VOLUME 17 • 2018
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE USE AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: DOES FACEBOOK ACTIVITY LEAD TO ADVERSE PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH?
ABSTRACT. We inspect the relevant literature on Facebook addiction (e.g. Abbasi and Alghamdi, 2017; Błachnio et al., 2017; Brailovskaia and Margraf, 2017; Carbonell and Panova, 2017; Casale and Fioravanti, 2018; Delaney, Stein, and Gruber, 2018; Frison et al., 2018; Gul et al., 2018, Marker, Gnambs,..
FEAR OF MISSING OUT, IMPROPER BEHAVIOR, AND DISTRESSING PATTERNS OF USE. AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
ABSTRACT. This paper takes a unique approach to fear of missing out research by focusing on improper behavior and distressing patterns of use. Employing data from Deloitte, The Economist, Gallup, Mashable, Pew Research Center, Statista, The Wall Street Journal, etc., I performed analyses regarding %..
THE PHILOSOPHY-LADENNESS OF PERCEPTION: A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTION IN HUSSERL AND SARTRE
ABSTRACT. The basic entity in phenomenology is the phenomenon. Knowing the phenomenon is another issue. The phenomenon has been described as the real natural object or the appearance directly perceived in phenomenology and analytic philosophy of perception. Within both traditions, philosophers such ..
LINGUISTIC DISARMAMENT: ON HOW HATE SPEECH FUNCTIONS, THE WAY HATE WORDS CAN BE RECLAIMED, AND WHY WE MUST PURSUE THEIR RECLAMATION
ABSTRACT. This paper explores the nature and linguistic mechanics of hate speech and, using both traditional analytic approaches from the philosophy of language – primarily the Austinian theory of speech acts and the Gricean framework for speaker meaning – as well as contemporary contributions to th..
THE QUA-PROBLEM AND MEANING SCEPTICISM
ABSTRACT: When considering potential solutions to meaning-scepticism, Kripke (1982) did not consider a causal-theoretic approach. Kusch (2006) has argued that this is due to the qua-problem. I consider Kusch’s criticism of Maddy (1984) and McGinn (1984) before offering a different way to solve the q..
EXPLICIT COMMUNICATION: AN INTEREST AND BELIEF-BASED MODEL
ABSTRACT. The paper presents an inferential model of explicit communication based on the speaker’s interests and the addressee’s beliefs. After the introduction, the paper sets out some notions concerning explicit communication within the frameworks of truth-conditional pragmatics and relevance theo..
SYMBOLIC FORM AND PURE INTUITION: CASSIRER AND CROCE ON THE NATURE OF ART
ABSTRACT. The issue of art in the philosophical speculation occupies an important place but, obviously, it received many solutions or definitions and some of them are diametrically opposed, as in the case of the German philosopher Ernst Cassirer and of the Italian philosopher and historian Benedetto..
PRESENTED DISCOURSE IN POPULAR SCIENCE NARRATIVES OF DISCOVERY: COMMUNICATIVE SIDE OF THOUGHT PRESENTATION
ABSTRACT. Thought presentation is considered the means of revealing an actant’s inner world. However, a close look at popular science narratives of discovery suggests that presentation of thought serves to introduce scientific hypotheses and to announce discoveries – discourse acts that are outwardl..