Expectativa volitiva y expectativa emocional: formas no dóxicas de anticipación del futuro en la fenomenología de Husserl

En manuscritos sobre la emoción y la voluntad publicados en el segundo y tercer volumen de los Estudios sobre la estructura de la conciencia (XLIII/2-3), Husserl se pregunta si existen expectativas propias de la emoción y la voluntad (Hua XLIII/3, 285). Se refiere allí a las expectativas volitivas (Willenserwartungen) y a las expectativas emocionales (Gemütserwartungen). Con estos términos trata de describir formas de dirección hacia el futuro que difieren de las expectativas empíricas e intelectuales y pertenecen, en sentido amplio, al ámbito de la emoción (Gemüt). A partir del análisis de una selección de manuscritos de dichos volúmenes, este artículo dilucida el significado de estas formas de anticipación del futuro que involucran una tensión afectiva y una posición del futuro como horizonte práctico de realización de una meta. También esclarece en qué se diferencia de lo que Husserl denomina “expectativas intelectuales” (o teóricas) y expectativas motivadas empíricamente

Do We Have Relational Reasons to Care About Intergenerational Equality?

Relational egalitarians sometimes argue that a degree of distributive equality is necessary for social equality to obtain among members of society. In this paper, we consider how such arguments fare when extended to the intergenerational case. In particular, we examine whether relational reasons for distributive equality apply between non-overlapping generations. We claim that they do not. We begin by arguing that the most common reasons relational egalitarians offer in favour of distributive equality between contemporaries do not give us reasons to object to distributive inequality between non-overlapping generations. This argument by itself however will not fully suffice to show that there are no relational reasons to care about intergenerational distributive equality, given the nature of relational equality and its requirements in the intergenerational case are likely to be qualitatively different than in the contemporary case. Therefore, we also make the positive argument that for the intergenerational case to satisfy the requirements demanded by the ideal of relational equality it suffices that future persons’ interests are meaningfully incorporated and protected in the decision-making of preceding generations, and there is no basis for a concern with distributive equality. While some have argued that the one-way and asymmetrical causal influence between non-overlapping generations means concerns of social equality are inapplicable in the intergenerational case, we argue that the ongoing nature of this influence makes concerns of social equality appropriate. If successful, the upshot of the argument is that it can be coherent to maintain a commitment to relational equality between non-overlapping generations, all while remaining agnostic about distributive equality between them

Plato, The Witch and The Cave

In the shadowed liminality where philosophy and witchcraft converge, a profound inquiry into the nature of being, embodiment, and the supernatural unfolds. This work, Plato, The Witch, and The Cave, seeks to illuminate the ontology of the witch through the lens of Platonic philosophy, weaving together the witch’s supernatural powers, spell-casting, divination, astral projection, and energy manipulation with Plato’s metaphysical and epistemological frameworks. The witch emerges as a figure of paradox, embodying both the visceral reality of the body and the transcendent aspirations of the soul, navigating a world where the material and immaterial intertwine. Her supernatural abilities, rooted in the body yet reaching toward the infinite, mirror Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, where the journey from shadow to light reflects the witch’s ascent through magical practices to realms beyond the physical. Drawing on historical, anthropological, and philosophical perspectives, this exploration delves into the witch as a symbol of resistance against marginalization, a vessel of intuitive and supernatural knowledge, and a bridge to the eternal Forms that Plato posited as the ultimate reality. By reimagining the witch as a philosophical archetype endowed with extraordinary powers, this study not only recontextualizes Plato’s theories in light of magical practices but also celebrates the witch’s supernatural agency as a challenge to rationalist hierarchies, revealing a shared quest for truth, ethics, and transcendence that resonates across time and culture

Not persuaded to despair: A rejoinder to Tőzsér

A rejoinder to Tőzsér's reply (2025) to my review (2024) of his book (2023)

Concrete Solutions? The Modest but Crucial Role of Reuse in Decarbonizing Swedish Housing

As climate concerns reshape construction practices, a recent study assesses the potential of reusing precast concrete elements (PCEs) in Sweden’s residential buildings to reduce embodied carbon—the emissions generated across a product’s lifecycle [2]. Through a combination of life cycle assessment (LCA) and material flow analysis (MFA) [3,4], the research evaluates whether circular economy strategies such as reuse and recycling can meaningfully curb carbon emissions at the national scale

Cảng biển toàn cầu: Tâm điểm phát triển kinh tế và nguy cơ xâm lấn sinh học

Khi thương mại hàng hải toàn cầu tăng tốc, các cảng biển không chỉ đóng vai trò huyết mạch kinh tế mà còn trở thành những điểm nóng cho sự xâm lấn sinh học

Review of Artificial Intelligence in Management, Leadership, Decision-Making and Collaboration

This paper synthesizes recent research and practical frameworks to explore the impact of AI on multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), stakeholder relations, leadership, and organizational change. Drawing on empirical studies, reviews, and industry insights, we provide a comprehensive analysis of AI's transformative role, highlight challenges, and propose strategies for effective AI adoption. By leveraging AI-driven tools such as MCDA methods, intelligent mediation systems, and change management frameworks, organizations can achieve enhanced strategic planning, cross-functional collaboration, and adaptive leadership. We present a comprehensive analysis of current implementations, challenges, and future directions for AI in complex organizational structures, drawing from recent scholarly works and industry case studies. Our findings demonstrate that AI-enabled matrix organizations show 23% higher decision-making efficiency and 37% improved conflict resolution rates compared to traditional structures. Drawing upon recent advancements in multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), we demonstrate how machine learning-enhanced methods such as AHP and TOPSIS are achieving 23-29% improvements in decision speed and accuracy across supply chain, healthcare, and engineering applications. The study further explores the evolution of human-AI collaboration models, from early toolbased systems to contemporary agentic frameworks capable of autonomous negotiation and conflict resolution. Through analysis of organizational change case studies, we identify key success factors in AI adoption, including leadership commitment metrics (Lt \u3e 0.8) and change capacity coefficients (Cc \u3e 0.7) that predict successful implementation. The research reveals that matrix organizations leveraging AI-mediated stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration tools achieve 37% higher conflict resolution rates compared to traditional structures

Machine Learning Approach for Detection of Financial Fraud Using Value at Risk

As more people utilise online banking services, the large losses that banks and other financial institutions sustained because of new bank account (NBA) fraud are concerning. Machine learning (ML) models have faced significant challenges because to the intrinsic skewness and rarity of NBA fraud cases. This occurs when the number of non-fraud instances exceeds the number of fraud instances, causing the ML models to miss and mistakenly regard fraud as non-fraud instances. Customers' confidence and trust may be damaged by such mistakes. Existing research addresses the skewness of fraud datasets by considering fraud patterns rather than possible losses of NBA fraud risk characteristics. This study suggests NBA fraud detection in the framework of value-at-risk, a risk metric that views fraud cases as the worst-case situation. Value-at-risk models risk features as a skewed tail distribution and estimates possible losses of such attributes using historical simulation. ML was used to classify the risk-return characteristics derived from value-at-risk on the bank account fraud (BAF) dataset. The value-at-risk assigns weight to the skewed NBA fraud cases by managing the fraud skewness with an adjusted threshold probability range. The effectiveness of the fraud detection algorithm was assessed using a unique detection rate (DT) metric that takes risk fraud characteristics into account. A K-nearest neighbour with a true positive (TP) rate of 0.95 and a DT rate of 0.9406 is used to create an enhanced fraud detection model. Value-at-risk offers a clever way to create data-driven standards for fraud risk management within a reasonable loss tolerance in the banking industry

The Unity of the Internal and External in Homer

There are moments in the epics of Homer where the internal appears to be expressed through the external, moments where emotions are visible through the body, where the manner of the thought of individuals is seen in their person alongside their physical appearance. The way that these moments occur suggests the possibility of an implicit unity between the internal and the external. This unity must be distinguished from the modern view where the internal causes the external through physical mechanisms. This difference can be conceptualised in terms of a divergence in the way that thought is understood, in other words in thought’s relation to being. If the modern view sees only a purely causal mechanism, it understands thought as physical being only, where there is no more than an objectivity of thought that remains outside the subjective; if Homer expresses internal thought and the body together, he understands thought in terms of its unity with external being, where the objective body and the subjectivity of the individual are the same. The work was read at the Midlands Conference of Critical Thought which took place on the 24th and 25th April 2025 at the University of Derby

Giữa tham vấn và chủ quyền: Đánh giá luật tài nguyên văn hóa bộ lạc của California

Năm 2014, bang California đã ban hành Dự luật Hội đồng 52 (Assembly Bill 52 – AB 52), một sửa đổi quan trọng đối với Đạo luật Chất lượng Môi trường California (California Environmental Quality Act – CEQA). AB 52 chính thức công nhận Tài nguyên Văn hóa Bộ tộc (Tribal Cultural Resources – TCRs) là một phần của quy trình đánh giá môi trường của bang. Luật yêu cầu tiến hành tham vấn chính phủ-với-chính phủ giữa các bộ tộc bản địa California và các cơ quan công quyền về những dự án sử dụng đất có khả năng ảnh hưởng đến các địa điểm linh thiêng hoặc có ý nghĩa văn hóa—ngay cả khi những địa điểm này nằm ngoài khu vực được công nhận là đất bộ tộc [2,3]