Ideation http://idea.tion.to An agnostic blog Mon, 07 May 2012 15:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Protologism: Ignomatic http://idea.tion.to/2011/09/protologism-ignomatic/ http://idea.tion.to/2011/09/protologism-ignomatic/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:48:00 +0000 Borg http://idea.tion.to/?p=1883 http://idea.tion.to/2011/09/protologism-ignomatic/feed/ 1 The Paradox of being a Moderate http://idea.tion.to/2011/09/the-paradox-of-being-a-moderate/ http://idea.tion.to/2011/09/the-paradox-of-being-a-moderate/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:01:55 +0000 Borg http://idea.tion.to/?p=861 Was the Japanese earthquake a punishment from God?

In the days after the horrific Japanese earthquake in March 2011 an SMS circulated around in the Middle East claiming that it was an act of punishment from Allah for the wrongdoings of the Japanese people. If you, like me, are not a fundamentalist Muslim you will probably find that attitude morally repulsive. At the same time I would argue that it is a rational conclusion and that it presents profound challenges for moderate believers.

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Censorship is about concealment. I am exploring different motives for it, and argue that it is a fallacy to consider the state or corporation as a paternal person with rights like an individual. Granting leaders the power to decide what is real and what is not is giving them more power than any human can handle.

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What kind of people become political leaders? Is it even possible to be a normal decent person and arrive at the upper echelons of power, or is a modicum of callous insanity a prerequisite? Some reflections on Machiavelli´s Prince and Isaiah Berlin´s study of De Maistre.

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Some people have a very dark view of man based on our cruel history of war. It is tempting to draw the conclusion that human nature is ferocious and evil, but I don´t think this view makes sense. The cruel and nasty people do not like to obey or listen to anyone. It´s the people that are nice but don´t think for themselves that follow orders.

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From a fountain in the garden of comte Xavier Branicki's castle I would like to have another bash at convincing you why philosophy is good not only for the individual but also for society at large. I also defend why multiplicity, plurality and contrast within society is necessary to be prepared for the future.

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Is philosophy good for society? Are noble lies the justifiable medicine of philosophical doctors? If more people thought for themselves would society disintegrate? I’m on the road from Granada to Gothenburg, and today Plato is on my pillion.

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What is a valid belief? What does it mean for a belief to be valid? How should we deal with beliefs that may not be valid? I am arguing that truth is not the most important decider of validity, but rather what practical implications a belief has for the believer. I am digging for a lost epistemological dimension, more fundamental than that of accurate representation of reality.

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