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Marylin Delgado @philosophypills.bsky.social · 7d

"That the parts behave very differently in these arrangements than in isolation or in pairs does not license the idea that the arrangement exerts a downward 'configurational force' on the parts or that the wholes and their characteristics are emergent."

#philsky #metaphysics

iai.tv/articles/eme...

Emergence explains nothing and is bad science | John Heil

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Róbert Péter @robertpeter.bsky.social · 11d

🚀AVOBMAT beta is out: a user-friendly platform for scalable, #multilingual #textmining and #metadata analysis for teaching and research—hosted by the #GWDG infrastructure. Unlock new possibilities! Start here 👉 avobmat.hu
#DigitalHumanities #Libraries #NLP #ResearchTools #DARIAH #ADHO

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Róbert Péter @robertpeter.bsky.social · Apr 4

Full article: Uncovering Hidden Influences: The Reception Reader as a Tool for Intellectual Historians www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#dh #digitalhumanities

Uncovering Hidden Influences: The Reception Reader as a Tool for Intellectual Historians

Published in Global Intellectual History (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Miriam Vollmer @miriamvollmer.bsky.social · 14d

Den Artikel hat doch hoffentlich die KI geschrieben - so einfältig sollte kein lebender Mensch sein. Von der Fixierung aufs spätere Gehalt bis zum „Hilfswissenschaftler“.

Real ist der große Vorteil einer Diss, dass man einmal im Leben etwas von vorne bis hinten durchdenkt

DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 14d

Ein Doktortitel ist prestigeträchtig, aber bedeutet jahrelanger Stress. Experten erklären, in welchen Fächern sich das finanziell und beruflich lohnt – und wann nicht.

Doktortitel: Lohnt sich die Promotion noch?

Ein Doktortitel ist prestigeträchtig, aber bedeutet jahrelanger Stress. Experten erklären, in welchen Fächern sich das finanziell und beruflich lohnt – und wann nicht.

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

Geuss' texts refuse the consolation that comes from the idea that one has now found the "right" system. Instead, they invite us to understand thinking as a continued diagnostic practice - a practice that needs no heroes. #PhilSky
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Against Self-Assurance: Raymond Geuss as an Anti-Heroic Philosopher in the Post-Metaphysical Age

Thinking in an Age of Disillusionment

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

10/10
What remains of Geuss? A method: historical rigor, skepticism of power, and a refusal to romanticize philosophy.

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

9/10
Ott’s essay culminates in Geuss’s “dignity of questioning.” Philosophy, here, is not about answers but the relentless interrogation of assumptions - a practice of intellectual humility in an age of certainties.
#Philosophy #Questioning #IntellectualHumility

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

8/10
Geuss’s “unpopularity” stems from his refusal to simplify. Ott notes his resistance to media spectacle and normative blueprints, making him a philosopher’s philosopher - challenging, not comforting.
#PublicIntellectuals #Philosophy #AntiHeroism

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

7/10
Ideology critique without promises: Geuss’s skepticism is a method, not a mood. Ott shows how he exposes the political stakes of philosophical concepts, refusing to offer easy resolutions.
#IdeologyCritique #Philosophy #Skepticism

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

6/10
Geuss’s political philosophy is anti-utopian. Ott argues he analyzes democracy, power, and legitimacy without moral illusions, insisting on the primacy of historical struggle over abstract ideals.
#Democracy #Power #Realism

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

5/10
Between Frankfurt and Cambridge: Geuss navigates critical theory and historical contextualism. Ott reveals how he avoids Habermas’s normative optimism, embracing conflict and contingency instead.
#FrankfurtSchool #Habermas #PoliticalRealism

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

4/10
Geuss’s “diagnostic” approach treats philosophy as a tool to expose hidden assumptions. Ott traces his debt to Adorno, Montaigne, and the essayistic tradition - a method of disruption, not construction.
#Adorno #Montaigne #PhilosophyAsCritique

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

3/10
Postmetaphysical but not nihilist: Geuss’s thought thrives in ambiguity. Ott highlights his rejection of transcendental truths, focusing instead on power, context, and the limits of rationalism. A philosophy of unsettling, not comforting.
#Postmetaphysics #Power #PoliticalPhilosophy

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

2/10
Geuss’s philosophy is a critique of intellectual self-assurance. Ott shows how he dismantles the “heroic” philosopher trope, favoring diagnostic inquiry over moralizing. His work is a call to question, not to answer.
#CriticalTheory #Skepticism #Philosophy

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

1/10
Theessay explores Raymond Geuss as an “anti-heroic” philosopher in our postmetaphysical age. Geuss rejects grand narratives, embracing skepticism & historical context over normative certainties.
#Philosophy #Geuss #PoliticalTheory #Philsky
das.ubernerden.com/ott-geuss.html

Wider die Selbstgewissheit

Raymond Geuss als anti-heroischer Philosoph im postmetaphysischen Zeitalter

das.ubernerden.com

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

10/10
What remains of Geuss? A method: historical rigor, skepticism of power, and a refusal to romanticize philosophy.
#Geuss #Philosophy #PoliticalTheory

Wider die Selbstgewissheit

Raymond Geuss als anti-heroischer Philosoph im postmetaphysischen Zeitalter

das.ubernerden.com

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Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

9/10
Ott’s essay culminates in Geuss’s “dignity of questioning.” Philosophy, here, is not about answers but the relentless interrogation of assumptions - a practice of intellectual humility in an age of certainties.
#Philosophy #Questioning #IntellectualHumility

1 1

Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

8/10
Geuss’s “unpopularity” stems from his refusal to simplify. Ott notes his resistance to media spectacle and normative blueprints, making him a philosopher’s philosopher - challenging, not comforting.
#PublicIntellectuals #Philosophy #AntiHeroism

1 1

Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

7/10
Ideology critique without promises: Geuss’s skepticism is a method, not a mood. The essay shows how he exposes the political stakes of philosophical concepts, refusing to offer easy resolutions.
#IdeologyCritique #Philosophy #Skepticism

1

Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

6/10
Geuss’s political philosophy is anti-utopian. Ott argues he analyzes democracy, power, and legitimacy without moral illusions, insisting on the primacy of historical struggle over abstract ideals.
#Democracy #Power #Realism

1

Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

5/10
Between Frankfurt and Cambridge: Geuss navigates critical theory and historical contextualism. The essay reveals how he avoids Habermas’s normative optimism, embracing conflict and contingency instead.
#FrankfurtSchool #Habermas #PoliticalRealism

1

Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

4/10
Geuss’s “diagnostic” approach treats philosophy as a tool to expose hidden assumptions. The essay traces his debt to Adorno, Montaigne, and the essayistic tradition—a method of disruption, not construction.
#Adorno #Montaigne #PhilosophyAsCritique

1

Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

3/10
Postmetaphysical but not nihilist: Geuss’s thought thrives in ambiguity. The essay highlights his rejection of transcendental truths, focusing instead on power, context, and the limits of rationalism. A philosophy of unsettling, not comforting.
#Postmetaphysics #Power #PoliticalPhilosophy

1

Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

2/10
Geuss’s philosophy is a critique of intellectual self-assurance. Ott shows how he dismantles the “heroic” philosopher trope, favoring diagnostic inquiry over moralizing. His work is a call to question, not to answer.
#CriticalTheory #Skepticism #Philosophy

1

Erwin Ott @das.ubernerden.com · 27d

1/10
The essay explores Raymond Geuss as an “anti-heroic” philosopher in our postmetaphysical age. Geuss rejects grand narratives, embracing skepticism & historical context over normative certainties.
#Philosophy #Geuss #PoliticalTheory #PhilSky
das.ubernerden.com/ott-geuss.html

Wider die Selbstgewissheit

Raymond Geuss als anti-heroischer Philosoph im postmetaphysischen Zeitalter

das.ubernerden.com

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