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View article: The Geopolitical Genesis of English Sovereignty: Henry VIII's Rupture, Elizabeth I's Consolidation, and the Crown's New Order.
The Geopolitical Genesis of English Sovereignty: Henry VIII's Rupture, Elizabeth I's Consolidation, and the Crown's New Order. Open
This paper examines the transformative period in English history marked by the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, analyzing how their actions profoundly reshaped the concept and practice of English sovereignty. Henry VIII's decisive rup…
View article: Reassessing Catastrophe: Indigenous Demographic Collapse and Imperial Consolidation in the Wake of the Spanish Conquests
Reassessing Catastrophe: Indigenous Demographic Collapse and Imperial Consolidation in the Wake of the Spanish Conquests Open
This paper re-examines the catastrophic demographic collapse of Indigenous populations in the Americas following the Spanish conquests and analyzes its profound impact on the subsequent consolidation of Spanish imperial power. Conventional…
View article: Reassessing Catastrophe: Indigenous Demographic Collapse and Imperial Consolidation in the Wake of the Spanish Conquests
Reassessing Catastrophe: Indigenous Demographic Collapse and Imperial Consolidation in the Wake of the Spanish Conquests Open
This paper re-examines the catastrophic demographic collapse of Indigenous populations in the Americas following the Spanish conquests and analyzes its profound impact on the subsequent consolidation of Spanish imperial power. Conventional…
View article: The Geopolitical Genesis of English Sovereignty: Henry VIII's Rupture, Elizabeth I's Consolidation, and the Crown's New Order.
The Geopolitical Genesis of English Sovereignty: Henry VIII's Rupture, Elizabeth I's Consolidation, and the Crown's New Order. Open
This paper examines the transformative period in English history marked by the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, analyzing how their actions profoundly reshaped the concept and practice of English sovereignty. Henry VIII's decisive rup…
View article: Zāl and Simorgh as Trickster Figures: A Mythological Reinterpretation of the Shahnameh Narratives
Zāl and Simorgh as Trickster Figures: A Mythological Reinterpretation of the Shahnameh Narratives Open
This study examines the trickster archetype within the narrative of Zāl and Simorgh in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. The trickster, a mythological figure characterized by ambivalence, shape-shifting, resourcefulness, and divine intervention, occup…
View article: Works for November 29, 2025 - Framing Minds - Predictive Processing, Interpretive Control, and the Mirror-Self Hypothesis - Donato "Donatello" di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Works for November 29, 2025 - Framing Minds - Predictive Processing, Interpretive Control, and the Mirror-Self Hypothesis - Donato "Donatello" di Niccolò di Betto Bardi Open
This archive contains the complete set of works produced on November 29, 2025, documenting a unified research-creative cycle spanning theology, predictive processing, children’s literature, and Renaissance art interpretation. Each work sta…
View article: The Dark Age as Crucible: Iron Technology, Mobility, and the Genesis of Greek Society
The Dark Age as Crucible: Iron Technology, Mobility, and the Genesis of Greek Society Open
The Greek Dark Age (ca. 1100-800 BCE) has traditionally been characterized by collapse, decline, and a general lack of evidence following the demise of the Mycenaean palatial system. However, this period was not merely an interlude of stag…
View article: The Pragmatics of Providence: Tianming and Dynastic Consolidation in Western Zhou China.
The Pragmatics of Providence: Tianming and Dynastic Consolidation in Western Zhou China. Open
The concept of Tianming, or the Mandate of Heaven, stands as a cornerstone of ancient Chinese political philosophy, yet its instrumental role in the practical consolidation of power during the Western Zhou dynasty often receives less empha…
View article: The Unstable Foundation: Revisiting Empiricism's Metaphysical Undoing
The Unstable Foundation: Revisiting Empiricism's Metaphysical Undoing Open
This paper critically re-examines classical empiricism, arguing that its pursuit of knowledge grounded solely in sensory experience paradoxically relies on, and is ultimately undermined by, unexamined or problematic metaphysical commitment…
View article: The Scribe's Trace: Materiality, Mediation, and the Textual Afterlives of Antiquity
The Scribe's Trace: Materiality, Mediation, and the Textual Afterlives of Antiquity Open
This paper explores the enduring impact of scribal practices and the material conditions of text production and transmission on the interpretation and survival of ancient literature. Moving beyond a purely linguistic or philological approa…
View article: The Scribe's Trace: Materiality, Mediation, and the Textual Afterlives of Antiquity
The Scribe's Trace: Materiality, Mediation, and the Textual Afterlives of Antiquity Open
This paper explores the enduring impact of scribal practices and the material conditions of text production and transmission on the interpretation and survival of ancient literature. Moving beyond a purely linguistic or philological approa…
View article: The Poisoned Wellspring: Tristan and Isolde's Disruptive Agency within the Arthurian Cycle
The Poisoned Wellspring: Tristan and Isolde's Disruptive Agency within the Arthurian Cycle Open
The Arthurian cycle, a cornerstone of medieval romance, traditionally extols virtues of chivalry, loyalty, and courtly love, forming a foundational narrative for Western ideals of honor and social order. However, within this grand tapestry…
View article: The Poisoned Wellspring: Tristan and Isolde's Disruptive Agency within the Arthurian Cycle
The Poisoned Wellspring: Tristan and Isolde's Disruptive Agency within the Arthurian Cycle Open
The Arthurian cycle, a cornerstone of medieval romance, traditionally extols virtues of chivalry, loyalty, and courtly love, forming a foundational narrative for Western ideals of honor and social order. However, within this grand tapestry…
View article: The Unstable Foundation: Revisiting Empiricism's Metaphysical Undoing
The Unstable Foundation: Revisiting Empiricism's Metaphysical Undoing Open
This paper critically re-examines classical empiricism, arguing that its pursuit of knowledge grounded solely in sensory experience paradoxically relies on, and is ultimately undermined by, unexamined or problematic metaphysical commitment…
View article: The Dark Age as Crucible: Iron Technology, Mobility, and the Genesis of Greek Society
The Dark Age as Crucible: Iron Technology, Mobility, and the Genesis of Greek Society Open
The Greek Dark Age (ca. 1100-800 BCE) has traditionally been characterized by collapse, decline, and a general lack of evidence following the demise of the Mycenaean palatial system. However, this period was not merely an interlude of stag…
View article: The Pragmatics of Providence: Tianming and Dynastic Consolidation in Western Zhou China.
The Pragmatics of Providence: Tianming and Dynastic Consolidation in Western Zhou China. Open
The concept of Tianming, or the Mandate of Heaven, stands as a cornerstone of ancient Chinese political philosophy, yet its instrumental role in the practical consolidation of power during the Western Zhou dynasty often receives less empha…
View article: Works for November 29, 2025 - Framing Minds - Predictive Processing, Interpretive Control, and the Mirror-Self Hypothesis - Donato "Donatello" di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Works for November 29, 2025 - Framing Minds - Predictive Processing, Interpretive Control, and the Mirror-Self Hypothesis - Donato "Donatello" di Niccolò di Betto Bardi Open
This archive contains the complete set of works produced on November 29, 2025, documenting a unified research-creative cycle spanning theology, predictive processing, children’s literature, and Renaissance art interpretation. Each work sta…
View article: The Geometries of Expansion: Umayyad Forging of a Transcontinental Space
The Geometries of Expansion: Umayyad Forging of a Transcontinental Space Open
The Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE) presided over one of the most remarkable periods of transcontinental expansion in history, extending its dominion from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Indus River and Central Asia in the east. Th…
View article: The Geometries of Expansion: Umayyad Forging of a Transcontinental Space
The Geometries of Expansion: Umayyad Forging of a Transcontinental Space Open
The Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE) presided over one of the most remarkable periods of transcontinental expansion in history, extending its dominion from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Indus River and Central Asia in the east. Th…
View article: Heroic Self-Myth Hypothesis
Heroic Self-Myth Hypothesis Open
This article proposes the "Heroic Self-Myth Hypothesis," a transdisciplinary framework explaining a specific pathology of modern identity construction. Through a detailed analysis of Dostoevsky’s Smerdyakov (The Brothers Karamazov) as a co…
View article: 8. Seeing the Unseen? Silenced Voices, Excluded Knowledge, and the Question of Representation in the World Church
8. Seeing the Unseen? Silenced Voices, Excluded Knowledge, and the Question of Representation in the World Church Open
This article tries to make visible unseen aspects, silenced voices and excluded knowledge within the tradition of the Catholic Church and its discourse politics by bringing ecclesiology into conversation with post-/decolonial theories and …
View article: Philosophy, Complexity, and Environment: Epistemological Framework on Contemporary Issues
Philosophy, Complexity, and Environment: Epistemological Framework on Contemporary Issues Open
The present research aims to generate a transdisciplinary epistemological framework, from a complex philosophical understanding and interpretation with environmental thinking, that guides educational policies and practices towards sustaina…
View article: Heroic Self-Myth Hypothesis
Heroic Self-Myth Hypothesis Open
This article proposes the "Heroic Self-Myth Hypothesis," a transdisciplinary framework explaining a specific pathology of modern identity construction. Through a detailed analysis of Dostoevsky’s Smerdyakov (The Brothers Karamazov) as a co…
View article: The Heroic Self-Myth Hypothesis: A Neuro-Phenomenological Framework for Pathological Self-Narrativization in the Modernist Epoch
The Heroic Self-Myth Hypothesis: A Neuro-Phenomenological Framework for Pathological Self-Narrativization in the Modernist Epoch Open
This article proposes the "Heroic Self-Myth Hypothesis," a transdisciplinary framework explaining a specific pathology of modern identity construction. Through a detailed analysis of Dostoevsky’s Smerdyakov (The Brothers Karamazov) as a co…
View article: Epistemic trauma and the architecture of family systems: Clinical recognition, differential diagnosis, and developmental repair
Epistemic trauma and the architecture of family systems: Clinical recognition, differential diagnosis, and developmental repair Open
This paper advances a comprehensive theoretical account of epistemic trauma—a distinct form of developmental harm arising when a child’s epistemic agency is suppressed within the family system. Existing psychological and psychiatric models…
View article: Epistemic trauma and the architecture of family systems: Clinical recognition, differential diagnosis, and developmental repair
Epistemic trauma and the architecture of family systems: Clinical recognition, differential diagnosis, and developmental repair Open
This paper advances a comprehensive theoretical account of epistemic trauma—a distinct form of developmental harm arising when a child’s epistemic agency is suppressed within the family system. Existing psychological and psychiatric models…
View article: Decentring linguistic hegemony in peer review: relational epistemology, affect and ethical becoming
Decentring linguistic hegemony in peer review: relational epistemology, affect and ethical becoming Open
Purpose This paper introduces Onto-Epistemic Mutual Becoming as a relational, affective and ethical approach to peer review. It critiques dominant epistemic and linguistic gatekeeping practices in traditional reviewing, particularly their …
View article: Stratified Foundations: A Type-Theoretic Solution to Russell's Antinomy
Stratified Foundations: A Type-Theoretic Solution to Russell's Antinomy Open
This paper explores the enduring challenge posed by Russell's Antinomy to the foundations of mathematics and logic, specifically in the context of naive set theory. It proposes and develops a solution rooted in the principles of stratified…
View article: Filtering Using Chemistry for Self-Continuation: An Observable Pattern Distinguishing Living Systems.
Filtering Using Chemistry for Self-Continuation: An Observable Pattern Distinguishing Living Systems. Open
This paper identifies an observable pattern that distinguishes living systems: Filtering Using Chemistry for Self-Continuation. Classical biology highlights hallmarks such as metabolism, signaling, homeostasis, and reproduction (Alberts et…
View article: Stratified Foundations: A Type-Theoretic Solution to Russell's Antinomy
Stratified Foundations: A Type-Theoretic Solution to Russell's Antinomy Open
This paper explores the enduring challenge posed by Russell's Antinomy to the foundations of mathematics and logic, specifically in the context of naive set theory. It proposes and develops a solution rooted in the principles of stratified…