iambingalls
iambingalls t1_j3n40lo wrote
Reply to comment by VersaceEauFraiche in Violence and force: “Camus and Sartre are paradoxically inseparable because they are opposites in this most central and binding debate on racism and all kinds of social oppression.” by IAI_Admin
All of those possibilities listed would be subordinate to the prime directive of profit. Corporations are not moral entities, they are designed to make a profit for the shareholders and everything else is beholden to that aim.
iambingalls t1_isvlekr wrote
Reply to comment by robothistorian in "In other words, an important lesson we can draw from Hans Blumenberg’s writings on myth is that the dangerous political myths of our own times as well as those of the past can only be countered by inventing new myths, telling better stories, and writing more convincing histories." by Maxwellsdemon17
Start here and read the whole page.
iambingalls t1_isueu1f wrote
Reply to comment by fjccommish in "In other words, an important lesson we can draw from Hans Blumenberg’s writings on myth is that the dangerous political myths of our own times as well as those of the past can only be countered by inventing new myths, telling better stories, and writing more convincing histories." by Maxwellsdemon17
This is incredibly naive and simplistic. The truth is that if you believe that God is on your side, you are capable of committing any crime necessary to whatever ends you attribute to him, as we've seen throughout history. Belief in God is not the only foundation of morality and in many cases can be a twisted foundation of total immorality and genocide.
iambingalls t1_j7lt6na wrote
Reply to comment by Micronaut_Nematode in The often misused buzzword Paradigm originated in extremely popular and controversial philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn's work; he defined the term in two core ways: firstly as a disciplinary matrix (similar to the concept of a worldview) and secondly as an exemplar by thelivingphilosophy
Nowhere does it say that he invented the word. In order to talk about an idea, philosophers will often use an appropriate word and define it in the context of their framework of thinking. Kuhn thought that the term paradigm captured what he meant better than any other word and then gave context to what he meant within his own framework. You can see this with many philosophers, who often choose specific words for complex reasons after years of study, see: Deleuze and the word Rhizome, or Nietzsche and Ubermensch, for instance.
Notice: >To summarise then, a paradigm for Kuhn has two core meanings.
A book of philosophy says "Here is what I'm thinking, here are the terms I'm using, and here's what I'm using them to mean in this context so that we can talk about these ideas."