Philosophical Dictionary

Bitcoin, the stock market, personal success and a "stoic mindset"

Bitcoin, the stock market, personal success and...

Markus Uehleke

We explain philosophy memes so you actually know why you're laughing.

Bitcoin, the stock market, personal success and...

Markus Uehleke

We explain philosophy memes so you actually know why you're laughing.

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A "crossover" meme with Camus and Philippa Foot's "trolley problem"

A crossover meme with Camus and Philippa Foot's...

Markus Uehleke

We explain philosophy memes so you actually know why you're laughing.

A crossover meme with Camus and Philippa Foot's...

Markus Uehleke

We explain philosophy memes so you actually know why you're laughing.

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Inherent in all beginnings is a sense of delusion

Inherent in all beginnings is a sense of delusion

Markus Uehleke

We reflect here on the disparity between statistical data collection and the actually philosophical field of human cognition.

Inherent in all beginnings is a sense of delusion

Markus Uehleke

We reflect here on the disparity between statistical data collection and the actually philosophical field of human cognition.

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Occam's razor and the common sense

Occam's razor and the common sense

Markus Uehleke

We explain the principle behind the metaphor of Occam's razor and, above all, clarify what it is not supposed to mean. Unfortunately, it is often misunderstood.

Occam's razor and the common sense

Markus Uehleke

We explain the principle behind the metaphor of Occam's razor and, above all, clarify what it is not supposed to mean. Unfortunately, it is often misunderstood.

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Why is stoicism trending?

Why is stoicism trending?

Markus Uehleke

Vulgar stoicism as a contemporary trend subtly serves the self-exploitative tendencies of modern and especially digital work, while at the same time providing the coping strategy to talk oneself out...

Why is stoicism trending?

Markus Uehleke

Vulgar stoicism as a contemporary trend subtly serves the self-exploitative tendencies of modern and especially digital work, while at the same time providing the coping strategy to talk oneself out...

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Nietzsche and the omnipresent urge for self-optimisation

Nietzsche and the omnipresent urge for self-opt...

Markus Uehleke

We placed Nietzsche's ideas of the superman and the "last man" in a line with currently observable self-optimization compulsions.

Nietzsche and the omnipresent urge for self-opt...

Markus Uehleke

We placed Nietzsche's ideas of the superman and the "last man" in a line with currently observable self-optimization compulsions.

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