In this article I try to summarize the main idea’s in Piaget’s 1968 series of lectures about his Genetic epistemology. Piaget’s approach claims that knowledge is so far a process which is constantly changing and has no linear direction. Understanding the nature of scientific knowledge has to do with our ability to conceptualize, for example […]
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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla ideas explained
In this article I discuss Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in terms of meaning and value extraction. Before you continue, please have a look at the following articles : AC Valhalla : a clash between two perspectives AC Valhalla’s main context is the clash between the pagan Vikings and monotheistic English, a clash between two different worlds. […]
Assassin’s Creed : Psychology
WORK IN PROGRESS This article discusses the PC / Console game franchise Assassin’s Creed in the context of psychology. Carl Gustav Jung ( built a theory or a model in which he finds a link between how our biology, psyche, dreams, religion & symbols are linked together, in a way that can give us meaning, […]
Tolstoy and free will
“Consciousness tells us: (1) I alone exist, and I am everything that exists; consequently I include space; (2) I measure the course of time by a fixed moment in the present, in which moment alone I am aware of being alive; consequently I am beyond time; and (3) I am beyond cause, since I feel […]
Practical Philosophy E01 – Intro
This series is part of a concept in which I would try to give a clue about what it is to live a life with philosophical insights. Is it something worth doing ? The main idea behind philosophy, as I see it, is trying to understand. The love of knowledge. Why should we love knowledge […]
Romanticism : Faust
In this article we discuss Faust in the context of Romanticism. Man is presented as an unstoppable force of constant change, as part of a rebellion against materialism. Romanticism is considered a movement within the arts and literature rather than a solid philosophy, Faust is considered by many the greatest work of German literature and […]
The seventh seal (1957)
Det sjunde inseglet is a film by Ingmar Bergman. In this article we discuss how this movie reflects the humanistic approach of Bergman, how it sees man as the center of the universe. We will put the film in an existential context, relate it to philosophers like Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and post-Freudian psychology.
Nietzsche : The quest for power, the parallel paths of the Übermensch, nihilism and fascist ideology in the context of the 21st century
In this article I will explain how different interpretations, that deal with the concept of power, relates to Nietzsche’s philosophy. Currently, the tendency of western society is to identify power more and more with corruption and abuse. We relate power to intelligence, knowledge and control but also to hierarchy and corruption. In the 21st century these become challenging in the common mind in relation to technology, nature and society. Progressively we gained more power but less control and certainty, which stems from our undermining of the definition of truth. Is it fear that plays a big role in the foundation of our actions ?
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Rick and Morty SE03E03
In Rick and Morty, season 03, episode 03, we encounter a conversation between Rick and a Therapist. Rick tries to explain how he got himself into a situation where he became a pickle and went to an adventure. In that scene we encounter in what seems to be a conversation with a distinct Nietzschean flavor. […]
Nietzsche : Thoughts about science and the impact on the 20th century
This article gives interpretation to Nietzsche’s idea of will to power in the context of the 20th Century and in relation to philosophy, science, materialism, mechanism, determinism and freedom of choice. It deals with the ontological superstition of Object and Subject.