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What’s in a Gesture?
I wrote this some time ago, but didn’t publish it. Therefore, I would like to present it here. In the meantime, a few weeks have passed since the inauguration of the new president, Trump. Trump’s ego must have been bruised, considering the most talked-about moment wasn’t about him. Not the fact that he didn’t swear…
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The Institutionalization of Philosophy: The Problem
Those who study philosophy will have been asked the question: “What are you going to do with that?” And indeed, it is true: philosophy does not prepare you for a job, except for maybe becoming a teacher of philosophy. In this way, philosophy seems useless. There is no use for philosophy in the labor market. But not…
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Love in the Age of Technology
As with all things, love has changed with the rise of technology. Not only in the way people meet but also in how people interact with one another. Meeting online has become the most popular way for couples to meet.[1] We can now view sexual images whenever we want. And we can collect data on our…
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Restarting my blog (again)
I have been gone for a while now. I recently graduated with a master’s degree in philosophy and my time was mainly occupied with writing my Master’s thesis. During my vacation, I wanted to resurrect this blog to at least do something with my studies. I do feel that a new direction needs to be…
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Simone De Beauvoir and Existentialism
Simone de Beauvoir is mostly remembered as one of the greatest feminist intellectuals this world has ever seen. But she was also one of the leading French Existentialists with Sartre and Camus. Where Sartre tried to create an ontology for existentialism and gave the groundworks for an ethical theory, de Beauvoir took it upon herself…
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On a Journey to Becoming a Polymath
Nowadays we have an information overload. It is literally everywhere. If we want to know something, then we can just Google it. It’s easy. I want to know what Einstein’s relativity is? Just press search. We have all the information we ever need at our fingertips. And this has huge implications to our world and…
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Do we control Technology or does Technology control us?
In a society where technological progress will only come faster and faster, it is a fair question to ask: ‘When will technology come to control us? Or has it already happened?’. Now when I say: will technology control us, I do not mean control us in the way we see in many science fiction movies…
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