Tag: Philosophical

0. Philosophical Comp Sci Jargon

The current status quo for society and its many faces are simply weird. There now exist micro-variables that determine the state of the aggregate macro-structure. To focus on the state, the structure or the quanta is to shift focus from an entity to an observer. In classical and quantum physics, obs...

The Great Wave off Kanagawa: Finding Philosophical Meaning through a Painting

A painting with Mount Fuji as a background and small boats defying vicious blue waves off Kanagawa is how I describe Hokusai’s famous work, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”. This painting evokes something deep within myself. First, I see it as a representation of the insignificance of...

Western Society Would Upgrade Overnight If It Borrowed This Buddhist Philosophical Concept

It is a caring for others that is balanced by the means to actually make a difference — and both of these are increased to literal infinity. It’s a focus on your heart’s capacity to motivate more and more positive action — not on “fixing” this world o...

No, Ghandy was not wrong on the Radical Feminists in Philosophical Trends

Ihave often heard the claim that Anuradha Ghandy’s critique of radical feminism should be rejected in part or whole because of apparent confusion on the position of radical feminists on pornography. Because today “radical feminism” has become synonymous with anti-pornography, conte...