Tag: philosophy
Artificial Intelligence: “She should like us” – Knowledge
A recently published AI language model called “Claude 3 Opus” from the company Anthropic has caused an uproar. As a developer announced via Could this be the first sign that…
Philipp Felsch: “The Philosopher – Habermas and Us” – Culture
No book about Jürgen Habermas has ever started like this. In the style of a large American magazine portrait, like the one in new Yorker Berlin cultural historian Philipp Felsch…
Global warming: Ethics Council recommends higher prices for climate-damaging products
The German Ethics Council suggests asking wealthy people to pay more for tackling the climate crisis. However, many experts consider the demands far too timid. source site
Daniel Kehlmann and Omri Boehm on Kant – well-founded and accessible – culture
April 22nd marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of the philosopher Immanuel Kant. You will then hear the most famous sentences of the most important philosopher of modern times…
Thomas Meyer’s biography Hannah Arendt – Against leaving friends behind – Culture
The way in which Elisabeth Young-Bruehl managed to turn a lived life into a told story in her Hannah Arendt biography, published in 1982, is still unrivaled today. In his…
Social philosopher Oskar Negt dies | tagesschau.de
As of: February 2nd, 2024 6:14 p.m Oskar Negt studied with Horkheimer and Adorno, worked with Habermas, was a pioneer of the student movement and a tireless fighter for democracy.…
The philosopher Oskar Negt is dead: dreaming, thinking, fighting – culture
For Ulrike Meinhof he was “the pig”, for the rebel Joschka Fischer he was a mentor: On the death of the philosopher Oskar Negt, who never gave up his belief…
Society: The duty to be an optimist
The self-reinforcing fear of decline is harmful and unwarranted. Anyone who wants to do something good for democracy should show strength with confident self-confidence – like in the demonstrations these…
Non-fiction "Progress and Regression": Why societies improve
The world seems to be turning backwards, but Berlin philosopher Rahel Jaeggi defends a comforting idea in her new book: historical progress is possible. source site
If you’re not Prime Minister at 34, have you missed your life?
“If at 50 you don’t have a Rolex, you’ve missed your life,” Jacques Séguéla said in 2009. Since January 9 and his arrival at Matignon, Gabriel Attal has perhaps launched…