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Open AccessPublished: 22 April 2026

From Big Data to Dataism: Philosophical Reflections on Freedom, Labor, and Biological Inequality from a Historical Materialist Perspective

Nguyễn Vân Hạnh

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 1–13 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.1138

Grounded in the methodology of historical materialism, the article interprets dataism as a new configuration of power and ownership emerging within the digital mode of production. While big data technologies significantly enhance economic efficiency and scientific knowledge, they also generate structural risks for future society

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Open AccessPublished: 29 January 2026

A Case against Stephen Kleene’s Incomputability

Edgar Graham Daylight

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 103–125 · 10.55121/prr.v3i1.658

In Mathematical Logic (1967), Stephen Kleene addresses a central activity of software engineering through his introduction of tally-based Turing machines. Yet in doing so, he inadvertently builds a subtle form of impredicativity into his theory: he implicitly defines the semantics of Turing computability by appealing to the very

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Open AccessPublished: 26 September 2025

Ubuntu as a Normative Ethic of Empowerment: A Philosophical Critique of Faith-Based Vocational Training in a Pentecostal Church

Revi  Zhakata, Rodwell Kumbirai Wuta

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 178–190 · 10.55121/prr.v2i1.620

This paper explores Ubuntu as a normative ethic to critically assess empowerment claims in a Pentecostal vocational training program in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. As Pentecostalism influences socio-economic development across Africa, it raises ethical questions about alignment with indigenous African values. Ubuntu, rooted in relati

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Open AccessPublished: 21 August 2025

Art, Sex and the State: a Reflection on Certain Encounters between Philosophical Thinking and the Real World

Robert Adlam

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 116–140 · 10.55121/prr.v2i1.529

This paper stems from the author’s practical experiences in relation to the provision of educational opportunities and the facilitation of organizational development in a number of very different institutions and real-world settings. Contrasts between the realm of philosophical inquiry and that of people in their more usual cont

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Open AccessPublished: 17 March 2025

Cognitive Limits of AI: A Key to Enhancing AI

Primavera Fisogni

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 25–37 · 10.55121/prr.v2i1.359

The correlation between the human hand and the mind is a well-documented phenomenon in the fields of philosophy, anthropology and neuroscience. However, the intellectual potential of the hand and embodiment as a whole remains underestimated in the domain of cyber technology. This philosophical paper examines the gap between hand

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Open AccessPublished: 15 March 2025

Phantom Objectivity: Intersubjective Knowledge in Complex Domains of Informal Structure

Jorge Rodas-Osollo, Karla Olmos-Sánchez

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 1–24 · 10.55121/prr.v2i1.366

This paper advances three interconnected logical claims: First, that epistemological neutrality is fundamentally unattainable due to inherent cognitive, social and historical contingencies; second, that intersubjective frameworks offer a viable alternative to both naïve objectivism and radical relativism; and third, that Complex

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Open AccessPublished: 13 December 2025

Weaving Beyond the Mind: A Philosophical Framework for Post-Individual Intelligence

Jorge Rodas-Osollo, Karla Olmos-Sanchez

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 47-60 · 10.55121/prr.v3i1.848

This article advances the thesis that knowledge, agency, and responsibility can be stabilised beyond the individual mind within hybrid human–AI systems. It proposes and develops the Cognitive Tapestry as a philosophical framework grounded in computational models of associative memory—Entropic Hetero Associative Memory and Alpha–

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Open AccessPublished: 7 April 2025

‘Wicked’ Philosophy – Philosophy of Science for Interdisciplinary Studies into Complex Problems

Coyan Tromp

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 56–68 · 10.55121/prr.v2i1.268

To confront complex, ‘wicked’ problems such as climate change and migration, science is essential. But what type of knowledge can science provide and what do we actually need? What is the role of the philosophy of science in clarifying what knowledge is required and how to bring it together? To address these pivotal questions, t

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Open AccessPublished: 16 October 2024

Justice, Democracy, and Freedom in the Middle Ages: The Fables by Marie de France

Albrecht Classen

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 26–38 · 10.55121/prr.v1i1.367

It might be surprising, and yet it can certainly be confirmed that the Anglo-Norman poet Marie de France offered in her Fables (ca. 1190) a wide range of political, social, moral, and philosophical notions about the way people within her society should and could live together in a peaceful, just, and respectful manner. She did n

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Open AccessPublished: 20 October 2026

Reconceptualizing the Philosophy of Penal Legitimacy: Human Dignity and an Integrated Theory of Criminal Justice

Md Sohel Rana

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 29–45 · 10.55121/prr.v4i1.103283

Criminal punishment represents an ongoing challenge to normative justification because it involves the state’s use of coercive power against people who are believed to be guilty of misconduct. This study explores how the concepts of retributivism, consequentialism, communicativeness, restitution, rehabilitation, dignity-based me

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