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“Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions... but rather for the sake of the questions themselves.”
– Bertrand Russell
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The Stranger: Why Meursault Threatens the World More Than a Criminal Ever Could
The world has a profound fear of impassive individuals. NOT the mass killers or the tyrants, the latter at least subscribe to the rules of hatred and greed etc. A Meursault, a man who passes through the pages of Albert Camus’s novel dazed and indifferent to the world...
The Infinite Regress Problem: Can explanations ever truly have a beginning?
We are designed to have explanations. When something happens, we say why. And when we do have an explanation, we say why we have that one. This can go on ad infinitum. Philosophers call this the problem of infinite regress, the idea that all explanation seems to need...
Buridan’s Donkey: Can too much rationality lead to paralysis?
Suppose there is a hungry donkey with two stacks of hay in front of it. Both stacks have the same height, same distance, and same nutritional value. The donkey, being a rational animal, will attempt to make the best choice. But since the two choices are equal, the...