PERFORMANCE BETWEEN RIGOR AND INSTINCT STUDIES

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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do: how religious beliefs and a sense of chosenness actuate and inform an individual’s motivation in the workplace

What is it that actuates a person to really engage with their work instead of simply going through the motions? Through what means can an individual become involved and immersed in their appointed task? A textbook definition of motivation proposes it to be the sum of ‘the processes that account for an individual’s inte...

From the bit to the between: an autoethnography of friendship

To develop any depth of understanding of friendships, there is a need to integrate holistic epistemological practices that respect the fluid relational and emergent nature of the between space where friends meet. This recognizes friendship as an experience always in process, never a thing or anything like a thing. Mult...

The study of creativity and the inner workings of personality (from existential problems to the artistic reality of the work)

The article, based on a presentation at a scientific seminar, analyzes the internal workings of the personality in the creative process and when encountering an artistic work. The author starts from a dilemma formulated in antiquity: is the source of creativity the personality itself (of the artist, reader, listener) o...

The Problem of Understanding Self-Identification (V.M. Shukshin's Artistic Experience)

The artistic approach to the problem of self‑identification is attractive to the reader, as it involves an emotionally colored approach to the individual through the lens of values. Self‑identification of the individual is focused on understanding a wide range of existential issues, such as love, family, faith, lonelin...

What Is It to Hold a Grudge?

Philosophers who write about blame tend to focus on angry confrontations, but in this article I look closely at the less visible, longer lasting, and seemingly more insidious side of blame: grudges. After offering an extended example of grudge-holding and surveying the scant literature on this topic in both psycholog...