“Uncomprehending, even when having heard [the truth], they are like the deaf. The saying ‘absent while present’ describes them well.”
– Heraclitus, Fragments, B34
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...
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“Uncomprehending, even when having heard [the truth], they are like the deaf. The saying ‘absent while present’ describes them well.”...
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[Revised entry by Stanley Burris and Marcel Jackson on March 1, 2026. Changes to: Main text] George Boole (1815 –...
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