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Open AccessPublished: 18 October 2026

The Ontology of Growth Mindset: A Cross-Cultural Philosophical Synthesis of Carol S. Dweck’s Empirical Psychology and Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Theological Epistemology

Piet Hizbullah Khaidir, Revoluna Zyde Khaidir, Azhar Ibrahim Alwee, Anis Ulfiyatin, Andri Nirwana

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 1–28 · 10.55121/prr.v4i1.101552

Since its conceptualisation in modern cognitive psychology, the growth mindset paradigm has profoundly shaped academic discourses on human cognitive malleability and existential self-transformation. However, its prevailing secular framing often lacks ontological depth regarding human agency. This article undertakes a cross-cultu

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Open AccessPublished: 10 October 2026

The Definition of Bodily-Death as the Activation of the Human Psyche

Jock Matthew Agai

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 176–187 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.101893

Whenever an individual is declared brain-death, there is at that point no medical evidence to proof that the deceased still lives, resulting in the burial or the preservation of the corpse. With the rise of parapsychology and quantum mechanics, the evidence to proof that the human life ends at death is gradually becoming doubtab

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Open AccessPublished: 30 June 2026

Heidegger on the Sports Field: Resisting Neoliberalism and Why It Matters

Lynne Bowyer

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 141–162 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.102440

As human life is fundamentally communal life, finding ways of living well together is vital for all people to flourish. How a form of life interprets, understands and communicates their world must convey life-affirming ways of being. A people’s stories, songs, sculptures, paintings, carvings, dance, drama and sports are reposito

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Open AccessPublished: 29 June 2026

Cultural Extensibility and the Ethics of Cohabitation: Exclusionary Identity, Anti-Blackness, and the Ontology of Culture

Viateur Nkurunziza

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 124–140 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.102510

This philosophical article examines the ontological assumptions underlying exclusionary claims of cultural preservation and racialised belonging. Contemporary debates on cultural identity frequently oscillate between pluralist recognition and defensive forms of exclusion, yet they rarely interrogate the conception of culture tha

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Open AccessPublished: 27 June 2026

Designing Cosmic Inhabiting: Amerindian Cosmologies, Flat Ontology, and Alternative Futures in the Anthropocene

Leonardo Marques Kussler

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 92–102 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.101870

The environmental challenges of the Anthropocene demand alternative ways of inhabiting and relating to the world. This article introduces the concept of cosmic inhabiting as a framework for rethinking human and more-than-human coexistence through a dialogue between Amerindian perspectivism and flat ontology. Through a conceptual

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Open AccessPublished: 26 June 2026

Theoretical Roots and Practical Implications of Transhumanism

Seyithan Can

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 77–91 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.102487

Transhumanism is an intellectual and philosophical movement that aims to advance human existence beyond current biological and cognitive constraints through the strategic application of science and technology. At its core, it engages with speculative and practical questions concerning the enhancement, transformation, and potenti

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Open AccessPublished: 23 June 2026

From Saying to Showing: Action, the Economy of Silence, and the Limits of Development Discourse

Viateur Nkurunziza

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 62–76 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.102513

Contemporary discourses on inclusive and just development emphasise ambitions of empowerment and capacity-building without producing genuine socio-economic transformation. This article develops the concept of the Economy of Silence to explain why the smallest and most constrained actors are often those who generate social change

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Open AccessPublished: 30 May 2026

From Experience to Concept: Nominalization and the Formation of Philosophical Meaning in Everyday Life

Maryna Tsehelska, Olena Ilienko

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 43–61 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.102359

Philosophical inquiry has traditionally approached abstract notions such as responsibility, resilience, and meaning as products of sophisticated theoretical reasoning, while paying comparatively limited attention to the ways in which these constructs arise from ordinary human experience. This paper seeks to address this imbalanc

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Open AccessPublished: 29 May 2026

Law as Psychic Ontology: Prohibition, Fantasy, and the Affective Life of Authority

Vered Ben David

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 30–42 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.1259

This paper argues that law operates not only as an institutional or political order, but also as a psychic formation embedded within affect, desire, and recognition. The endurance of legal authority cannot be explained solely through coercion, consent, or procedural legitimacy. It also depends on how legality becomes internalize

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Open AccessPublished: 27 March 2026

Cultural and Aesthetic Agency at the Intersection of Art and Economics

Robert Gordon

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 188–198 · 10.55121/prr.v3i1.651

An important element in understanding human life and history is how market forces and economic development relate to the creation and distribution of the significant artifacts of culture. The relationship between art and economics is important because commercial activity is a primary means by which humans sustain life amid the v

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