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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: 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: 9 October 2026

The Age of Machines: Anders on Work, Alienation and Promethean Gap

Federico Monaro

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 163–175 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.101941

This article examines Günther Anders’s critical reflection on the human condition in technological modernity, focusing on the central concepts of the “obsolescence of man” and the Promethean Gap. The latter describes the widening disproportion between the productive power of machines and the limited cognitive, moral, and imagina

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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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