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Can Women Think? A Contemplation and an Invitation
Listen to my talk on the role of women – in society, in philosophy. How can we allow for female thought to have a voice? With an introduction by Professor Hoda Mahmoudi of the University of Maryland. I’m looking forward to your responses, your questions, your support. As the Dutch poet Lucebert once said… all…
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Forget this “When good men do nothing…”
Reading books can give a distorted idea of what evil is, and what it means to be a good person. And especially when we start using falsely attributed quotes that are both misleading and wrong, we need to reconsider what it actually means – to do good.
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Looking back and forward… at my time in the US
I have extremely mixed feelings about my time in the US. Even though I spent some weeks in China shortly before going to the US, I had no idea what kind of shock I would encounter. A shock culturally, physically and emotionally.
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The Ethics of Being First
Making distinction in order define oneself on the basis of what something is not, instead of having an holistic approach, is responsible for the main problems of humanity. Difference is what perpetuates poverty, climate change, social inequality, genocide, and war.
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On the (end of the) commercialization of writing
What happens when money is involved in the process of thinking and writing? Is there a danger, or is it simply a neutral motivation?
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Go #Steady with a Philosopher
Ever wanted to know how you could support a philosopher? Be involved and go steady with a philosopher…
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Words&Statistics – “Fact” and post-truths
What happened in 1965? After that date, the word ‘fact’ has decreasingly been used in books. But how come? Did the ‘post-truth’ world start not with social media, but maybe with the rise of relativism and existentialism?
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Affirmative action & the continuation of sexual difference
One of the fundamental errors in this method is that is continues the definition of members of the disadvantaged group based on them not-belonging to the norm.
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Can women think?
Wednesday, November 30th 2016, I’ll give a talk at the University of Maryland about the question “Can women think?”