Tag: philosophy
Reclaiming Slurs through Conceptual Engineering
Introduction Ideology can leave us “stuck in a cage, imprisoned among all sorts of terrible concepts.”[1] Slurs are linked to an especially harmful kind of concept. Successfully reclaiming slur terms requires understanding and rejecting these concepts. Linguistic reclamation of slur terms, when combined with critique of the underlying concept, can put an oppressive weapon out…
Why We Need Emotion to Interpret the World
An explanation of Heidegger’s understanding of moods and attunement, and some methodological critiques of his approach – the existential analytic. How is his phenomenology relevant for the modern science of emotion?
The Psychological Representation of Imagination
What determines the things we can imagine? How does imagination affect the possibilities we consider?
The Conceptual Engineering of Mental Illness
Should we change the mental illness concept?
The Paradoxes of Joy and Suffering Abolition in Nietzsche
How can we reconcile suffering and joy? And should suffering be abolished?
Compensating for What? Dworkin, sociology, and mental illness
Introduction: Just Compensation? “What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with.” ― Haruki Murakami Who should society compensate? Which differences in outcome does justice require that we rectify? Dworkin argues that a person with handicaps or poor endowments is entitled to compensation, while a person with negative behavioral traits like…
Why Literature Matters: The Aporetic Approach
What can fiction teach us?
Calm and the Cataract: Zen and The Antichrist
An evaluation of Nietzsche’s critique of Buddhism.