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Why is the non-aesthetic position on art not absorbed by society?
The rejection of the "aesthetic" view on art has been around for a very long time.
Off the top of my head, there's at least Heidegger's "The Origin of the Work of Art", with rather ...
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What is the difference between operatic, operative, and operational from Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation?
The following is the conclusion from the chapter Simulacra and Science Fiction. I did not understand it, and such a specific categorization seemed unusual to me. I was hoping someone might be able to ...
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Philosophy and personal identity
It seems to me that the concept of personal identity - as a coherent whole - is a corner stone of Western culture. We build a LinkedIn/Facebook/etc. profile to sell a whole personality. We go to ...
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Why magical thinking is still present to this day?
Despite all the bad reputation and hatred to people that have any kind of magical thinking (i.e. believes in magic, any kind), this ideology still very present in society these days, day that seems ...
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How come nihilism is so popular today?
I've been trying to attack this question (or more precisely, come up with an answer to that fact) for some time now, but after a while of research I'm suddenly not so sure of the reason the situation ...
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