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Kierkegaard’s Lesson on Religious Conformism vs. the Current Mainstream Environmentalism

open access: yesPhilosophies
This paper aims to show how Kierkegaard’s attack upon Christendom still works today to contrast current forms of conformism disguised under the appearance of new secular religions.
Igor Tavilla
doaj   +1 more source

Is an Existential System Possible? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
The article critiques Kierkegaard's understanding of an "existential system" and relates his theology to Classical and Process ...
Edwards, Rem B.
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Existential Communication and Leadership [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The aim of this article is to introduce and explain a number of important existentialist philosophers and concepts that we believe can contribute to a critical approach to leadership theory. Emphasis is placed on understanding the nature of communication
Antonakis, J.,   +39 more
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Tutorial Overview: Numerical Synergy in Muffler Acoustic Design A Critical Comparison of TMM, FEM, and CFD Approaches for Transmission Loss Quantification

open access: yesEngineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2026.
Experimental measurements reveal distinct performance boundaries: TMM achieves rapid convergence (< 2 dB error below 2000 Hz) but neglects 3D wave effects; FEA maintains < 10% deviation up to 3500 Hz with 90% reduced computational cost versus CFD; while transient CFD captures broadband attenuation trends despite 10× higher resource demands.
Bin Fang, Tong Wei, Yi Yang, Xintie Wang
wiley   +1 more source

The Value of Friendship for Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In lieu of an abstract, here is the article\u27s first paragraph: Western philosophers have enthusiastically praised friendship. A few intellectuals have raised doubts about it, such as Thomas Hobbes and Søren Kierkegaard, but friendship has inspired ...
Ruehl, Robert M.
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Guises of Despair

open access: yes
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Béatrice Han‐Pile
wiley   +1 more source

Karoline von Günderrode on Human Freedom

open access: yesPhilosophy Compass, Volume 21, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT This essay examines how the engagement with Spinoza that resulted from the pantheism controversy shaped the philosophical outlook of Karoline von Günderrode. I focus on her Spinozist view of human freedom and contend that she understands freedom as a form of self‐determination that does not require the capacity to do otherwise.
Karin Nisenbaum
wiley   +1 more source

More Than One Encounter: Exploring the Second-Person Perspective and the In-Between

open access: yesOpen Philosophy
In this essay, I explore the notion of the encounter as a challenge to the second-person perspective. I do so by turning to Jacques Derrida’s account of the encounter with the associated notions of address, second-person perspective, otherness, and the ...
Hansen Bjarke Mørkøre Stigel
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Agapeic Theism: Personifying Evidence and Moral Struggle [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The epistemology of monotheism offered by philosophers has given inadequate attention to the kind of foundational evidence to be expected of a personal God whose moral character is ’agapeic’, or perfectly loving, toward all other agents.
Moser, Paul K.
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In search of existential authenticity: Information behaviors during a time of personal transformation

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 12, Page 1647-1659, December 2025.
Abstract Many people make changes to their lives to provide a greater sense of value, purpose, or coherence to their everyday existence. One goal in making such changes is to improve their sense of existential authenticity, a feeling that their lives are being lived in what they see as meaningful and productive ways.
Ian Ruthven
wiley   +1 more source

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