Thalassophobia is the fear of deep bodies of water, not of water itself but the fear of emptiness beneath the waves or being far from shore. This primal fear may be an inherent part of the psyche, a developed evolutionary response that imprinted itself over time....

When we listen to a song we like and enjoy its melody, it evokes a certain feeling in us. In phenomenology, this feeling is called "Noema," which is an object of thought. If we shift our focus to the individual music notes instead of the melody,...