Ontology | The Philosopher

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"But First, Nothing": by Karmen MacKendrick (Keywords: Metaphysics; Theology; Ontology; Kabbalah)

"Before anything can be, there must be made nothing; prior to this contraction, nothing is not – where, after all, would it be?"

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"Brain": An Essay by Nima Bassiri (Keywords: Neuroscience; Selfhood; Ontology; Power; Governance)

"The primacy of the brain functions as a something of a barometer for how we have come to be governed."

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"Why Should We Give a Damn? On Sharing Emotions" by Thomas Szanto (Phenomenology; Normativity)

"Emotions are based rather on affective concerns, concerns over what really matters to the subjects – what we “give a damn” about."

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"Being and Accident: A Mexican Ontology" by Carlos Alberto Sánchez (Keywords: Being; Nothingness)

"We can understand Mexican ontology as a means to push back against inherited and imposed ontological schemas of all sorts."

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"Where Do We Stand When We Know? Mātauranga Māori and its Translation as 'Science'" by Carl Mika

"Methods of thinking and observing are tightly implicated with wellbeing – not just for the human entity but also the non-human world."

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"Movement": An Essay by Thomas Nail (Keywords: Anthropocene; Ontology; Migration; Capitalism)

"We cannot adequately understand contemporary politics through the paradigm of static states and stationary citizens."

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