Open Thread/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | July 04, 2022 (self.philosophy)
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Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence is a litmus test for an individual’s capacity to affirm life. Your reaction to the prospect of living every single moment of your life over and over again in sequence is, for Nietzsche, a crucial measure of your ability to become who you truly are. (philosophybreak.com)
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BlogThe Dangerous Populist Science of Yuval Noah Harari - "everyone—from linguists like Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker, to experts on primate communication like Michael Tomasello and Asif Ghazanfar—is in agreement that, although precursors can be found in other animals, language is unique to humans. " (currentaffairs.org)
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Book ReviewGrandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk (ndpr.nd.edu)
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VideoFeminist vs Pro-Life Activist: Abortion Ethics Debate (youtube.com)
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Paper [PDF]The Philosophy of Visual Perception, -Vijay Srinath Kanchi (researchgate.net)
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Articlepreface to Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard (lancemanion.com)
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VideoNietzsche - No Price Too High for Owning Yourself (youtube.com)
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VideoResistance is often used to describe ordinary democratic politics. This, however, undermines the extraordinary nature of civil resistance. This video identifies 6 necessary conditions for a social movement to legitimately be ‘Civil Resistance’ and how it is more than politics as usual. (youtube.com)
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VideoDavid Hume’s essay on human nature offers some considerations on the debate between an optimistic perspective and a pessimistic one. One of these considerations is that a person with an optimistic view might act more virtuously to live up to that perspective. (youtube.com)
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Book ReviewAuthority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities (ndpr.nd.edu)
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