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Zohar Atkins in What Is Called Thinking?

Aug 31, 2020

As Above, So Below?

Carl Schmitt writes in Political Theology, that all political concepts have their derivation in theology; the “state of exception” or “state of emergency,” in political life, he claims, corresponds to the miracle in theology. If Schmitt is correct, then one cannot avoid having a theology…

A Product of Your Time?

Leo Strauss says, in Persecution and the Art of Writing, that philosophers have more in common with each other than they have with other members of their society or culture, even when they disagree fundamentally about the most basic questions.

How can AI make good decisions when it has no “skin in the game?”

Or, said differently, how can AI decide what to value without a sense of self, a sense of purpose, and a sense of personal “loss aversion”?

Zohar Atkins in What Is Called Thinking?

Aug 28, 2020

Why Are Some Questions Unaskable?

Which questions are against the rules in your social and professional life? Why? What does that tell you about the nature of questions? Is the sheer act of asking “why,” even in good faith, a gesture of defiance?

Zohar Atkins in What Is Called Thinking?

Aug 27, 2020

In Honor of Hegel’s 250th Birthday…

What contemporary practice or institution has replaced the duel? Does a willingness to fight to the death signify foolishness or honor?