Modernism vs. Postmodernism
Our Two Warring Worldviews
Since Habermas wrote these words in 1981, this situation has [...]
What is Structuralism? | Continental Philosophy
Lévi-Strauss, Barthes and Piaget
Structuralism was a school of philosophy that was at the [...]
Do We Live in a Simulation? | Jean Baudrillard
The meaning of simulation from Baudrillard's Simulation and Simulacra
Are we all living in a simulation? If you [...]
What is Phenomenology?
The Philosophy of Husserl and Heidegger
Phenomenology is a school of philosophy that originated in the [...]
“God is Dead” — What Nietzsche Really Meant
Not a statement of atheism but a warning of nihilism
“God is dead,” surely Nietzsche’s notorious soundbite (in a portfolio [...]
Semiotics of Spirituality
What Zen Masters Know that We Don’t
In last week’s article, we looked at Ferdinand de Saussure’s [...]
What is Semiotics?
Ferdinand de Saussre's Linguistic Revolution
Semiotics is one of the cornerstones of so-called Continental Philosophy. [...]
The Life of Plato
The Biography of Philosophy's Father
Alfred North Whitehead once famously described the history of philosophy [...]
What is Empiricism?
The Philosophy of Locke, Berkeley and Hume
A few centuries before philosophy schismed between Analytic and Continental [...]
Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson | Full Original Essay
“Ne te quæsiveris extra.” Man is his own star; [...]