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L’idée qu’on puisse étudier les principaux modes de vie ou poser certaines questions aussi vagues que « Qu’est-ce qui fait que la vie mérite d’être vécue ? » s’est mise à sembler non seulement irréaliste, mais surtout irresponsable et pernicieuse. Comme le dit Kronman : « Cela a rendu la question du sens de l’existence très peu professionnelle – c’
... See moreAnatole Muchnik • La deuxième montagne : Si la réussite n'était pas là où vous le pensiez ? (French Edition)
Three developments in the present century frame my study: the rise of Asia – in particular, China; the crisis of planetary sustainability; and the decline of transcendent and universalist ideals. To what extent are Chinese and Indian intellectuals and activists beginning to address these issues? I
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
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Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
assessment of value and limitations.
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
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Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
Liberalism and science are systems—not just neat little theories—because they are self-skeptical rather than self-certain, by design. This is a reasoned—not a radical—skepticism. They put the empirical first, rather than the theoretical. They are self-correcting. Liberal systems like regulated capitalism, republican democracy, and science resolve c
... See moreHelen Pluckrose • Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
What Murdoch took from this “admirable Platonist” was the conviction that seeing well is tantamount to doing well. Discerning the Good—the way the world truly is—whittles down our range of choices to just one.
Robert Zaretsky • The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas
The essence of technology, he said, is ‘nothing technological’. To investigate it properly is to be taken to much deeper questions about how we work, how we occupy Earth, and how we are in relation to Being.