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Andrés Felipe Barrero Salinas
Andrés is passionate about philosophy and education. He has a background in philosophy from Universidad de la Salle in Bogotá, Colombia, where he completed both his undergraduate and master's studies. He earned a second master's degree at Universität Hamburg in Germany, where he wrote about philosophical theories of Modernity and Secularization. Currently, he is a PhD candidate at Universität Bremen.
Education:Universität Hamburg, 2018MSc Philosophy, Politics, and EconomicsUniversidad de la Salle, 2015MA PhilosophyUniversidad de la Salle, 2013BA PhilosophyExpertise:Articles by Andrés Felipe Barrero Salinas
Baruch Spinoza’s idea of freedom has been widely discussed in philosophy. To what extent are human beings free? Can we increase our freedom?
Hans Jonas argues that a new ethical imperative is required to face the challenges of evermore powerful technologies – one of responsibility.
Influential philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend proposed a new theory of knowledge that is both more humane and better depicts the reality of scientific research.
According to Orthodox rabbi and Baron Jonathan Sacks, while science aims to explain, religion attempts to explore the realm of meaning.
Thomas Kuhn's book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), created a unique philosophy of science based on real historical developments.
Max Weber expressed an influential idea: the world was becoming increasingly disenchanted. Among other things, Weber was hinting at the twilight of religious beliefs and practices compared to scientific reasoning.
J.L. Austin and John Searle developed Speech Act Theory and argued that our language does not only describe reality but that it can be used to perform acts.
The philosopher John Searle argues that AI can only simulate cognition but not think through his famous “Chinese room argument”.