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People are trying to change the world in various ways; the point is to understand the world first.
An obstacle in comparative philosophy is that so many contemporary philosophical problems are language-based, which is why philosophy of language is popular. But we cannot just use the framework in one language to study another philosophical tradition. Totally different questions.
June 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
An obstacle in comparative philosophy is that so many contemporary philosophical problems are language-based, which is why philosophy of language is popular. But we cannot just use the framework in one language to study another philosophical tradition. Totally different questions.
Almost no philosophers work on projects like "XXX in Ancient Greek philosophy". We believe that philosophers hold different views, and we want to treat them individually. But why are there so many projects like "XXX in Classical Chinese philosophy"?
June 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Almost no philosophers work on projects like "XXX in Ancient Greek philosophy". We believe that philosophers hold different views, and we want to treat them individually. But why are there so many projects like "XXX in Classical Chinese philosophy"?
the ungrounded hostility from continental philosophers toward analytic philosophy is as obnoxious as the other way around. I am intellectually disgusted.
February 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
the ungrounded hostility from continental philosophers toward analytic philosophy is as obnoxious as the other way around. I am intellectually disgusted.
I admit that I’m very depressed recently
February 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I admit that I’m very depressed recently
Vance is totally wrong about left theories but unfortunately he is not totally wrong about left people. Left theories are about social structures, and everyone under some oppressive structure are victims and needs to become better. Some are privileged some are disadvantaged but its no one’s “fault”
February 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Vance is totally wrong about left theories but unfortunately he is not totally wrong about left people. Left theories are about social structures, and everyone under some oppressive structure are victims and needs to become better. Some are privileged some are disadvantaged but its no one’s “fault”
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
As the middle to low class labors who have no hope and no future, there are only two ways to feel happy and (fake) hopeful. To accept the brainwash by the right and believe your future is bright if you work hard (being exploited hard); or to accept the pots offered by the left and enjoy the moment.
February 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
As the middle to low class labors who have no hope and no future, there are only two ways to feel happy and (fake) hopeful. To accept the brainwash by the right and believe your future is bright if you work hard (being exploited hard); or to accept the pots offered by the left and enjoy the moment.
Unpopular opinion: critical theories are important, but I wont trust anyone who has not taken at least one real course on critical theory to teach kids in the K-12 system. I would rather people without training not to do it.
February 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Unpopular opinion: critical theories are important, but I wont trust anyone who has not taken at least one real course on critical theory to teach kids in the K-12 system. I would rather people without training not to do it.
Wow this person did not only divide US people to an unprecedented degree but also divide the Christian community. Interesting.
January 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Wow this person did not only divide US people to an unprecedented degree but also divide the Christian community. Interesting.
Here is a way to bridge the analytical approach and the continental approach: let analytic philosophy deal with the natural world and continental philosophy deal with human society or social reality. Problem solved.
January 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Here is a way to bridge the analytical approach and the continental approach: let analytic philosophy deal with the natural world and continental philosophy deal with human society or social reality. Problem solved.
A few years ago when I read a book, I focused on details a lot and went directly into various rabbit holes. Today when I read a book, I ignore details and quickly put the book into a big structure and see how it relates to and inspires other ideas. Between then and now? I have not read many books.
January 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A few years ago when I read a book, I focused on details a lot and went directly into various rabbit holes. Today when I read a book, I ignore details and quickly put the book into a big structure and see how it relates to and inspires other ideas. Between then and now? I have not read many books.
I always think a problem with leftists is the confusion between social structure and individual agency. I’m leaning toward historical materialism so I think one’s social status is out of one’s choice. It is no individual’s fault to be privileged or oppressed. It is the social structure. 1/
January 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I always think a problem with leftists is the confusion between social structure and individual agency. I’m leaning toward historical materialism so I think one’s social status is out of one’s choice. It is no individual’s fault to be privileged or oppressed. It is the social structure. 1/
I didn’t know so many workers including federal workers had been working from home…
January 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I didn’t know so many workers including federal workers had been working from home…
It is funny to see my conservative Christian friends got criticized by their conservative Christian friends for not being conservative Christian.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It is funny to see my conservative Christian friends got criticized by their conservative Christian friends for not being conservative Christian.
I don’t understand any university that does not offer a course in critical theory. It is a must if you want students to think about politics.
January 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I don’t understand any university that does not offer a course in critical theory. It is a must if you want students to think about politics.
MAGA does not have a subject, probably on purpose. we know that foreign workers are an essential part of who make America great, but if you say it out it would not attract people. so let's not mention it so people won't pay attention. don't ask don't tell.
January 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
MAGA does not have a subject, probably on purpose. we know that foreign workers are an essential part of who make America great, but if you say it out it would not attract people. so let's not mention it so people won't pay attention. don't ask don't tell.
the sustainability of the society relies on 'high-level' tech jobs and 'low-level' farm jobs. middle class people are too low for tech jobs but too high for farming jobs. so everything will collapse.
January 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the sustainability of the society relies on 'high-level' tech jobs and 'low-level' farm jobs. middle class people are too low for tech jobs but too high for farming jobs. so everything will collapse.
It is important to distinguish the system that produces knowledge and knowledge itself as products. It is possible for an unjust and oppressive system to produce reliable and true knowledge. While the science community and the ways it produces knowledge might be racist and sexist, 1/
January 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It is important to distinguish the system that produces knowledge and knowledge itself as products. It is possible for an unjust and oppressive system to produce reliable and true knowledge. While the science community and the ways it produces knowledge might be racist and sexist, 1/
Politics is about power and the (re)distribution of power. But there is always the tension between individuals and all kinds of communities. To live together, an individual must give up what belongs to them for the common good. In this context, education and knowledge play paradoxical dual roles. 1/
January 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Politics is about power and the (re)distribution of power. But there is always the tension between individuals and all kinds of communities. To live together, an individual must give up what belongs to them for the common good. In this context, education and knowledge play paradoxical dual roles. 1/
There is simply no unity about anything about humans: human intelligence, human conditions, human nature, human xxx. No. And, the assumption that there is some kind of unity is the major problem with a lot of sociopolitical thoughts nowadays.
January 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
There is simply no unity about anything about humans: human intelligence, human conditions, human nature, human xxx. No. And, the assumption that there is some kind of unity is the major problem with a lot of sociopolitical thoughts nowadays.
articles like this one always make me feel odd. you can always interpret something as something else. can we just accept the elephant in the room and admit that confucianism contributes to the sexism and patriarchy in Chinese history and society?
China, feminism and the legacy of Confucius | Sor-hoon Tan
As the double burden of paid work and family demands leads Chinese women to think twice about marriage and children, we can rush to blame Confucianism’s sexism. But this is a mistake, writes Sor-hoon ...
iai.tv
January 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
articles like this one always make me feel odd. you can always interpret something as something else. can we just accept the elephant in the room and admit that confucianism contributes to the sexism and patriarchy in Chinese history and society?
theoretical background is no less robotic than engineers.
in neoliberalist universities is that humanities = art, or humanities = creative writing, or humanities = civil practices. they want you to do things without understanding why. they want robots rather than thinkers. don't think that artists are not robots. an artist or a writer or a poet without--
neoliberalist universities focus on applied areas. a subject x is reduced to applied x, whether x is math, physics, or economics. what about humanities? what is applied humanities, as opposed to theoretical humanities? applied humanities are creative works. so, the understanding of humanities--
January 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
theoretical background is no less robotic than engineers.
in neoliberalist universities is that humanities = art, or humanities = creative writing, or humanities = civil practices. they want you to do things without understanding why. they want robots rather than thinkers. don't think that artists are not robots. an artist or a writer or a poet without--
neoliberalist universities focus on applied areas. a subject x is reduced to applied x, whether x is math, physics, or economics. what about humanities? what is applied humanities, as opposed to theoretical humanities? applied humanities are creative works. so, the understanding of humanities--
January 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
in neoliberalist universities is that humanities = art, or humanities = creative writing, or humanities = civil practices. they want you to do things without understanding why. they want robots rather than thinkers. don't think that artists are not robots. an artist or a writer or a poet without--
neoliberalist universities focus on applied areas. a subject x is reduced to applied x, whether x is math, physics, or economics. what about humanities? what is applied humanities, as opposed to theoretical humanities? applied humanities are creative works. so, the understanding of humanities--
January 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
neoliberalist universities focus on applied areas. a subject x is reduced to applied x, whether x is math, physics, or economics. what about humanities? what is applied humanities, as opposed to theoretical humanities? applied humanities are creative works. so, the understanding of humanities--
The world is a world of distribution of probabilities!
December 26, 2024 at 3:25 PM
The world is a world of distribution of probabilities!