PinnedMarc-Anthony WidmannThe Basics of Science: Plato’s Theory of Ideas and the Problem of UniversalsMost people would probably agree when someone says there are humans, animals, stones, stars, electrons, or black holes. After all, we see…Aug 5Aug 5
PinnedMarc-Anthony WidmannSelf-Evolution and Authenticity: A Look at Kierkegaard’s Stages of Life in the Age of the DigitalOct 4, 2023Oct 4, 2023
PinnedMarc-Anthony WidmannThe Repetition“Repetition and memory are the same movement, only in opposite directions. For what is being remembered has been, is repeated backwards…Oct 10, 20231Oct 10, 20231
PinnedMarc-Anthony WidmannThe Leap — or On What It Means to LeapFor quite some time, the concept of “leaping” has occupied and fascinated me. Like many terms we use in everyday life, their deeper…Oct 4, 2023Oct 4, 2023
Marc-Anthony WidmannIn the End, It’s About What You Believe — Belief is UnavoidableThis is likely one of the last truly hot days of the year. It will also be one of the last evenings where I can sit by my fire in the…3d ago3d ago
Marc-Anthony WidmannAtheism and Science: The Defining Worldviews of Our Time and Why Science is Ultimately Just Another…The modern world increasingly presents itself as one that can do without the concept of a god. Other explanatory forms that invoke higher…Jul 183Jul 183
Marc-Anthony WidmannDancing in the RainIn moments when the heavens open and the rain relentlessly pours down on the earth, there lies a silent invitation. This invitation…Jul 6Jul 6
Marc-Anthony WidmannA Pragmatic Metaphysics of the Good: The Good as an Affirmative PrincipleSince antiquity, the concept of the Good has been a subject of philosophical reflection. In Plato’s theory of forms, the Good is the…May 30May 30
Marc-Anthony WidmannHuman as a Being of Deficiencies: Arnold Gehlen’s Philosophical AnthropologyAt first, it sounds anything but optimistic. Arnold Gehlen (1904–1976), a German philosopher, anthropologist, and sociologist, describes…May 20May 20