AvatarigaeaAyn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivismthecollector.com - Susanna AndrewsAyn Rand was a Russian-born American philosopher and writer best known for her philosophy of Objectivism. After a series of failures, she found …
AvatarigaeaSkepticism: Why critical thinking makes you smarterbigthink.com - Jonny Thomson"In order to seek truth," Rene Descartes once wrote, "it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, all things." One of …
AvatarigaeaWhat Socrates’ ‘know nothing’ wisdom can teach a polarized Americatheconversation.com - J. W. Traphagan and John J. KaagA common complaint in America today is that politics and even society as a whole are broken. Critics point out endless lists of what should be fixed: …
AvatarigaeaRené Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?thecollector.com - Klejton CikajThis article explores the ideas of Rene Girard concerning violence and sacrifice. According to Girard, the impulse for violence is directed towards a …
AvatarigaeaDo universal values exist? A philosopher says yes, and takes aim at identity politics – but not all of his arguments are convincingtheconversation.com - Denise GambleIn Moral Progress in Dark Times, German philosopher Markus Gabriel makes a case for a new enlightenment based on universal values, arguing that the …
Avatarigaea5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialismthecollector.com - Antonio PanovskiThe tradition of Cartesian philosophy culminated in the philosophy of Edmund Husserl, giving rise to phenomenology. Husserl’s pupil Martin Heidegger …