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20+ hour, 37+ min ago (13+ words) Satire is a vital tool for challenging power, and it's being undermined'IAI TV...
The body is the zero point of the world
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (169+ words) What is the difference between human and machine? Classically, embodiment has been a go-to answer. But as information itself becomes increasingly embodied, the tension between metal and flesh is heightening. What it means to be embodied at all is here…...
The universe is made of desire
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1803+ words) Reality doesn't exist on its own. Without subjectivity to perceive the objectivity of the world, the way in which space, time, and the universe in general exist would be radically other. For example, can time be said to pass if…...
Absurdity confronts the fragility of power
2+ week, 6+ day ago (98+ words) Archilochos" choice [is] to adopt a position of powerlessness: that of an ant, or a cicada, caught in the machinery of much larger power. Father Lycambes, what sort of thing have you said? " Who has stolen your wits, to which…...
Thinking is a kind of dancing
3+ week, 1+ day ago (377+ words) When it comes to philosophy, it is worthwhile to consider the Delphic maxim: know thyself. As critics observe, the enterprise often resembles the actions of a dog who buries a bone, only to search for it and, when finding it,…...
The unjust power dynamics of pet ownership
3+ week, 2+ day ago (225+ words) These cookies are necessary to the core functionality of our website and some of its features, such as access to secure areas. These cookies collect information that can help us understand how our websites are being used. This information can…...
Morality is nothing but a story we tell ourselves
1+ mon, 20+ hour ago (1727+ words) Moral identity is often treated as a hidden core of inner values, but philosopher Marya Schechtman argues something far more disruptive: who we are morally just is the ongoing narrative we live out over time. This is not a story…...
Nietzsche was not a relativist
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (232+ words) These cookies are necessary to the core functionality of our website and some of its features, such as access to secure areas. These cookies collect information that can help us understand how our websites are being used. This information can…...
Art is never a representation of reality
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1826+ words) Art is often seen as a representation of reality, with style understood as a way of dressing the same neutral content in different forms. But philosopher Derek Allan argues that no such neutral content exists. Even photographs, silhouettes, or bare…...
Leibniz provides the blueprint for panpsychism
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (1691+ words) The panpsychist claim that reality's fundamental constituents are conscious is increasingly popular, but it faces an unanswerable question: how can conscious fragments fuse to make up complex minds? Philosopher S. Siddharth argues that the solution requires venturing where those sympathetic to…...