In Humankind, Rutger Bregman, focuses on human nature, cooperation, and social progress. He writes: Civilisation has become synonymous with peace and progress, and wilderness with war and decline. In reality,… Read More »Rousseau’s Vision, Popular At Last?
What is the meaning of the term “other”? This word has had a wide and complex use in philosophy, psychology, ethics, and critical theory. In addition to its uses in… Read More »What is the “Other” in the Age of AI? Otherness and the AI Other
In answering the question “what comes after postmodernism,” writers have introduced words like “post-postmodernism,” “trans-postmodernism,” and “digimodernism.” Such answers don’t always start from a clear definition of the term “postmodernism.”… Read More »What Comes After Postmodernism? Algomodernism and the Narratives That Define Us
Key points: I outline what I call “philosophical irony”, which is a playful attitude in which we wonder whether we mean exactly what we say I contrast this idea of… Read More »Being Philosophical: Irony as Gateway