Philosophical Dictionary

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

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.

We analyze how the idea of radical self-sufficiency was lived in practice by the early Cynics and later formalized as a theoretical doctrine for the Stoics via Epictetus.

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 of this condition.

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

We want to explain here what skills a philosopher actually brings to the table. We try to keep it general, after all we don't want to make any more jokes about burger flippers and cab drivers with diplomas. For this we make use of the German word "Inkompetenzkompensationskompetenz" by Odo Marquard.

We explain briefly and in an understandable way what Sartre means by "radical freedom".