Philosophy

4E cognition takes a holistic view of cognition, as shaped by our body and environment, in opposition to the traditional view of the mind as closed off and decompositional.

Several great thinkers and their philosophies were influential in shaping the beliefs of St. Thomas Aquinas.

In the constellation of Indian philosophy, Mīmāṃsā is the quiet star that holds the sky together. Focused on the meaning of Hindu rituals, it brought the authority of testimony to the forefront.

Vedānta transformed the ancient Vedas into a rigorous metaphysical project. Its central debate is centered on non-dualism and theism.

Step aside, Democritus and particle physicists. Vaiśeṣika, a Classical Indian philosophical system, explained the world in terms of atoms more than two millennia ago.

Exploring the intersection of bureaucracy and morality, this analysis deconstructs Hannah Arendt’s most notable work, Eichmann in Jerusalem.

Flusser’s philosophy of photography offers an account of image-production technologies and their increasing presence in our lives.

The social contract theory developed by Rousseau completely changes our vision of online communities and our general will.