Dizionario filosofico
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Dove sono le donne? Maria von Herbert
By Caroline Black
Discover Maria von Herbert, the forgotten female philosopher who challenged Kant's categorical imperative through personal letters. Her profound critique exposed how rigid moral systems fail to address human suffering and emotional complexity, offering valuable insights on ethics while highlighting women's overlooked contributions to philosophy. -
Il Panopticon moderno: Come la teoria carceraria di Foucault spiega l'odierna società della sorveglianza
By Caroline Black
Discover how Michel Foucault's panopticon theory explains our surveillance society. From Bentham's prison design to modern digital monitoring, learn how the fear of being watched shapes behavior and how power structures use surveillance to control populations. -
Marx contro Nietzsche: La filosofia incompresa di "La religione è l'oppio dei popoli" e "Dio è morto".
By Caroline Black
Discover the true meaning behind Marx's "religion is the opium of the people" and Nietzsche's "God is dead" quotes. This exploration reveals how these philosophical statements are misunderstood when taken out of context, and why their actual meanings offer deeper insights than the memes suggest. -
Dal cinismo allo stoicismo: Come Diogene di Sinope gettò le basi filosofiche del pensiero stoico
By Markus Uehleke
Discover how Diogenes of Sinope's radical Cynicism laid the groundwork for Stoic philosophy. This analysis compares ancient texts to reveal how concepts of self-sufficiency, emotional detachment, and cosmopolitanism evolved from provocative Cynic practices into the systematic philosophical framework of Stoicism. -
The Münchhausen Trilemma: Why Proving Everything Is Like Pulling Yourself Out of a Swamp by Your Own Hair
By Markus Uehleke
Explore the Münchhausen trilemma, the fascinating philosophical puzzle that shows why all knowledge faces three unsatisfying options: infinite regress, circular reasoning, or unprovable assumptions. Learn why absolute certainty is elusive and how to think more clearly anyway. -
Pooping At Work: Marx and Us
By Caroline Black
In which we discuss Karl Marx's criticisms of capitalism, us, the Labor Theory of Value, and freedom. With bonus thought experiment.