Papers by Marius Dumitrescu
Broad Research in Artificial Inteligence Neuroscience, Dec 18, 2023
Postmodern Openings, Aug 8, 2022
In this paper we will try to identify the concrete ways in which John Locke describes the limits ... more In this paper we will try to identify the concrete ways in which John Locke describes the limits of toleration between different types of faith and its metaphysical foundations. From the beginning of his text A Letter Concerning Toleration, John Locke specifies that toleration is, first and foremost, a practical ideal and, secondly, a moral one. As such, toleration must be the essential feature of the true Church because in the field of religious faith any claimed superiority is in fact only the expression of the struggle for power and domination. A theoretical perspective on the idea of religious toleration is also recalled from Lockeˈs radical empiricism, which correlates man's identity with his appearance at birth, for the first time in the world, as a different form from others. Such a view is contrary to metempsychosis which could lead to innate ideas in the human soul about moral principles and especially about God, as Plato or Descartes believed. Starting from the principles of toleration, John Locke's idea was to find those elements through which a fundamental separation between the Church and the State could be achieved. But toleration ceases when the Church and the State merge discreetly until they can no longer distinguish the boundaries between them. We consider that the fundamental principle of religious toleration is based on the idea of reciprocity, i.e. tolerationto-toleration and intolerance-to-intolerance, as Locke stated. This principle is also an essential landmark for a moral law on religious toleration in the contemporary, global world.
In his Essays of theodicy, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz presents an exciting theory according to... more In his Essays of theodicy, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz presents an exciting theory according to which there is a multitude of possible worlds. What would appear to Descartes, from the standpoint of hyperbolic doubt, as something meaningless, just because it is probably, for the philosopher from Hanover it becomes the keystone of his entire philosophy. Supposition that „there could be”
Broad Research in Artificial Inteligence Neuroscience, Mar 9, 2023
In the last 20 years, computer technology has developed rapidly, and internet-based social networ... more In the last 20 years, computer technology has developed rapidly, and internet-based social networks (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, or Twitter) have proliferated even faster, becoming a very important part of people's lives. But in recent years, a dependence to these sites has emerged, called by many authors social media addiction. In the present study, we aim to analyze if there really is an addiction to social media networks, what are its demographic aspects, which are the health problems that occur in these addicted people, and how to intervene therapeutically in these cases. Currently, social media addiction is not recognized as a disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but is considered more of a behavioral addiction or a subtype of Internet addiction. If we look at this matter from an anthropological and philosophical point of view, such type of addiction can originate in what is related to the specificity of man in the contemporary world. Symptoms of excessive use of SM networks may include decreased ability to concentrate and decreased academic performance, insomnia, altered selfperception, decreased self-esteem, anxiety, depressed mood, and psychoemotional lability. SM addiction prevention strategies should be implemented based on behavioral risk factors and demographic characteristics. The goal of treatment for this type of addiction, unlike other addictions, is not total abstinence, but rather controlled use of social networks, and relapse prevention should use strategies based on cognitive-behavioral therapies.
In his Essays of theodicy, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz presents an exciting theory according to... more In his Essays of theodicy, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz presents an exciting theory according to which there is a multitude of possible worlds. What would appear to Descartes, from the standpoint of hyperbolic doubt, as something meaningless, just because it is probably, for the philosopher from Hanover it becomes the keystone of his entire philosophy. Supposition that „there could be” an infinity of possible will lead to the idea that God always will choose, according to its perfection, the best of all possible worlds. As we will sin, God has to intervene in order to preserve the best of all possible worlds. Constant intervention of God is conditioned by our free will and by the new contexts rising from free elections of the people. Thus, contrary to the deist theory, Leibniz advocates the theory of permanent intervention of Deity in Creation, or in other words, He makes a continuous Creation.
BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience
In the last 20 years, computer technology has developed rapidly, and internet-based social networ... more In the last 20 years, computer technology has developed rapidly, and internet-based social networks (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, or Twitter) have proliferated even faster, becoming a very important part of people's lives. But in recent years, a dependence to these sites has emerged, called by many authors social media addiction. In the present study, we aim to analyze if there really is an addiction to social media networks, what are its demographic aspects, which are the health problems that occur in these addicted people, and how to intervene therapeutically in these cases. Currently, social media addiction is not recognized as a disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but is considered more of a behavioral addiction or a subtype of Internet addiction. If we look at this matter from an anthropological and philosophical point of view, such type of addiction can originate in what is related to the specificity of man in the contemporary world....
Postmodern Openings
In this paper we will try to identify the concrete ways in which John Locke describes the limits ... more In this paper we will try to identify the concrete ways in which John Locke describes the limits of toleration between different types of faith and its metaphysical foundations. From the beginning of his text A Letter Concerning Toleration, John Locke specifies that toleration is, first and foremost, a practical ideal and, secondly, a moral one. As such, toleration must be the essential feature of the true Church because in the field of religious faith any claimed superiority is in fact only the expression of the struggle for power and domination. A theoretical perspective on the idea of religious toleration is also recalled from Lockeˈs radical empiricism, which correlates man's identity with his appearance at birth, for the first time in the world, as a different form from others. Such a view is contrary to metempsychosis which could lead to innate ideas in the human soul about moral principles and especially about God, as Plato or Descartes believed. Starting from the princip...
Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala
In this paper we aim to analyze the meanings of the concept of Katechon that appears in The Secon... more In this paper we aim to analyze the meanings of the concept of Katechon that appears in The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, attributed to Paul the Apostle. The concept of Katechon is related to Chapter 2, v. 7, where the steps of the parousia are presented. The Apostle reminds us that the coming of the Antichrist is delayed until his time will come, and the "mystery of lawlessness" will no longer be prevent by "the one who now holds it back" (Katechon) (2 Thess 2:7, 2001c, p. 1566). Katechon represents a force that obstructs the full manifestation of Evil. The aim of our paper is to analyse an important archetype, such as that of the Self, in order to decipher, in a psychoanalytic key, the enigma of who or what the Katechon in The Second Epistle could be. Approaching a concept that has religious connotations brings us closer to the analyzes made by C.G. Jung on the concept of Self. The idea of the Antichrist reflects precisely a disruption of the archetype o...
BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022
In this study, we will analyze, from philosophical, medical and bioethical points of view, the ge... more In this study, we will analyze, from philosophical, medical and bioethical points of view, the genetic ways in which the biological foundations of human behavior can be identified, as well as the technologies that can contribute to the modification of certain human behaviors, especially aggressive ones. Ideas about the inheritance of a certain behavior have been identified since Greek antiquity, but in the 20th century, along with sequencing and mapping of all genes of the members of our species, the possibility of identifying possible genes for learning and memory has emerged and therefore the ability to act on them through “behavioral genetics” could develop. In the dawn of the 21st century, researchers begin to consider that abnormal behaviors had a certain genetic mutation located on the “X” chromosome or on the “Y” chromosome and the concept of “genetics of intellectual disability” was introduced in the medical literature. After the identification of the genes or the constellat...
Cultura International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, 2006
... It is for this reason that in the sea the divinity was named Neptune, in the sun Apollo, in t... more ... It is for this reason that in the sea the divinity was named Neptune, in the sun Apollo, in the earth Ceres, in the wild Diana and differently ... Do you not know, Asclepius, that Egypt is the image of the heavens (he means the Milky Way) or, better said, the abode of all things that are ...
Annals of “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, 2008
Baroque is the artistic and philosophical expression that divided the spirit of Western Europe be... more Baroque is the artistic and philosophical expression that divided the spirit of Western Europe between the Renaissance and Modern Classicism. Baroque era was the proof of the crisis of Renaissance neoclassical schemes. All attempts to save the present by means of recovering a lost time ended into conflicts that led to their failure, giving way to a terrible skepticism and to a breakdown of the European consciousness, which were close to chaos. Under an apparent eclecticism were some characteristic issues intertwined in an inseparable manner such as the discovery of womanhood, of ambiguity and ambivalence of human action, tragedy, transience adorned with glory and splendor, daydream and night-dream imaginary, the fascination of exotic lands, mysticism and rationalism. The Baroque will be the fruit of this world; it will be the expression of a Renaissance exhausted in the attempt to find a principle of authority in the past, giving way to uncertainty that will lead to widespread skeptical mind. For the Baroque man, the individual emancipation, as the product of the magnificent work of Renaissance, was metamorphosed into an inheritance that became nothing else than a burden. Freedom seemed to be, in this cultural trend, a major source of human decay. All these features will be accomplished both in the Baroque philosophy and in the field of art creations, particularly those in theater, painting, sculpture, and architecture. In the philosophical field, some great skeptics as Pierre Charron, Michel de Montaigne, Blaise Pascal, but also some fine analysts of error and doubt, as Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes, appeared. Baroque thinkers considered that doubt was the price of the rebirth of freedom that was conquered in the Renaissance. The doubt could be ended only by choice, but any such choice would be it, inevitably would mark the end, which will be the untying solution.
On account of the 17 th century optics, the Scholastic theory of the unity of senses has been vie... more On account of the 17 th century optics, the Scholastic theory of the unity of senses has been viewed in a critical manner. A true revolution was engaged by the new theory of vision initiated by Johannes Kepler who had a great influence on the philosophical thinking of that time, especially on Descartes' and Hobbes' works. Being the first who applied the camera obscura principle to reveal the mechanisms of sight, Kepler emphasized the importance of the subject in the process of imaging, ultimately leading to the idea of an external reality that subjectivized itself. The new theory of vision has been speculated by Early Modern philosophers in support of the idea that the senses are deceptive. From science and philosophy, the idea of deceiving senses penetrated into Baroque painting and architecture, performing the illusory effect of trompe l'oeil in which two-dimensional images would be perceived as three-dimensional ones. Thus, science, philosophy and especially art devel...
If for the ancient Greeks, in the Pandora's box was left only hope, the Christians understand... more If for the ancient Greeks, in the Pandora's box was left only hope, the Christians understand that God is good. For modern rationalism initiated by Descartes, the existential abyss and evil are open only by human through their intellect sufficiency, and by the passion that surpasses them. Evil is a personal matter, human, and the good a cosmic one. Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz brings to stage a new principle, inspired, however, from the Cartesian idea of the free creation of eternal truths of God. This principle brings into focus the idea of God's freedom to choose, according to its perfection, always the best of all possible worlds. The end of theodicy essay is dedicated to just this idea, that is exceptional, and that, at all times, depending on our choices, God must intervene with the various corrections to maintain the best of all possible worlds. Thus, contrary to being deist theory, embraced by Newton, the philosopher from Hanover is committed to ongoing intervention ...
Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie, 2019
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a French philosopher, who wrote the Pensées, a collection of "... more Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a French philosopher, who wrote the Pensées, a collection of "thoughts" about the apparent insignificance of human existence. In the last three centuries, it was claimed that his disease was mental. Hysteria, melancholia, and post-traumatic neurosis were taken into consideration, but none of the proposed diagnoses seems to be satisfactory. The aim of our work is to identify Pascal's mysterious illness. We correlated the symptoms of the indirect anamnesis (Pascal's letters to friends, letters and biographies made by his sisters and granddaughter) and autopsy data. Based on these data, we consider that Pascal's illness, which has affected him all his life and caused his death, was celiac disease, the diagnosis being supported by: childhood abdominal pain with gradual progression to neurological manifestations in his middle-age, which were expressed by migraine-type headaches, peripheral neuropathy, epilepsy, neuropsychiatric disorder...
This article aims to present the philosophical perspective upon the birth of the idea of the indi... more This article aims to present the philosophical perspective upon the birth of the idea of the individual and the consequences of the discovery of the self-image on the techniques of image reproduction from the Renaissance to the present day. The process of projecting the self-image into the public space acquires a special importance with the elaboration of the portrait technique in the Italian painting of the 15th century. Through Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, this technique of reproducing self-image reaches a certain perfection. Following the evolution of this kind of projections and reproductions of the self-image, it is found that there is an obvious tendency by which the individual tends to free himself from certain patterns, or rather canons, which a certain epoch imposes. This process manifested in the visual arts corresponds to a new philosophical perception of man opened by the works of Ficino and Pico della Mirandola. The assertion of a new type of dignity, correlated w...
Spinoza wrote the most fascinating politico-philosophical texts during his life, because these we... more Spinoza wrote the most fascinating politico-philosophical texts during his life, because these were intertwined with his life, with the events he attended and actively involved in, hoping for a reformation of the world in which he lived. Theologico-Political Treatise and On the Improvement of the Understanding reveal us that Spinoza does not belong to eternity, but to his time. He was a thinker who wrote first of all for its contemporaries, for the people of the 17th century. In this paper I will analyze in the psychoanalytic key these two texts and the context in which they were elaborated because we can better understand the philosopher's reaction to the events of his time. Firstly, I will point out that these two treaties wrote by the Dutch philosopher captured the spirit attempt to maintain its thinking independence on emotional tensions that threatened to throw the soul of man in the whirl of regrettable events and actions. Secondly, I will show that Spinoza, a man of his t...
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