Adam Smith (1723—1790) Adam Smith is often identified as the father of modern capitalism. While accurate to some extent, this description is both overly simplistic and dangerously misleading. Einerseits, es stimmt…
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Paul Ricoeur (1913—2005)
Paul Ricoeur (1913—2005) Paul Ricoeur was among the most impressive philosophers of the 20th century continental philosophers, both in the unusual breadth and depth of his philosophical scholarship and in the innovative nature of his…
Giorgio Agamben (1942– )
Giorgio Agamben (1942– ) Giorgio Agamben is one of the leading figures in Italian philosophy and radical political theory, and in recent years, his work has had a deep impact on contemporary scholarship in a…
Dekonstruktion
Dekonstruktion Obwohl die Dekonstruktion ihre Wurzeln in Martin Heideggers Konzept der Destruktion hat, Dekonstruieren heißt nicht zerstören. Dekonstruktion ist immer eine doppelte Bewegung der gleichzeitigen Bestätigung und des Rückgängigmachens. It started out as a way of…
The Semantic Theory of Truth
The Semantic Theory of Truth The semantic theory of truth (STT, Jenseits) was developed by Alfred Tarski in the 1930s. The theory has two separate, although interconnected, aspects. Erste, it is a formal mathematical theory…
Art and Epistemology
Art and Epistemology The relationship between art and epistemology has been forever tenuous and fraught with much debate. It seems fairly obvious that we gain something meaningful from experiences and interactions with works of art….
The Bhagavad Gītā
The Bhagavad Gītā The Bhagavad Gītā occurs at the start of the sixth book of the Mahābhārata—one of South Asia’s two main epics, formulated at the start of the Common Era (C.E.). It is a…
Philosophie der Technik
Technikphilosophie Wie viele domänenspezifische Teilgebiete der Philosophie, wie Philosophie der Physik oder Philosophie der Biologie, Technikphilosophie ist ein vergleichsweise junges Forschungsgebiet. It is generally thought to have emerged…
Hegel: Soziales und politisches Denken
Hegel: Social and Political Thought Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) is one of the greatest systematic thinkers in the history of Western philosophy. In addition to epitomizing German idealist philosophy, Hegel boldly claimed that his own…
African Sage Philosophy
African Sage Philosophy The Sage Philosophy Project began in the mid-1970s at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Nairobi Kenya. At the University, Henry Odera Oruka (1944-1995) popularized the term “Sage Philosophy Project,”…