Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)“The endeavor to keep alive any hoary establishment beyond its natural date is often pernicious and always useless.”
— Mary Wollstonecraft, The French Revolution
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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philosophybits: “The endeavor to keep alive any hoary establishment beyond its natural date is often pernicious and always useless.” —...
“Uncomprehending, even when having heard [the truth], they are like the deaf. The saying ‘absent while present’ describes them well.”...
philosophybits: “What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries...
[Revised entry by Stanley Burris and Marcel Jackson on March 1, 2026. Changes to: Main text] George Boole (1815 –...
