“Nietzsche on trust and mistrust” – Mark ALFANO

In Mark Alfano, David Collins & Iris Jovanovic (eds.), Perspectives on Trust in the History of Philosophy. Lexington (forthcoming) Abstract: Nietzsche talks about trust [vertraue*] and mistrust [misstrau*] in all of his published and authorized works, from The Birth of Tragedy to Ecce Homo. He refers to trust in 90 passages and mistrust in 101 –…

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“What is Truth? Classical Theories of Truth” – Huw PRICE

Professor Huw Price gives an introductory overview of the main classical conceptions of the nature of truth and some of the general advantages and problems that arise for each type of view. This comes from a 2006 lecture on the nature of truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV2dThRb4PA This was from a talk on Truth given by Huw Price…

TikTok: Eating disorders, racism, censorship and distorted realities | Four Corners

TikTok is a phenomenally successful social media platform with more than a billion users scrolling through its endless feeds. But there is a dark side to the world’s most popular app and a major investigation has uncovered disturbing evidence about how the app operates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwu5C8JWO_k A joint investigation by Four Corners and Triple J Youth…

Peter Singer and Yuval Noah Harari on the Power of Responsibility

What have you done for planet earth today? Watch Yuval Noah Harari and Peter Singer – professor of bioethics, philosopher and author of Animal Liberation – discuss human responsibility towards animals, growing poverty within a neoliberal order, and the increasing impact of globalization on the planet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGH0cyg_tjc The conversation is moderated by Prof. Liad Mudrik,…

Escaping Jehovah’s Witnesses: Inside the dangerous world of a brutal religion | Four Corners

Former Jehovah's Witnesses are fighting back against a religion that failed them. They know they'll lose their loved ones for doing so. Few know the extreme nature of the beliefs of the Jehovah's Witnesses, a religious group which boasts eight million followers in multiple nations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDwHdj7plWo They take a strict interpretation of the Bible and…

This family reported their son to national security authorities over QAnon | Four Corners

QAnon follower Tim Stewart's an old friend of Australian prime minister Scott Morrison. His family reported him to the national security hotline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ol1aUN_Go Four Corners / By Louise Milligan, Jeanavive McGregor and Lauren Day, 13 Jun 2021 The family of a man who has been friends with Prime Minister Scott Morrison for decades and follows…

Targeting Australia’s largest neo-Nazi group | 60 Minutes Australia

A joint investigation by 60 MINUTES, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald to infiltrate and expose a toxic and rotting world of hate. Reporter Nick McKenzie has been working on this clandestine operation for the past eight months. The threat is so significant Australia’s top spy, the director-general of ASIO has agreed to his first…

“Neo-Nazis are claiming Nietzsche as their own, but what does his philosophy really say?” (David Rutledge)

ABC News, Saturday 20, October 2018 Richard Spencer — coiner of the phrase 'alt-right' — infamously yelled "Hail, Trump! Hail, our people! Hail, victory!" at a gathering shortly after the US presidential election in 2016. He elicited cheers and Hitler salutes from the crowd of like-minded patriots. But he also provoked derisive laughter from some liberal observers, who…

“Cioran, o místico de uma era pós-Deus”: entrevista com Mirko Integlia

In memoriam: María Liliana Herrera Alzate (1960-2019) Acaba de ser publicado, em inglês, um novo livro de exegese crítica sobre Cioran, uma exegese importante tanto pela temática quanto pela abordagem: Atormentado por Deus: o niilismo místico de Cioran (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2019), do filósofo e teólogo Mirko Integlia. Uma minuciosa análise textual e contextual, histórico-hermenêutica,…