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Open Journal of Philosophy (OJPP) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in philosophy. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of philosophy. "Op…
Wenshuo Ma
This book addresses the contested “legitimacy” of Chinese philosophy, arguing the debate is misdirected. The author, Peng Guoxiang, contends that the field’s priority is to establish its own “subjectivity”—an autonomous paradigm grounded in Chinese culture an…
Cheng Gong
Wang Yangming (October 31, 1472-January 9, 1529), a Ming Dynasty Chinese philosopher, inherited the teachings of Confucius and Mencius from antiquity and integrated them with the Neo-Confucian thought of the Song and Ming eras. Building on these foundations,…
Joseph Sawadogo, 1 1
“Fatigue of living”, or existential fatigue, is a multidimensional phenomenon that transcends simple physical or mental weariness. It is characterized by a profound loss of meaning, an alteration of engagement in life, and poses major ethical, philosophical,…
Valeria Naranjo-Aguilar, 1 1
This work explores the intersection of environmental ethics, indigenous rights, and socio-political resistance in the context of gentrification in Gandoca-Manzanillo, Costa Rica. It revisits the legacy of the iconic environmental novel La Loca de Gandoca by A…
Xuefei Su
Throughout the development of theories of human nature in Chinese philosophy, the debate concerning physical nature (qizhi) and innate moral nature (tianxing) constitutes a significant vein of thought. While early discourses ranged from Mencius’s metaphysical…
Pranshu Bharadwaj, Divyanshu Bharadwaj, Archana Mukherjee
This study examines the Bindu (Point) as a fundamental unit of energetic and spatial continuity, representing a non-entropic scalar field that links internal physiological order with universal physical structure. Through the integrative practice of Yoga - d h…
Jianwei Sun
Building on the Three-Level Theory of Cognition, this paper examines the architecture and foundational principles of deep learning in order to clarify its specific cognitive mechanisms and the central epistemological challenges it poses. The cognitive efficac…
Gang Qin
The “state of war” proposed by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan is examined, with emphasis on the extreme scenarios he posits and their potential social consequences. Using the Prisoner’s Dilemma, the Hawk-Dove game, and the Stag Hunt as analytical lenses, the limi…
Clayton Bondin Jha
The question of life’s purpose has long preoccupied philosophy, yet in the twenty-first century it takes on renewed urgency amid alienation, precarity, and a global crisis of meaning. This article develops a Marxist account of purpose, beginning with Marx’s t…
Wenjun Yan, Lulu Jia, Yuansuo Zhang
Two combinations, namely, adhering to the integration of the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, are the core propositions of the ideological system of socialism with Chinese characte…
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Open Journal of Philosophy (OJPP) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in philosophy. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of philosophy. "Op… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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