Why Baudrillard Hated the Matrix
And why he was wrong
“The Matrix is surely the kind of film about the [...]
What is Metamodernism?
The era that follows postmodernity
“Let’s just say it: it’s over” Linda Hutcheon, The Politics [...]
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 a Paradigm? | Thomas Kuhn
The meaning of paradigm from Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn's work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is one [...]
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. [...]