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Kwan Hong TAN

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#artificial intelligence Open access Jul 2026

Radical Empathy as a Moral Imperative in the 21st Century: The Empathic Imperative Thesis

This thesis examines whether radical empathy constitutes a moral imperative in the 21st century, presenting a novel theoretical framework termed the Empathic Imperative Thesis (EIT). Through comprehensive analysis of philosophical foundations, empirical evidence, and contemporary global challenges, this work argues tha...

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#artificial intelligence Book Open access Jul 2026

Radical Empathy as a Moral Imperative in the 21st Century: The Empathic Imperative Thesis

This thesis examines whether radical empathy constitutes a moral imperative in the 21st century, presenting a novel theoretical framework termed the Empathic Imperative Thesis (EIT). Through comprehensive analysis of philosophical foundations, empirical evidence, and contemporary global challenges, this work argues tha...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#quantum computing Open access Jul 2026

When Does State-Law Co-Determination Have Physical Content? Fixed-Point Representations, No-Signalling, and Model Discrimination

Proposals that physical states and laws jointly determine one another are often presented through fixed-point equations. Yet any ordinary fixed-law theory can be rewritten in joint fixed-point form by adding a constant law-update map. Fixed-point form alone therefore carries neither empirical content nor a distinctive...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#quantum computing Open access Jul 2026

When Does State-Law Co-Determination Have Physical Content? Fixed-Point Representations, No-Signalling, and Model Discrimination

Proposals that physical states and laws jointly determine one another are often presented through fixed-point equations. Yet any ordinary fixed-law theory can be rewritten in joint fixed-point form by adding a constant law-update map. Fixed-point form alone therefore carries neither empirical content nor a distinctive...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#human-computer interacti... Open access Jul 2026

The Cascade of Consequences: A Comprehensive Assessment of American Foreign Aid Cuts to Africa and Their Systemic Implications for Global Development Architecture

The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in early 2025, representing an 83% reduction in American foreign assistance to Africa, constitutes one of the most significant shifts in global development architecture since the establishment of the post-World War II international order....

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#human-computer interacti... Open access Jul 2026

The Cascade of Consequences: A Comprehensive Assessment of American Foreign Aid Cuts to Africa and Their Systemic Implications for Global Development Architecture

The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in early 2025, representing an 83% reduction in American foreign assistance to Africa, constitutes one of the most significant shifts in global development architecture since the establishment of the post-World War II international order....

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#quantum computing Open access Jul 2026

Joint State-Law Fixed Points in Quantum Theory: Recursive Dynamics, Bifurcations, and Renormalization-Group Deformations

This article develops a joint state-law fixed-point method for self-consistent quantum models. A physical model is represented by a density operator and a finite-dimensional vector of effective law parameters; admissible dynamics consist of a state-update channel and a law-update map. A recursive solution is their join...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#quantum computing Open access Jul 2026

Joint State-Law Fixed Points in Quantum Theory: Recursive Dynamics, Bifurcations, and Renormalization-Group Deformations

This article develops a joint state-law fixed-point method for self-consistent quantum models. A physical model is represented by a density operator and a finite-dimensional vector of effective law parameters; admissible dynamics consist of a state-update channel and a law-update map. A recursive solution is their join...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Open access Jul 2026

Beyond Participatory Explanation: Ontological Reflexivity Theory as a Resolution to the Consciousness Emergence Problem

David Cota’s evaluation of the author’s “participatory explanation” approach to consciousness reveals fundamental conceptual problems that plague contemporary consciousness studies. Cota identifies a critical conflation between reason as a symbolic-operational function, and consciousness as a phenomenal-experiential fi...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Open access Jul 2026

Beyond Participatory Explanation: Ontological Reflexivity Theory as a Resolution to the Consciousness Emergence Problem

David Cota’s evaluation of the author’s “participatory explanation” approach to consciousness reveals fundamental conceptual problems that plague contemporary consciousness studies. Cota identifies a critical conflation between reason as a symbolic-operational function, and consciousness as a phenomenal-experiential fi...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Open access Jul 2026

Human Agency Under Algorithmic Governance: A Humanities Framework for Law, Management and Public Life

Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming a governing medium through which institutions classify persons, allocate opportunities, structure work, produce knowledge and mediate public trust. Current AI governance frameworks emphasise risk classification, technical assurance, transparency, accountability and human...

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#human-computer interacti... Open access Jul 2026

The Ethics of Digital Afterlives and Consciousness Uploading: A Novel Framework for Existential Continuity in the Post-Human Era

The emergence of digital afterlife technologies and consciousness uploading presents unprecedented ethical challenges that existing philosophical frameworks inadequately address. This paper introduces a novel theoretical framework—Existential Continuity Ethics (ECE)—that transcends traditional binary approaches to cons...

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