philosophersmag.com
The Lure of the Cartesian Sideshow
10 min · · Is there an internal mental world that is better known to you than the world outside? In his Meditations on First Philosophy, René Descartes famously de... · Shared by 90, including Stephen Law, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Keith Frankish, Anita Hill, Anita Leirfall, Gregg Caruso, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Kevin Roberts
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In Nyāya philosophy only some debates are worth having
6 min · · For the Indian philosopher Vācaspati Miśra, the only debates worth having aim at truth. No point-scoring or put-downs · Shared by 99, including Jason Silva, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Anita Leirfall, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), [B]ad omen 👻, Anita Hill
The New York Times
Yo-Yo Ma and the Meaning of Life
12+ min · · “Because of the practice of music, I delve into the inner life of whatever we are. I don’t have any answers, but I keep poking around.” · Shared by 66, including davidabrock, Anita Hill, Stephanie A Kowalski
The New Yorker
The Professor and the Politician
9 min · · For Max Weber, only the most heroic figures could generate meaning in the world. Does his theory hold up today? · Shared by 53, including Anita Hill, corey robin
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Racism is baked into the structure of dialectical philosophy
15+ min · · It’s not just that Hegel and Rousseau were racists. Racism was baked into the very structure of their dialectical philosophy · Shared by 219, including Jochen Burkhard, Christina Hoff Sommers, Anita Hill, Liam Bright, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Bilal Aslam, Tah Wesley 22, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, albert, Doug Sundheim
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Feeling disoriented by the election, pandemic and everything else? It’s called ‘zozobra,’ and Mexican philosophers have some advice
4 min · · Mexican philosophers have a word for the peculiar anxiety you may be feeling: 'zozobra,' a dizziness that arises from social disintegration. · Shared by 170, including l. ones, Chris Isak, Anita Hill, Gabriele, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, F ΞRπλ N-DØ (he, him), Bill Johnston
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For proof that love is timeless, consider how long philosophers have debated it
2 min · · A biological trick or a meaningful pursuit? How philosophers from Buddha and Schopenhauer to Simone de Beauvoir saw love · Shared by 147, including 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Coll, Dr Skye Cleary, Anita Leirfall, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Anita Hill
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Who's Afraid of Theory?
20+ min · · The conclusion among many folks is that Theory is a kind of philosophical Mad Libs disappearing up its own ass. · Shared by 189, including Jane, Anita Hill, Kevin Roberts
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Why we should read Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy today
12+ min · · Written while awaiting execution, the Consolation of Philosophy poses questions about human reason that remain urgent today · Shared by 247, including Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Guy Longworth, Anita Hill, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Anita Leirfall, Logical Analysis, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Jennifer Ouellette, Miguel Angel Escotet, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us)
The New Yorker
Philosophy in the Shadow of Nazism
7 min · · After the First World War, the members of the Vienna Circle tried to put European thought on a rigorously logical footing. Then the times caught up with them. · Shared by 126, including Angie Hobbs, l. ones, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Jo Wolff, Barry C Smith, Liam Bright, David Papineau, John Danaher, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Anita Hill, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Follow me on Bluesky or Mastodon (see below), Dr. A.S. Barwich, RJ Andrews, Anita Leirfall, John Tasioulas, Jochen Burkhard, Robert Kosara, Nolen Gertz
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The Philosopher and the Detectives: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Enduring Passion for Hardboiled Fiction
17+ min · · The scene is London; the year, 1941. Ludwig Wittgenstein, likely the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century, has taken a hiatus from his Cambridge professorship to do “war work” in a menial … · Shared by 103, including Logical Analysis, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Peter Adamson, Anita Leirfall, Emily Thomas, Anita Hill, Liam Bright, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine
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In a pandemic we learn again what Sartre meant by being free
6 min · · What the Nazi occupation was for Sartre, the COVID-19 pandemic is for us: an opportunity to relearn what it means to be free · Shared by 171, including Microphilosophy | Philosopher 🧠, rogerverhoeven, Kevin Roberts, Rich, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Patricia Churchland, Bernhard Huessy, Jason Silva, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Miguel Angel Escotet, Dr Skye Cleary, Gerd Leonhard, Memen Isimo, Anita Hill, Christian Surchi