Adding philosophical depth to anything and everything
Are you an individual? Sounds like a silly question, doesn’t it? You’re you, right? You aren’t anybody else. But it’s not quite that simple. First off, being good philosophers, we have to define our terms. What do we mean by “an individual?” There are many answers to that question. Let’s […]
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Trevor Noah is a comedian, but in a deeply personal and thoughtful video released 30 May 2020, he is a philosopher. It’s wonderful. Seriously, it is a brilliant piece of philosophy. You can view it here and even if you don’t read another word of this article, watch his video […]
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Understanding Hegel. It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that in the last 100 or so years there has been a war in philosophy. But if we can describe the long “analytical/continental” divide in philosophy as a war, Hegel is at the foundation of one side of it. […]
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As philosophers, I believe we are charged above all with the need to not accept facts at face value, but to dig deeper to find the truth.
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Philosopher Stanley Cavell is correct: we must understand that Nazis were not monsters. Ridiculous you say? Yes and no. We must first understand what evil is. Hear me out. “To understand Nazism, whatever that will mean, will be to understand it as a human possibility; monstrous, unforgivable, but not therefore […]
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Terence McKenna on Ideology “I think ideology is toxic, all ideology. It’s not that there are good ones and bad ones. All ideology is toxic, because ideology is a kind of insult to the gift of human free thinking.” – Terence McKenna Better known for his experiments and lectures on […]
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I feel bad for Bertrand Russell, not because Russell was wrong; anyone can be wrong. By all accounts, he was a decent person; a bit stodgy, but he was British so he probably couldn’t help that. He co-authored one of the most important books in the history of philosophy that […]
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A news article today mentioned that there was some sort of march and rally called “Straight Pride” in Boston. It wasn’t published in The Onion, so it must be true, though some would still say it must be a joke. It’s not a joke, but the only seriousness about a […]
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6 JUNE 2019 Hosted by: Aribiah Attoe & the Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Overview: The question of life’s meaning continues to intrigue and fascinate philosophers the world over. Indeed, Albert Camus in his book the Myth of Sisyphus stated that the question which trumps all other […]
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Philosophy and Humanity’s Most Dangerous Idea
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