Learning to “Think the Unthinkable”: Post-Truth, Expertise, and Moral Boundaries
Learning to “Think the Unthinkable” Although the term “post-truth” was coined by critics impressed by Brexit and the U.S. presidential campaign, post-truth […]
Category: Modern Philosophy
The Meaning of Life’s Finitude: How Awareness of Our Limits Shapes Self-Understanding
What Does Knowing the Finitude of Our Existence Give Us? Albert Camus wrote that a person begins at the limit. The classics […]
How Time Became Linear: From Cycles and Fluidity to the Rails of Modernity
How Time Stopped Moving in Circles and Began Running on Rails Throughout its history, humanity has accumulated a vast array of rules […]
Susan Sontag on Photography: Collecting the World, Voyeurism, and Aesthetic Consumerism
Collecting the World: Susan Sontag on Photography, Voyeurism, and Aesthetic Consumerism We present excerpts from Susan Sontag’s book “On Photography,” where the […]
Nihilism: Meaning, Principles, and Real-Life Examples
Are You a Nihilist, or Do You Just Not Care About Anything? The definition of a nihilist is a person who believes […]