An Unexpected Leibniz is Arising from His Unpublished Papers
A conversation with Lloyd Strickland, the Project Director and Editor of the Leibniz Philosophical Papers Project, a continuing manuscript-based English edition of Leibniz’s philosophical writings By Primavera Fisogni The Leibniz Philosophical Papers Project (LPPP) is probably one of the most challenging projects for contemporary philosophy. It addresses a major gap in early modern philosophy by expanding the limited body of Leibniz’s writings available in English. Published
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The Man Who Listens to the Giant Sequoias
In California, the author, poet, and artisan Tiziano Fratus conceived "Homo Radix"—the idea of a person drawn to visit timeless, silent giant sequoias. These colossal trees draw visitors with their thick bark, massive upper branches, and immense scale. Reaching up to 100 meters in height with trunk circumferences exceeding 30 meters, their sheer size evokes a profound sense of natural immensity. Fratus will be at Orticolario, the festival of evolved gardening (October 1 to 4,
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And the Moral Is: That Commercial Is an Own Goal
Philosopher Gianluigi Segalerba makes the case that the recent TV ad for a paid sports streaming service is doomed to fail for one key reason: the sense of the sacred has been lost in Italy for a long time. We are also witnessing the transformation of the individual into a consumer Immagine simbolica dell'associazione tra gioco del pallone e peccato (generato con IA) Di Gianluigi Segalerba La questione dell’inserto pubblicitario che reclamizza gli abbonamenti televisivi ad un
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Inheriting as the Texture of Relationship
The topic "eredità" is explored in the September issue of Exagere, the review of SIPP (Società Italiana di Psicologia e Pedagogia). The editor-in-chief, sociologist Dr Gianfranco Brevetto, introduces readers of Rekh Magazine to an underestimated subject that deserves to be better known in reason of its anthropological linkages Di Gianfranco Brevetto Ereditare è un atto che, inevitabilmente, è anche una relazione. Un rapporto, uno scambio. Si tratta, ovviamente, in qualsiasi e
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Why AI is NOT a Moral Agent
Primavera Fisogni's critique of Floridi's theory, presented in IL NODO ETICO: this paper marks the online publication of the entire quarterly, whose digital version can be freely downloaded. This text is the first draft of a more articulated English peer-reviewed paper to be issued in the US. On Monday, September 14, engineer Paolo Foglio's contribution will be published Di Primavera Fisogni di Primavera Fisogni1 “Si parla talvolta di “agenti morali artificialiˮ, come se una
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Twenty-five Years After 9/11: A BOOK OF RECOLLECTIONS
Professor J. Gregory Johnson's paper introduces Rekh Magazine's readers to a special digital book that collects texts written by several authors in recent days for this systemic review, about how they experienced that major event. The book is freely downloadable below By J. Gregory Johnson, Ed. D. Nothing unusual, nothing out of the ordinary, just another crisp, early fall morning as I prepared to make the 20-minute drive down into the Cullowhee Valley, an area that sits alon
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Creation Day and Personal Responsibility
September 1 each year, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is celebrated. Pope Francis instituted it for the universal Catholic Church in 2015, following an older tradition in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Here are a couple of philosophical reflections on this urgent and cogent topic authored by Primavera Fisogni, PhD in Philosophy Bambini al parco (Wix Pics) Di Primavera Fisogni “Salviamo il creato”. Chi non si sente di condividere questo enunciato? Il clima del
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