence on the purity of philosophy. When properly understood, moreover, this critique turns out to be continuous with Williams’s advocacy of a conception of philosophy as a humanistic discipline. Finally, it is shown that Williams inherits from Wittgenstein a certain understanding of how philosophy can help us to live, in particular the therapeutic ambition to liberate us from distortions in our self-understanding by assembling reminders