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Western man is result of sense experience.
But since Aristotle Western people
consider sense as 'white noise' and worship non-sense
('pure reason', 'ratio' or 'understanding). A malicious paradox. 'Ideas' are SF-movies. Capitalism, WWI + WWII |
| 20th century Philosophy Dualism Perfected |
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The Great Game: Reducing The Ottoman Empire and The Persian Empire to Turkey and Iran (cut and paste)
The Western 'Rationals' (Computer Apes)play Angels of Death / Industrial Killing US philosophy is controlled by fear, due to institutions like FBI and due to Cold War thinking. |
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Massive denial in Western World of Relativism
Powerthinking as result from absolute Christian Science resulting in many millions of dead fellow people
A paradigmic timeline |
Developments ON THE BORDER of Rationalism and Buddhism |
What you see is SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINABLE |
What you see is NOT ALL there is |
What you LEARNED to see is ONLY RATIONAL |
What you CAN'T FALSIFY is what you BELEAVE | |
What you beleave is NOT ONLY TRADITION |
What you beleave is PART OF TRUTH
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Part of TRUTH CHANGES in
REVOLUTIONS
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Wittgenstein 1889-1951 |----------------.....................------------ | Adorno 1903-1969 |------------------.............................---------------- | Popper 1902-1994 |------------------............................------------------------------------------ | Foucault 1926-1984 | ----------------------------........----------------- | Marcuse 1898-20.. |-----------------.................---------------------------------------------------------| Kuhn 1922-1996 | -----------------.................---------------------------------------| Century 1900-2000 |...........................................................................................| [Age between 20 and 40] 1. The Wiener Kreis and Wittgenstein are sometimes said to be part of the Analytic School 2. Popper and Kuhn are said to be part of the Scientific School 3. French School philosophers like Foucault and Derrida are said to be member of Post Structuralism. 4. French School philosophers like Sartre and Camus are said to Existentialist |
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The influence of Kuhn is felt during the remainder of the century. His idea of paradigm shifts does not change anymore.
Changed brains give rise to new 'sense of reality' so BEHAVIOR does change.
All the wise men, with exeption of Marcuse, share a kind of dullness,
because seen through common sense eyes they pretend immaterial 'spirituality'.
Through their 'spritual' writings we don't learn anything about their further BEHAVIOR.
20th century Philosophy / Philosophie im 20. Jahrhundert
Zarah2nd. See also Paradigm Shifts on Democracy |