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Open AccessPublished: 19 October 2024

Thought-Shaping, Reflection and the Refractive Element

Otto Paans

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 39-54 · 10.55121/prr.v1i1.278

Is it possible to think beyond the structuring and directing influences of thought-shaping? Or, phrased differently, how can thought-shaping be genuinely free and creative? My response in this essay is that we must move beyond the idea of thought-shaping as mere awareness or critical reflection. As I show, the notion of reflecti

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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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