General Science and Philosophy

The Dark Sides of Modern Science: Publishing and Dissemination (Part II)

Authors: Taha Sochi
Comments: 84 Pages.

This is the third article in our series "The Dark Sides of Modern Science" and is about publishing and dissemination of science (and knowledge in general). The remarks that we stated in the Introduction of the first article of this series (i.e. "Knowledge Production and Authoring") generally apply to this article and hence we do not need to repeat.
Category: General Science and Philosophy

Trialism on Things' Limits

Authors: Ding Jian
Comments: 9 Pages.

Truth means absolute fairness and unanimous consensus, which lies herein as the key that truly drives social progress today. Although truth must have absoluteness and immutability, and does not exist in reality, and belongs to the category of metaphysics, it has continuity with relevant objective things in reality, and its intrinsic mechanism is inertia. Based on this, I initially created the "Trialism on Things' Limits", which resolved the dilemma that truth had no place to reside in dualism and could only be passed over ambiguously, and expanded the philosophical view of materialism to the category of metaphysics. The obedience of the minority to the majority constitutes the main body of the dualistic social system, and its flaw lies in imposing the consensus of part of the people on others. And the social system defined by the trialism is based on dualism to add unanimous consensus as a third aspect, and a unity of opposites is formed by virtue of the absoluteness of truth together with the democracy and centralism in reality. Under the social system of the trialism, war can hardly begin as ambiguity disappears. The higher the proportion of consensus, the higher the productive forces. As a result, we can more reasonably and efficiently do that "concentrate on accomplishing major tasks" in a long-term peaceful environment to escort the pursuit of a better life for humanity.
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After the West: The Emergence of a Polycentric World Order

Authors: Yew Kee Wong
Comments: 119 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Please submit article written with AI assistance to ai.viXra.org)

For five centuries, the international system has been defined by the political, economic, and cultural hegemony of the West. This epoch, born from the Age of Discovery and cemented by the Industrial Revolution, established a global order centered largely in Europe and later, the United States. It was a world mapped by colonial empires, governed by Western-derived institutions like the nation-state and international law, and driven by an economic model that radiated outward from Atlantic financial centers. This order, while frequently contested and reshaped by war and revolution, maintained a fundamental characteristic: the West as the gravitational core of global affairs, the setter of rules, and the arbiter of what constituted modernity and progress.Today, that centuries-old architecture is unraveling. The unipolar moment that followed the Cold War has proven to be a brief, anomalous interlude, giving way to a far more complex and fragmented reality. The phenomenon we are witnessing is not a simple transfer of power from one hegemon to another, but the emergence of a truly polycentric world order—a system with multiple, often competing, centers of economic influence, political authority, and military power. This shift is driven by the rapid economic ascent of nations, most notably China and India, which are reclaiming a share of global wealth not seen since the early nineteenth century. Simultaneously, the diffusion of technology, the rise of regional powers from Brazil to Indonesia, and a growing assertiveness from states operating outside the Western liberal consensus are creating a landscape where no single power can dictate terms.This new polycentricity promises a world that is both more representative and more volatile. On one hand, it signifies a decolonization of global governance and a long-overdue recognition of the agency and voices of the non-Western world. On the other, it threatens to erode the common rules and shared frameworks that, for all their flaws, provided a measure of predictability and managed conflict for decades. The old institutions are straining under the weight of new realities, and the international community is struggling to forge new consensus on issues from security to trade to climate change. We are entering an age of negotiated disorder, where ad-hoc alliances, economic interdependence as a strategic weapon, and clashing value systems will define a new and uncertain chapter in human history.
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About Possible Mechanisms of the Social Management

Authors: Igor Tkachenko, Victoria Miroshnichenko, Konstyantin Tkachenko, Sergii Miroshnichenko, Yiurii Miroshnichenko, Olesia Tkachenko, Svitlana Tkachenko
Comments: 9 Pages.

Based on the early developed approach for a NSP an analytical description, together with the social management redefinition, a possibility of the generalized approach application to the managing process is analyzed. The approach was reformulated in general form to be applied to a quantum size particles. Auto correlation function values were calculated for each of the two approach predicted regimes for the 3-rd order NSP development. The mechanisms of the revealed regimes were analyzed and associated with the "military" (ordered) and "civilian" (diffusive, disordered) transformations. One possible variant for a delay time nonmonotonic dependence of the auto-correlation function was shown to exist for the 1-st regime of the NSP development. The three possible variants were observed for the 2-nd regime. Two of the variants were analogous each other in conserving similar, relatively high ordering levels for the most time periods of their developments but having decreasing and increasing dependence parts on the finishing stage of the development. The third variant has monotonously decreasing time dependence of the auto-correlation function. The above conclusions from the obtained results were shown to be confirmed by the relevant data from the modern and historical management practice.
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Once Again About Nature and Its Material Principles (Ещё раз о природе и её материальных началах)

Authors: Robert Yusupov
Comments: 14 Pages. In Russian

In this article, the author makes another attempt to present and explain to the esteemed readers his vision and understanding of the structure and evolution of nature and the Universe. All this is in the author's book "Theory of Nature" and in his article "Nature as an objective reality". The author entirely and completely stands on the position of the only true and scientific philosophy of dialectical materialism. The author entirely and completely adheres to the only true and scientific dialectical-materialistic worldview

В настоящей статье автор делает ещё одну попытку представить и разъяснить уважаемым читателям своё видение и понимание устройства и эволюции природы и Вселенной. Всё это есть в книге автора «Теория Природы» и в его статье «Что такое Природа» («Природа, как объективная реальность»). Автор целиком и полностью стоит на позиции единственно истинной и научной философии диалектического материализма. Автор целиком и полностью придерживается единственно истинного и научного диалектико-материалистического мировоззрения
Category: General Science and Philosophy

Once Again about Nature and its Material Principles

Authors: Robert Yusupov
Comments: 13 Pages.

In this article, the author makes another attempt to present and explain to the esteemed readers his vision and understanding of the structure and evolution of nature and the Universe. All this is in the author's book "Theory of Nature" and in his article "Nature as an objective reality". The author entirely and completely stands on the position of the only true and scientific philosophy of dialectical materialism. The author entirely and completely adheres to the only true and scientific dialectical-materialistic worldview
Category: General Science and Philosophy