Homepage
Open in app
Sign in
Get started
Excursus.
An excursus is nothing more than ideas trying to get away from the thoughts that spawned them in the first place.
Follow
Alan Watts: Sixties Countercultural Hero, Dead Xbox Salesman
Alan Watts: Sixties Countercultural Hero, Dead Xbox Salesman
How a lecture about personal divinity became Microsoft’s latest ad campaign
Sean Donovan
Dec 26, 2019
On Hannah Arendt: Why You Don’t Care About Privacy or Bias Anymore
On Hannah Arendt: Why You Don’t Care About Privacy or Bias Anymore
This is what happens when digital space becomes public space.
Sean Donovan
Jun 13, 2019
Philosophy as Practice and Philosophy as Body of Knowledge
Philosophy as Practice and Philosophy as Body of Knowledge
Stephen Hawking famously (and rather ironically) said in 2010 that “philosophy is dead.”
Sean Donovan
Mar 20, 2019
Beyond Nietzsche: Getting at the Distinction between Sympathy and Pity
Beyond Nietzsche: Getting at the Distinction between Sympathy and Pity
Pity is a misunderstood term. It’s denotation is simply the sorrow you feel when confronted by another’s misfortune. But the connotation…
Sean Donovan
Feb 22, 2019
How Pascal's Wager Helps Us Understand the Irrationality of Climate Change Denial
How Pascal's Wager Helps Us Understand the Irrationality of Climate Change Denial
Sean Donovan
Aug 23, 2018
About Excursus.
Latest Stories
Archive
About Medium
Terms
Privacy
Teams