A non-formal reconstruction of the theory of the meritocratic active suffrage is presented, which proposes the plural vote in local communities based on political merit, according to the prosociality of local ...

The aim of this paper is to discuss the assumptions and implications of the new mechanistic ontology of two philosophers representatives of natural philosophy of the seventeenth century, John Locke and Robert Boyle. Three ...

The problem of realism about spacetime revolves around whether it is a substance or a relationship between substances. For the ontic structural realism: "spacetime is a real structure embodied in the world", where the ...

The concept of information is essential for the individuation theory of Gilbert Simondon. This author takes distance from traditional notions because these think information as a measurable and manageable thing. Also, a ...

This work links some contemporary theorizings about the problem of truth in philo-sophy (correspondence, coherentism and pragmatism) with the theoretical proposals of Sigmund Freud. The main assumptions of some philosophers ...

Scientifically speaking, quantum mechanics (QM) is the most successful theory ever made. Philosophically speaking, however, it is the most controversial theory. Its basic principles seem to contravene our deepest intuitions ...