#Philosophers

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thuleboner

the corpse of the alt right has resurrected into a clique of pretentious champagne nationalist "critiques" who's entire shtick is being too elitist for groyper populism but too busy with

Ethics in Bricks

EthicsInBricks

"The trolley problem is just one more depressing example of academic philosophers’ obsession with concentrating on selected, artificial examples so as to dodge the stress of looking at real issues."-

Jonathan Ichikawa

jichikawa

Professional academic philosophy use to have a reputation for bloodsport. The stereotype of a philosopher was very combative and argumentative; an accepted measure of philosophical skill was one's ability to

Flo Bacus

morallawwithin

Philosophical work is held to such a bizarre standard, in a way that reveals that ppl are from the beginning expecting themselves and others to fail, as if the point

delida/derreuze series

SimonObirek

Process ontology, a longish thread. If a surge of process ontology doesn’t happen now, it won’t. Ever. Where the SR/OOO succeeded in ushering the subject further out of philosophy, it

Emily is extremely online

EtheHerring

HOW is Camus not on this list? Camus was the most beautiful philosopher: a threadhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/philosophers-ranked-by-hotness?utm_term=.txZbP9Wqv#.niQ6q4nDm I mean... BONJOUR Comment allez-vous? Ohlala Oui, oui. &q

Ken Wilson Stan Account

wickrotate

daily reminder that “the scientific method” doesn’t exist I wouldn’t call this an argument, or even a demonstration, but maybe this thread hints at a path towards the “the scientific

Babak Seradjeh

BSeradjeh

Proof that I'm a mathematician at heart. The problem of making sense of probabilities is one that has & I suspect will bother physicists, philosophers, and mathematicians endlessly. The issue

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_virgogre

i hate the concept of what is classic and what is not. when people think of classics they think of old greek philosophers, when the first known poets came from

Alex Wragge-Morley

wraggem

Aesthetic Science - THE THREAD:In 15 tweets, I'm going to explain my new book Aesthetic Science. Its about the period 1650-1720, when natural philosophers (closest thing to scientists back then)

verse

verseskz

I JUST FUCKING REALISED THAT THE STATUE STEPPED OUT OF ITS FRAME IT CAME TO LIFE WHEN SKZ GAVE IT THE RED STONE AKA THE PHILOSPHERS STONE??? THAT GRANTS ETERNAL

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

1/The N-Poem (نونيات) is a genre of medieval Arabic literature in the form of a lyrical stanza. A favourite of mine is that of al-Qaḥṭānī al-Andalusī (d. 10th C). The

Helen De Cruz

Helenreflects

Tomorrow I will be part of a panel on prestige and inclusion in Anglo-American philosophy (with @Etienne_Brown @RebeccaBamford and Thierry Ngosso. Here are some late night thoughts on the following

Divya Jyoti Ved Mandir

dj_vedmandir

भारत पुनः जगद्गुरु कहलाएगाA golden dream, an eternal resolution But what do these words mean?(A THREAD) If we look at the meaning of the word गुरु, where ‘गु (Gu)’ means

François Chollet

fchollet

Philosophy is often mocked by people in tech. But I like philosophy. Everything of value I've ever done falls squarely under the label "philosophy". Philosophy is potent, actionable, and practical

Joseph T Noony

JoeAgneya

"The first cause was a self aware singularity.The truth is ∞"Yajnavalkya, 2000 BCE"There is nothing permanent. Not even the self. The truth is 0"Buddha, 500 BCE"Truth is multifaceted. Both 0