Category: Philosophy General
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Ancient cities, long gone. Microbes. Architects.
When snorkelers discovered what appeared to be ancient stonework off the coast of the Greek island of Zakynthos in 2013, archaeologists sent to the site thought the odd rocks might be the ruins of an ancient city. But among the columns, bagel-shaped rings and paving stone‒like rocks, they found no telltale pottery shards or other…
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Harmonia Philosophica – The philosophy of the irrational! (MiLAct16 conference presentation)
Could all philosophers be correct at the same time? Could time be an illusion? Have we lost connection with the One? Do we over-analyze things? Are we too logical in an illogical world? Does science progress through logic or through “madness”? Thinking logically entails the acceptance of various assumptions. But can thought based on assumptions…
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Asymmetries. Sensing. Motionless.
“Did something move over there?” Everyone has experienced this situation. One is looking towards a sound source, but with the best will in the world, one cannot detect an object. Only its sudden movement, even if minimal, allows its immediate perception. Scientists at the Ruhr-University Bochum have investigated this phenomenon and show for the first…
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Against Enlightenment: The Enlightenment was not light. The Enlightenment is darkness.
Since as early as 17th century – the era of René Descartes and Benedict De Spinoza – opposition to the church and faith in “logic” was starting to be the new fashion. [1] Later on, in an era of revolutions during the 1789-1848 period, the reaction to the secular powers became synonym to reaction to…
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