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fromAeon
3 hours ago

True mastery demands going beyond the rules to learn for yourself | Aeon Videos

Foundational human knowledge is ineffable and mastering skills requires stepping beyond rules into the unknown, exemplified by expert practitioners across diverse domains.
fromAeon
1 month ago

I am, therefore I think - how Heidegger radically reframed being | Aeon Videos

Since Plato, a dominant strain of Western philosophy has understood human beings primarily as rational thinkers, a view typified by René Descartes's conclusion: cogito ergo sum ('I think, therefore I am'). But in 1927, the German philosopher Martin Heidegger radically upended this tradition in his monumental opus Being and Time. Thinking and theorising, he argued, presupposes a special mode of being that is unique to humans: I am, therefore I think.
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fromThe Conversation
5 months ago

Put down your phone and engage in boredom - how philosophy can help with digital overload

Digital platforms convert human attention into exploitable resources, producing relentless distraction that erodes silence, slowness, and capacity for deep reflection.
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