“A correct judgement … confines itself to common life, and to such subjects as fall under daily practice and experience; leaving the more sublime topics to the embellishment of poets and orators, or to the arts of priests and politicians.”
– David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)Foucault’s critique of power and knowledge shaped poststructuralism, yet its rejection of truth risks becoming its own orthodoxy. To remain...
This is Part 4 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
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“A correct judgement … confines itself to common life, and to such subjects as fall under daily practice and experience;...
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“It is the first sign that animal has become man when his actions are no longer directed to the procurement...
