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Relational or Object-Oriented? A Dialogue between Two Contemporary Ontologies 关系型还是面向对象型？两种当代本体论之间的对话

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Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2024-0022

Adrian Razvan Sandru

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On the “How” and the “Why”: Nietzsche on Happiness and the Meaningful Life 论 "如何 "与 "为何"：尼采论幸福和有意义的人生

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Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2024-0033

Marta Faustino

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Knowing Holbein’s Objects: An Object-Oriented-Ontology Analysis of The Ambassadors 了解霍尔拜因的对象：大使》的面向对象本体分析

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Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2024-0032

Zoran Poposki

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Calling and Responding: An Ethical-Existential Framework for Conceptualising Interactions “in-between” Self and Other 呼唤与回应：自我与他人 "之间 "互动概念化的伦理-存在主义框架

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Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2024-0034

Lotta Jons

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Non-Existence: The Nuclear Option 不存在：核选择

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Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-08-16 DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2024-0026

Graham Priest

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The Basic Dualism in the World: Object-Oriented Ontology and Systems Theory 世界的基本二元论面向对象的本体论与系统论

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Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-08-15 DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2024-0028

Martin Zwick

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Critique of Reification of Art and Creativity in the Digital Age: A Lukácsian Approach to AI and NFT Art 对数字时代艺术和创造力再造的批判：卢卡奇式的人工智能和 NFT 艺术方法

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Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-08-15 DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2024-0027

Zoran Poposki

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The Auditory Dimension of the Technologically Mediated Self 技术媒介自我的听觉维度

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Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2024-0017

Ivan Gutierrez

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Happiness and Joy in Aristotle and Bergson as Life of Thoughtful and Creative Action 亚里士多德和柏格森笔下的幸福与快乐，作为有思想、有创造力的行动生活

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Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2024-0021

Marina Marren

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Nietzsche, Nishitani, and Laruelle on Faith and Immanence 尼采、西谷和拉鲁埃尔论信仰与无常

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Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2024-0023

Matthew C. Kruger

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