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Herme…what-ics?
This weekend, I attended my first philosophy seminar. It was very different from what I expected, but proved surprisingly invigorating—and exhausting.
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Last remarks
In closing, I’d like to highlight that this here is not the full picture. There is much more to say, but I cannot publish the relevant evidence without serious risk.
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Gaining perspective
I guess it’s safe to consider my data criticism rather extensive, but there are other layers to consider. And though they are much less obvious, they seem far more important.
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Kant's categorical imperative
As one of the most famous philosophers, Immanuel Kant has left a rather impressive mark on human history. One of his achievements regards to practical philosophy, which aims to understand human behaviour and its guiding logos (or rationality).
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Questioning knowledge
As one of theoretical philosophy's core areas, epistemology concerns the notion of knowledge. Even Plato contemplated the difference between knowing and conviction, and formulated a definition that would remain relevant for more than two millennia.
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A glance at freedom
One of the coolest insights I've had since engaging with philosophy caused a shift in my understanding of liberty, perhaps the field's most central concept. Though we all know what it means, only few can explain it, and fewer still define it.
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Aristotelian virtue ethics
My recently started philosophy education is much more hands-on than anticipated, and I absolutely love it. Right away, students are encouraged to engage with the material as actively as possible, e.g. by summarising chapters in their own words. Here, I share one of my first such summaries.
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Done with the data
This post is part of an on-going series. If you feel lost, you can get an overview here or jump to the start here. Slowly but surely, the whistleblowing column in coming to a close. Yesterday, I finally finished the data criticism. It turned out rather expansive, but that was
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Revealing the culprit
At long last, we arrive at this investigation’s final stop: Another PhD thesis of the same department. It resembles Fis’ in many ways—similar inconsistencies, problematic data, self-contradictory claims… but with one decisive difference: It actually shows data, and thus enables scrutiny.
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An evolving blog
Until now, a major aspect of this blog concerned the detailing of my burnout and its underlying circumstances. That will change.
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Dismantling a thesis
The next publication on our retrograde path laid the foundation for the project's future, and is thus the most critical. Actual data is still eerily scant (especially for a PhD-thesis), and what little is provided is either unconvincing, or contradictory—and even just a glance reveals it.
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A visual summary of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain
Every now and then I find myself reorganising all the media and documents that accumulate so quickly. No matter what system I try, time and again, chaos ensues—but I'm hopeful these lessons will do the trick.