TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. BOOK REVIEWS 7

Miglena Nikolchina, God with Machine: Subtracting the Human
(From Romanticism to Transhumanism), [In Bulgarian] Sofia: Versus, 2022,
600 pp., BGN 25, ISBN: 9786197390087
Kamelia Spassova, University of Sofia 7

Conference Overview: Topical Issues in Studying Consciousness
A. B. Denissova (NRU MPEI), J. V. Sokolova (NRU MPEI),
A. L. Gungov (University of Sofia) 14

Zoran Dimić, Političke životinje i zveri. O Aristotelovom zasnivanju
filozofije politike (Political Animals and Beasts. On Aristotle’s foundation
of the philosophy of politic), Novi Sad: Akademska knjiga, 2022, $31,
167 pp., ISBN: 9788662633958
Luka Matić (University of Zagreb) 16

II. LETTER TO THE EDITORS 21

Transgender Ideology Literature in Elementary Schools: An Open Letter
from a Professor, Researcher, and Psychologist
David L. Tomasi (Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences) 21

III. ASPIRATION CORNER 43

Irony, Fragmentation and Urbanity
Evangelos Kalfopoulos (University of Sofia) 43

The Crisis of Ethics: A Levinasian Response
Tomas Pewton (University of Sofia) 61

In The Search of Immortality – From the Imprisonment
of the Body to the Imprisonment of the Machine
Seçil Özergan (University of Sofia) 72

Biopsychopolitics: A Marxian Perspective on the Society
and Individual
Cengizhan Kaptan (University of Sofia) 80

The Role of Dopamine in Lacan’s Desire
Eleftherios Sarantis (University of Sofia) 95

The Ring of Gyges and New York Hot Dog:
A Kantian Constructivist Analysis of Moral Motivation
Jacopo Morelli (University of Modena-Reggio) 109

Improvisation, Dialectics, and One-dimensional Thinking
Furkan Yazıcı (University of Waikato) 127

Self-Denial As a Spiritual Practice to Increase Faith and Knowledge
Anthony McCool (University of Sofia) 137

Beyond Dilthey: The Parallelization of Natural and Social Scientific Methods
and the Emergence of Complex Thinking
Marco Crosa (University of Sofia) 151

Co-Participation of Students in Knowledge Building
Vincenzo Filetti (University of Sofia) 159

IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS 175

Master’s Program in Philosophy Taught in English
at the University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” 175

Doctoral Program in Philosophy Taught in English
at the University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” 178

V. INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHORS 181