Making Sense of βthe Meaning of Lifeβ
Most of this article was written in 2017. I never finished it, but rather abandoned the project halfway Β§12 for reasons explained below. Until the horizontal line separating old from…
Most of this article was written in 2017. I never finished it, but rather abandoned the project halfway Β§12 for reasons explained below. Until the horizontal line separating old from…
In a review of a number of books about the Anthropocene, British sociologist Leslie Sklair wrote that: Three main narratives have emerged: (1) While posing problems, the Anthropocene is a…
We all believe in stories. Stories about ourselves, stories about the world around us, about the societies and communities we are part of, about our histories, and so forth. We…
βAt the center of the symbolic order is the abhorrence of death,β writes Odile Strik in the conclusion of her short essay The Symbolic Order of Life and Manhood. The…
In 1911 the now almost forgotten German philosopher Hans Vaihinger published Die Philosophie des Als Ob (The Philosophy of βAs ifβ) in which he argued for something approaching global fictionalism.…
The best explanation of the psychological roots of radicalization and terrorism is given by Terror Management Theory (even if the word βterrorβ in that name has nothing to do with…