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Essay Awarded 1st Prize in the Chinese National Selection Round of the International Philosophy Olympiad (written in person and in timed conditions)
Topic 4: “359. Could a machine think?—Could it be in pain?—Well, is the human body to be called such a machine? It surely comes as close...
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Mar 712 min read
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Temporality and Education
The purpose of education must be more than just academic learning. It must be liberal and also cultivate individual character, towards...
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Mar 73 min read
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Critical Response Essay to "Seeping Through the Pages" by Mark Trecka
In “Seeping through the Pages,” Mark Trecka argues for the main idea that identities cannot be understood through rigid and reductive...
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Mar 73 min read
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The Presupposition of Truth in All Concepts and Intuitions
[this is an excerpt from my book The Impossibility of Truth: A Treatise on Anti-Logic ] Truth (or at least the concept of the existence...
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Oct 22, 20246 min read
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Should I be held responsible for what I believe? (this essay was awarded a "Very High Commendation" in the John Locke Institute's Global Essay Prize)
Introduction In this essay, I argue that I should not be held responsible for what I believe. This essay restricts responsibility to...
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Sep 24, 20248 min read
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Preface
[this is an excerpt from my book The Impossibility of Truth: A Treatise on Anti-Logic ] “Es gibt keine Tatsachen, nur Interpretationen.”...
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Sep 7, 20242 min read
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Critical Response Essay to "Cosmetic Surgery And the Televisual Makeover: A Foucauldian feminist reading"
Cressida Heyes suggests that there is a paradox of authenticity at the heart of cosmetic makeovers: “our uniqueness is best expressed...
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Aug 14, 20243 min read
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Lacan's "Borromean Knot": Understanding the Human Psyche
Introduction The human psyche is a complex instrument, and our actions and thoughts are driven by a variety of different sources,...
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Jul 21, 20248 min read
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Who am I?
This essay will define knowing who I am as understanding my self as a unified whole. With this, I argue that since the self is...
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Jun 30, 20242 min read
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Does the problem of evil disprove the existence of God?
If “the problem of evil” is said to refer specifically to the logical problem of evil (or the notion that God’s existence is...
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Jun 23, 20244 min read
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Kant's "Copernican Revolution" in Philosophy
Introduction In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus published his revolutionary book De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the...
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Jun 12, 202411 min read
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Is it possible to be authentic in the postmodern age?
Introduction The idea of being authentic has always been popular throughout the history of philosophy. It is present in sources as...
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Jun 4, 20249 min read
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