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The cognitive neuropsychology of recollection
2013
The recognition of whether someone, something or somewhere has been experienced before rests on a decisionmaking process. In humanmemory, information is not reproduced as it would be in a computer, but is a reflective, conscious process. This is more so the case when encountering the same scene, environment or idea for a second time. When we recognize something as having been encountered before we arguably make a comparison between what is represented in the cognitive system and what is currently perceived. Consider that somebody uses the word ‘loquacious’, a word which you have only just encountered recently, and up until then, you did not know its meaning, or even existence. When encounte…
‘That is Why I Gave In to Age My Competitive Ability, but Not My Soul!’ A Spiritual Journey in Endurance Running
2012
In this article, we explore the spiritual dimensions of endurance running. Utilizing existential psychology as our theoretical framework, we approach spirituality as a broad concept encompassing both religious and humanistic worldviews. Through the first author's reflexive narrative and a discourse analysis of a Finnish runner's magazine, Juoksija, this study aimed to gain a deeper understanding of how distance runners negotiate dominant discourses on sport and religion in the process of making running existentially meaningful to them. The research results suggest that spiritual aspects of running underlie, but are rarely given voice in, the performance discourse that is dominant in Finnish…
Erratum to “Irregularity” [Topology Appl. 154 (8) (2007) 1565–1580]
2012
[2, Proposition 4.4] states that each regular pretopology is topologically regular. Professor F. Mynard (Georgia Southern University) advised the authors that he was not convinced by the proof of that proposition, which enabled us to realize the proposition is wrong, as the example below shows. Recall that (e.g., [2]) a pretopology ξ on a set X is called regular if Vξ (x)⊂ adh ξ Vξ (x) (respectively, topologically regular if Vξ (x)⊂ cl ξ Vξ (x)) for every x ∈ X . As a consequence, in the sequel of [2], regular should be read topologically regular in a few instances, in particular in [2, Theorem 4.6]. [2, Proposition 4.4] is also quoted in [3], where it is used in some reformulations of clas…
Vulnerability in health care - reflections on encounters in every day practice
2013
Vulnerability is a human condition and as such a constant human experience. However, patients and professional health care providers may be regarded as more vulnerable than people who do not suffer or witness suffering on a regular basis. Acquiring a deeper understanding of vulnerability would thus be of crucial importance for health care providers. This article takes as its point of departure Derek Sellman's and Havi Carel's discussion on vulnerability in this journal. Through different examples from the authors' research focusing on the interaction between health professionals and patients, existential, contextual, and relational dimensions of vulnerability are illuminated and discussed. …
The Bible in the films of Pavel Lungin and Andrei Zvyagintsev
2018
In the Soviet Union, even after perestroika, explicitly biblical films have practically not been produced; nevertheless the Bible, despite acute censorship, has been present in a symbolic way in films directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and Larissa Shepitko. A certain revival of biblical themes is evident in recent works of Russian directors Pavel Lungin (Island, 2006; The Conductor, 2012), and Andrei Zvyagintsev (The Return, 2003; Leviathan, 2014). The paper analyzes the meaning of the Bible in these films: biblical texts are quoted in dialogues, and evoked in the titles and the protagonists’ names; biblical motifs are present in images, in contemporary events, and in the narrative structures. Th…
La enfermedad como rasgo humano. Hacia una consideración de la enfermedad en cuanto fenómeno existencial
2018
Resumen En el presente trabajo se investigan los alcances y las consecuencias que se desprenden de utilizar a Heidegger en el campo de la filosofía de la medicina. Con este fin, la investigación se divide en los siguientes puntos: 1) se explicitará en qué puede consistir una “antropologización” del pensamiento heideggeriano; 2) se ofrecerá una descripción general respecto de las teorías de la salud y enfermedad más significativas y actuales en el campo de la teoría de la medicina; 3) nos detendremos en el análisis relacionado con el problema de la enfermedad desde una perspectiva heideggeriana, para finalmente, 4) ofrecer algunas reflexiones críticas en relación con el análisis …
Los medios masivos de comunicación y el terrorismo: entre la verdad y el miedo
2017
Los medios masivos de comunicación cumplen un rol importante en la sociedad, son una suerte de reforzadores morales que problematizan y ofrecen soluciones a las cuestiones importantes de la sociedad. No obstante, en la sociedad de consumo, somos testigos de un cambio sustancial en el rol de los medios quienes han pasado a ser productores del “espectáculo del desastre”. El 11 de septiembre ha marcado a fuego no solo el poder de los medios para distorsionar ciertas realidades a sus audiencias, sino para cubrir la noticia escondiendo las causas reales que fomentan el terrorismo. El presente ensayo intenta situarse como una critica constructiva al discurso periodístico y de los medios dominante…
Self-efficacy as a mediator of the relationship between meaning in life and subjective well-being in cardiac patients
2019
BackgroundThe theoretical framework and empirical data suggest that the relationship between meaning in life and well-being might be mediated by self-efficacy. Based on the cognitive-affective processing system (CAPS), self-concordance model and empirical data, we assume that self-efficacy might also act as a mediator between meaning in life and subjective well-being in cardiac patients.Participants and procedureThis study was conducted in cardiology units in Poland. Patients who met the inclusion/exclusion criteria were approached by research assistants in the inpatient clinic and outpatient centre in a cardiology unit in Poland. Results of the 176 participants (82 women and 94 men) aged f…
Ingiustizia del danno da covid
2022
Il capitolo sollecita una riflessione sul ruolo che, nell’ambito di un contesto di danni di massa, può di fatto rivestire l’istituto della responsabilità civile, le sue funzioni, e i suoi limiti. Muovendo dagli aspetti rilevanti del fenomeno pandemico nella prospettiva del diritto della responsabilità civile e dalla corretta individuazione dei criteri che presiedono alla formulazione del giudizio di responsabilità, l’indagine si concentra sul tema dell’ingiustizia del danno, quale snodo centrale per l’affermazione di una responsabilità civile. Che vi sia un danno, anzi diverse tipologie di danno, da Covid-19 è indubbio, non altrettanto certo e oggetto di analisi è, invece, se questi danni s…
The relationship between fear of COVID-19 and intention to get vaccinated. The serial mediation roles of existential anxiety and conspiracy beliefs
2021
Abstract Today, we witness the progress toward global COVID-19 vaccinations organized by countries worldwide. Experts say a mass vaccination plan is the only effective antidote against the spread of SARS-COV-2. However, a part of the world population refuses vaccination. The present study aimed to understand the impact of some individual variables on the intention to get vaccinated. Through a serial mediation model, we tested the influence of fear of COVID-19 on the intention to get vaccinated and the serial mediating effect of existential anxiety and conspiracy beliefs. Via a cross-sectional design this research was conducted with the participation of 223 French adults (Female: 69.5%; Male…