How Can I Be a Better Person? On Virtue Ethics
By Douglas Giles In Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics. This chapter explores a variety of approaches to the question of moral virtue and what it means to be a good person. It…
Conference – György Márkus and Marxist Critical Theory in Eastern Europe
The 3rd International Conference on Marxist Critical Theory in Eastern Europe (ICMCTEE2022) will be held on November 18-21, 2022, in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, Thesis Eleven journal reports on…
The Matrix or the Two Sides of Perversion
When I saw The Matrix at a local theatre in Slovenia, I had the unique opportunity of sitting close to the ideal spectator of the film - namely, to an idiot.…
Dialektika accepted to The Philosopher’s Index
In recent days, the editors of The Philosopher's Information Center sent us the official notice that Dialektika: Journal of Philosophical Research and Social Theory had been accepted into The Philosopher's Index…
Phenomenology and Sociality – Conference
The phenomenological movement, to which authors from extremely diverse traditions and of utmost heterogeneous provenances—directly or indirectly—can be counted...…
Wise women: 6 ancient female philosophers you should know about
Women also shaped the development of philosophy. Although their writings, by and large do not survive, their verbal teaching made a significant impact on their contemporaries, and their voices echo through the…
Why philosophers say solitude can be helpful
Solitude can enable us to recharge. As Montaigne joked, it allows you to take a step back from ordinary life, the better to leap into it next time.…
Intersections between system of production and cultural system
If we define “productivity” as the act of creating goods or services with a commercial value, and “culture” as the articulation of all kinds of signifiers employed by people in a social…
Is ‘cultural Marxism’ really taking over universities?
The term “cultural Marxism” moved into the media mainstream around 2016, when psychologist Jordan Peterson was protesting a Canadian bill prohibiting discrimination based on gender. Peterson blamed cultural Marxism for phenomena like…
4th International Interdisciplinar Boredom Conference – Call for papers
In accordance with previous editions, the 4th International Interdisciplinary Boredom Conference aims to attract specialists on boredom from a wide range of disciplines to expand the knowledge we have already achieved concerning its nature,…