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Descartes’ Cogito: A Discussion
(Philosophy)
In his Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes presents a possible foundation for a framework of knowledge. Rooted in subjective experience, the cogito is the first self-evident truth upon which all other truths can follow. In §1 o...
Post · September 23, 2021
Personal Identity as Fiction in Hume’s Treatise
(Philosophy)
Hume’s initial conception of diachronic identity in the Treatise concludes with the claim that personal identity is a construct of the imagination and is thus a fiction. However, a reading of the subsequent worries he expresses in the...
Post · September 23, 2021
Majority Rules: The Role of Institutional Decisions on Intergroup Relations Around Moral Issues
(Psychology)
In 2016, the United Kingdom held a binding national referendum to determine whether or not it should leave the European Union, with the option to leave winning majority support by a small margin (Wheeler, Seddon, & Morris, 2019). In t...
Post · September 23, 2021
Viral Conformity: Applying a Social Identity Perspective to Moral Outrage on Social Media
(Psychology)
Why does moral outrage go viral on social media? Expressions of moral outrage have become a common feature of modern life. Much of this can be attributed to the advent of Social Networking Sites (SNS) which have added new dimensions t...
Post · September 23, 2021
Invalidating Childhood Environments as a Risk Factor for Borderline Personality Disorder
(Psychology)
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a severe disorder with general prevalence rates as low as 1-2%, yet accounts for as much as 10% of all outpatients and 20% of inpatients (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Biskin, 2015). ...
Post · September 23, 2021
Content and Context in Kant’s Anthropology
(Psychology/Philosophy)
While Kant’s Anthropology from A Pragmatic Point of View may not be immediately considered as relevant to the history of psychology, it is a notable entry into the historical canon for both its content and context. Unlike ...
Post · September 23, 2021
Is E-Therapy a solution to the 'mental health crisis'?
(Opinion) Imagine a highway: a popular multi-lane highway designed many years ago to handle peak-hour traffic. Having reached its maximum capacity for peak hour traffic only a few years later, there are now long queues of cars waiting for hours ju...
Post · September 23, 2021
Context effect in the study on the perceptions of violence against LGBT people
Post · September 22, 2021
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