Aristotle and Husserl on feelings in moral sense

Husserl and Haugeland on Constitution

Both Husserl and Haugeland develop an account of constitution to address the question of how our mental episodes can be about physical objects and thus, through the intentional relation, bridge the gap between the mental and the physical. The respective theories of the two philosophers of very different background show not only how mental episodes can have empirical content, but also how this c...

Husserl on Collective Intentionality

Comparison of psychological well-being, moral foundations and sense of humor in infertile and fertile couples

Background: Infertility is a major life stressor that leads to the emergence of psychological disorders and profound stressful experiences among infertile individuals. Objective: This study aimed to investigate psychological well-being, moral foundations, and sense of humor in fertile and infertile couples referring to the Al-Zahra Educational Therapeutic Center in Rasht in 2022. Methods: In ...

On Sen and Aristotle

In this paper I maintain that Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach (CA) implies a recuperation of practical science in Economics. Sen’s proposal has some problems closely related to this practical character: the heterogeneity and incommensurability of capabilities, its ambiguity concerning the use of the term “capability”, and the consequent lack of operative character of the CA. Sen recognizes th...

On Aristotle and Economics

In this paper I offer a synthesis of previous contributions on Aristotle’s economic thought. Aristotle dealt with the economic issues in his practical philosophy. He thus considered ‘the economic’ within an ethical and political frame. This vision is coherent with Aristotle’s specific ontological analysis of ‘the economic’. In this paper, I consider this ontology and the consequences of it for ...