About this Book

A collection of personal essays in philosophy of science (physics, especially gravity), philosophy of information and communication technology, current social issues (emotional intelligence, COVID-19 pandemic, eugenics, intelligence), philosophy of art, and logic and philosophy of language.

 The distinction between falsification and refutation in the demarcation problem of Karl Popper

 Imre Lakatos - Heuristics and methodological tolerance

 Isaac Newton on the action at a distance in gravity: With or without God?

 Causal Loops in Time Travel

 The singularities as ontological limits of the general relativity

 Epistemology of Experimental Gravity - Scientific Rationality

 Philosophy of Blockchain Technology - Ontologies

 Big Data Ethics in Research

 Emotions and Emotional Intelligence in Organizations

 COVID-19 Pandemic - Philosophical Approaches

 Evolution and Ethics of Eugenics

 Epistemology of Intelligence Agencies

 Solaris, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky - Psychological and philosophical aspects

 Causal theories of reference for proper names

 CONTENTS:

 The distinction between falsification and refutation in the demarcation problem of Karl Popper

 - - - Abstract

 - - - Introduction

 - - - 1 The demarcation problem

 - - - 2 Pseudoscience

 - - - 3 Falsifiability

 - - - 4 Falsification and refutation

 - - - 5 Extension of falsifiability

 - - - 6 Criticism of falsifiability

 - - - 7 Support of falsifiability

 - - - 8 The current trend

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Bibliography

 - - - Notes

 Imre Lakatos - Heuristics and methodological tolerance

 - - - Rational reconstruction of science through research programmes

 - - - Dogmatic Falsificationism

 - - - Justificationism

 - - - Bibliography

 Isaac Newton vs. Robert Hooke on the law of universal gravitation

 - - - Abstract

 - - - Introduction

 - - - Robert Hooke's contribution to the law of universal gravitation

 - - - Isaac Newton's contribution to the law of universal gravitation

 - - - Robert Hooke's claim of his priority on the law of universal gravitation

 - - - Newton's defense

 - - - The controversy in the opinion of other contemporary scientists

 - - - What the supporters of Isaac Newton say

 - - - What the supporters of Robert Hooke say

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Bibliography

 - - - Notes

 Isaac Newton on the action at a distance in gravity: With or without God?

 - - - Abstract

 - - - Introduction

 - - - Principia

 - - - Correspondence with Richard Bentley

 - - - Queries in Opticks

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Bibliography

 Causal Loops in Time Travel

 - - - Abstract

 - - - Introduction

 - - - History of the concept of time travel

 - - - Grandfather paradox

 - - - The philosophy of time travel

 - - - Causal loops

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Bibliography

 - - - Notes

 The singularities as ontological limits of the general relativity

 - - - Abstract

 - - - Introduction

 - - - - - - Classical Theory and Special Relativity

 - - - - - - General Relativity (GR)

 - - - 1 Ontology of General Relativity

 - - - 2 Singularities

 - - - - - - Black Holes

 - - - - - - - - - Event Horizon

 - - - - - - Big Bang

 - - - - - - Are there Singularities?

 - - - 3 Ontology of Singularities

 - - - - - - Ontology of black holes

 - - - - - - The hole argument

 - - - - - - There are no singularities

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Notes

 - - - Bibliography

 Epistemology of Experimental Gravity - Scientific Rationality

 - - - Introduction

 - - - - - - Gravity

 - - - - - - Gravitational tests

 - - - - - - Methodology of Lakatos - Scientific rationality

 - - - - - - The natural extension of the Lakatos methodology

 - - - - - - - - - Bifurcated programs

 - - - - - - - - - Unifying programs

 - - - 1. Newtonian gravity

 - - - - - - 1.1 Heuristics of Newtonian gravity

 - - - - - - 1.2 Proliferation of post-Newtonian theories

 - - - - - - 1.3 Tests of post-Newtonian theories

 - - - - - - - - - 1.3.1 Newton's proposed tests

 - - - - - - - - - 1.3.2 Tests of post-Newtonian theories

 - - - - - - 1.4 Newtonian gravity anomalies

 - - - - - - 1.5 Saturation point in Newtonian gravity

 - - - 2. General relativity

 - - - - - - 2.1 Heuristics of the general relativity

 - - - - - - 2.2 Proliferation of post-Einsteinian gravitational theories

 - - - - - - 2.3 Post-Newtonian parameterized formalism (PPN)

 - - - - - - 2.4 Tests of general relativity and post-Einsteinian theories

 - - - - - - - - - 2.4.1 Tests proposed by Einstein

 - - - - - - - - - 2.4.2 Tests of post-Einsteinian theories

 - - - - - - - - - 2.4.3 Classic tests

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.3.1 Precision of Mercury's perihelion

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.3.2 Light deflection

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.3.3 Gravitational redshift

 - - - - - - - - - 2.4.4 Modern tests

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.4.1 Shapiro Delay

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.4.2 Gravitational dilation of time

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.4.3 Frame dragging and geodetic effect

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.4.4 Testing of the principle of equivalence

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.4.5 Solar system tests

 - - - - - - - - - 2.4.5 Strong field gravitational tests

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.5.1 Gravitational lenses

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.5.2 Gravitational waves

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.5.3 Synchronization binary pulsars

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.5.4 Extreme environments

 - - - - - - - - - 2.4.6 Cosmological tests

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.6.1 The expanding universe

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.6.2 Cosmological observations

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4.6.3 Monitoring of weak gravitational lenses

 - - - - - - 2.5 Anomalies of general relativity

 - - - - - - 2.6 The saturation point of general relativity

 - - - 3. Quantum gravity

 - - - - - - 3.1 Heuristics of quantum gravity

 - - - - - - 3.2 The tests of quantum gravity

 - - - - - - 3.3 Canonical quantum gravity

 - - - - - - - - - 3.3.1 Tests proposed for the CQG

 - - - - - - - - - 3.3.2. Loop quantum gravity

 - - - - - - 3.4 String theory

 - - - - - - - - - 3.4.1 Heuristics of string theory

 - - - - - - - - - 3.4.2. Anomalies of string theory

 - - - - - - 3.5 Other theories of quantum gravity

 - - - - - - 3.6 Unification (The Final Theory)

 - - - 4. Cosmology

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Notes

 - - - Bibliography

 Philosophy of Blockchain Technology - Ontologies

 - - - Abstract

 - - - Introduction

 - - - Blockchain Technology

 - - - - - - Design

 - - - - - - Models

 - - - Bitcoin

 - - - Philosophy

 - - - Ontologies

 - - - - - - Narrative ontologies

 - - - - - - Enterprise ontologies

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Bibliography

 - - - Notes

 Big Data Ethics in Research

 - - - Abstract

 - - - 1. Introduction

 - - - - - - 1.1 Definitions

 - - - - - - 1.2 Big Data dimensions

 - - - 2. Technology

 - - - - - - 2.1 Applications

 - - - - - - - - - 2.1.1 In research

 - - - 3. Philosophical aspects

 - - - 4. Legal aspects

 - - - - - - 4.1 GDPR

 - - - - - - - - - Stages of processing of personal data

 - - - - - - - - - Principles of data processing

 - - - - - - - - - Privacy policy and transparency

 - - - - - - - - - Purposes of data processing

 - - - - - - - - - Design and implicit confidentiality

 - - - - - - - - - The (legal) paradox of Big Data

 - - - 5. Ethical issues

 - - - - - - Ethics in research

 - - - - - - Awareness

 - - - - - - Consent

 - - - - - - Control

 - - - - - - Transparency

 - - - - - - Trust

 - - - - - - Ownership

 - - - - - - Surveillance and security

 - - - - - - Digital identity

 - - - - - - Tailored reality

 - - - - - - De-identification

 - - - - - - Digital inequality

 - - - - - - Privacy

 - - - 6. Big Data research

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Bibliography

 Emotions and Emotional Intelligence in Organizations

 - - - Abstract

 - - - 1. Emotions

 - - - - - - 1.1 Models of emotion

 - - - - - - 1.2 Processing emotions

 - - - - - - 1.3 Happiness

 - - - - - - 1.4 The philosophy of emotions

 - - - - - - 1.5 The ethics of emotions

 - - - 2. Emotional intelligence

 - - - - - - 2.1 Models of emotional intelligence

 - - - - - - - - - 2.1.1 Model of abilities of Mayer and Salovey

 - - - - - - - - - 2.1.2 Goleman's mixed model

 - - - - - - - - - 2.1.3 The mixed model of Bar-On

 - - - - - - - - - 2.1.4 Petrides' model of traits

 - - - - - - 2.2 Emotional intelligence in research and education

 - - - - - - 2.3 The philosophy of emotional intelligence

 - - - - - - - - - 2.3.1 Emotional intelligence in Eastern philosophy

 - - - 3. Emotional intelligence in organizations

 - - - - - - 3.1 Emotional labor

 - - - - - - 3.2 The philosophy of emotional intelligence in organizations

 - - - - - - 3.3 Critique of emotional intelligence in organizations

 - - - - - - 3.4 Ethics of emotional intelligence in organizations

 - - - - - - Conclusions

 - - - Bibliography

 COVID-19 Pandemic - Philosophical Approaches

 - - - Abstract

 - - - Introduction

 - - - 1 Viruses

 - - - - - - 1.1 Ontology

 - - - 2 Pandemics

 - - - - - - 2.1 Social dimensions

 - - - - - - 2.2 Ethics

 - - - 3 COVID-19

 - - - - - - 3.1 Biopolitics

 - - - - - - 3.2 Neocommunism

 - - - - - - 3.3 Desocialising

 - - - 4 Forecasting

 - - - Bibliography

 Evolution and Ethics of Eugenics

 - - - Abstract

 - - - Introduction

 - - - New Eugenics

 - - - The Future of Eugenics

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Bibliography

 Epistemology of Intelligence Agencies

 - - - Abstract

 - - - 1 Introduction

 - - - - - - 1.1. History

 - - - 2. Intelligence activity

 - - - - - - 2.1. Organizations

 - - - - - - 2.2. Intelligence cycle

 - - - - - - 2.3 Intelligence gathering

 - - - - - - 2.4. Intelligence analysis

 - - - - - - 2.5. Counterintelligence

 - - - - - - 2.6. Epistemic communities

 - - - 3. Ontology

 - - - 4. Epistemology

 - - - - - - 4.1. The tacit knowledge (Polanyi)

 - - - 5. Methodologies

 - - - 6. Analogies with other disciplines

 - - - - - - 6.1. Science

 - - - - - - 6.2. Archeology

 - - - - - - 6.3. Business

 - - - - - - 6.4. Medicine

 - - - 7. Conclusions

 - - - Bibliography

 Solaris, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky - Psychological and philosophical aspects

 - - - Abstract

 - - - Introduction

 - - - 1 Cinema technique

 - - - 2 Psychological Aspects

 - - - 3 Philosophical aspects

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Bibliography

 - - - Notes

 Causal theories of reference for proper names

 - - - Abstract

 - - - Introduction

 - - - 1. The causal theory of reference

 - - - 2. Saul Kripke

 - - - 3. Gareth Evans

 - - - 4. Michael Devitt

 - - - 5. Blockchain and the causal tree of reference

 - - - Conclusions

 - - - Bibliografie

 About the author

 - - - Nicolae Sfetcu

 - - - - - - Contact

 Publishing House

 - - - MultiMedia Publishing