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Wörtlich übersetzt bedeutet Popularphilosophie (lat. philosophia popularis) eine dem Volk zugehörige oder dasselbe betreffende Philosophie, salopp gesagt: ein Denken fürs Volk. Mit dieser Übersetzung sind sämtliche Ambi-oder Polyvalenzen... more
“Perhaps not all the stories that follow are true. They could, however, be true, and the Reader is invited to ponder this.” So begins this collection of dialogues, epistles, and imaginary documents illustrating the many philosophical... more
This is the original Italian edition of "Insurmountable Simplicities. Thirthy-nine Philosophical Conundrums" (2006). Other editions: French, 2005; Korean, 2005; Portuguese, 2005; Greek, 2006; Spanish, 2007; Chinese, 2007; Polish, 2008,... more
Published on Britannica.Com Humanities Web Site (May 2000); revised version in The Surre(gion)alist Manifesto & Other Writings (Baton Rouge: Exquisite Corpse Books, 2003).
We seem to hold two possibly inconsistent opinions: (a) that people like what they like (see Judge John Hodgman), and (b) there are aesthetic experts who can tell us what is actually good. Utilizing Hume's *Of the Standard of Taste* I... more
Appetites for Thought offers up a delectable intellectual challenge: can we better understand the concepts of philosophers from their culinary choices? Guiding us around the philosopher’s banquet table with erudition, wit, and... more
A series of twelve illustrated stories for children featuring same basic philosophical problems and topics such as existence, identity, perception, knowledge, truth, causation, time, colors, and more. The stories are intended for the... more
Stiven Hoking je pre desetak godina proglasio „smrt filozofije”, dok Danijel Denet tvrdi da je filozofija postala „samodovoljna” disciplina eksluzivne zajednice koja se ne bavi „ozbiljnim problemima”. Filozofi, uglavnom u odbrambenoj... more
As the founding principle of the philosophical experience of cynicism, the debasement of Sinope’s currency by Diogenes and (or) his father placed Cynic philosophy under the sign of a new minting of customs and values, counterfeiting... more
In this paper, I examine Christian Garve's take on the epistemology of the particular and his subsequent empirical studies of a particular 'social milieu,' namely the peasants of Silesia. I argue that this predecessor of a case study (of... more
The hasty cultural criticism of the slightly elitist 'Philosophers' View' on life.
Keeping Up with the Kardashians; Harry Potter and philosophy, the economics of modern culture; anaconda in an academic light, Nicki Minaj
Keeping Up with the Kardashians; Harry Potter and philosophy, the economics of modern culture; anaconda in an academic light, Nicki Minaj
I start with the outright assertion that one of the key struggles for philosophy in the 21 st century is the struggle for relevance. In our increasingly globalized capitalist and consumerist culture, the relevance of something is defined... more
Preface à Jiri Benovski, Le puzzle philosophique , Ithaque 2008
heurs et malheurs de la philosophie médiatique
heurs et malheurs de la philosophie médiatique
erfährt derzeit eine verstärkte editorische Auf-merksamkeit, so daß eine neue Generation an Interessierten sich mit sei-nem Werk auf solider Grundlage befassen kann. Nach drei substantiellen Bänden mit wichtigen Korrespondenzen, die im... more
The paper starts a series of articles which are aimed to discover different dimensions of philosophy in the public space. The author analyses the Public turn which occurs in social and human sciences in the early 2000s and analyses its... more
The Narratio Zosimi is a narration about Zosimus visiting the Blessed ones who are identified with the Reachabites. Jewish backgrounds are assumed - here is a different explanation of this text. I plan to write a commentary on this text... more
AUFSATZSAMMLUNG 18-1 Weltverwunderung : Nachdenken über Hauptwörter / Friedrich Dieckmann. -1. Aufl. -Berlin : Quintus-Verlag, 2017. -184 S. : Ill. ; 21 cm. -ISBN 978-3-947215-02-7 : EUR 18.00 [#5655] Als philosophisches Brevier wird der... more
a démocratie désigne un régime politique mais aussi un ensemble de valeurs et de principes organisant la vie en commun. Dans ce cadre, quelle place la réserve-t-elle à ceux que la communauté considère comme des personnes nuisibles ou... more
EDITION 21-2 Ausgewählte Werke / Christian Garve. Hrsg. von Udo Roth und Gideon Stiening.-Berlin [u.a.] : De Gruyter.-24 cm.-(Werkprofile ; 15) [#7399] Bd. 1. Kleine Schriften.-2021.-XXIX, 414 S. : 1 Porträt.-ISBN 978-3-11-064592-7 : EUR... more
Popular article discussing the emergence, definitional issues, and politics of fake news.
Feature in De Standaard Weekblad 24/02
Van de hand van Filip Rogiers
Van de hand van Filip Rogiers
"OK JAZZ LIVES!", a poster by Max Cafard and Rick O'Shea for Slavoj Zizek's talk on “Uses and Misuses of Violence.” Nunemaker Hall, Loyola University New Orleans, Nov. 17, 2013. So far, two people have responded with the correct meaning... more
D’une part les riches propriétés des citoyens romains étaient remplies des images se référant dans la majorité de cas au sens non philosophique. D’autre part les hommes bien formés s’entouraient des images remplies des allusions... more
Essay by Isaac Bashevis Singer, first published in the Yiddish daily Forverts on January 4, 1947, as part of a popular series on philosophy written under one of Singer’s pseudonyms, Yitskhok Varshavsky, between 1946 and 1947.
A short article for the popular philosophy magazine Philosophy Now
Handreichung zu jeder künftigen fremdenfeindlichen Aggression
The treatise De mundo (On the Cosmos), dated around the 1st century BCE, offers a cosmology in the Peripatetic tradition which draws also on Platonic and Stoic thought and subordinates what happens in the cosmos to the might of an... more
Leonard Cohen offers a conception of romantic love from a distinctly philosophical, even mystical, perspective. Where love is concerned, "the dreamers ride against the men of action" (The Traitor) and female beauty is to be worshiped as a... more