Anita Leirfall
@anitaleirfall
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Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen @UiB_philosophy @UiB
Oslo & Bergen, Norway
Joined May 2010
Lovely Japan! 🇯🇵 A country that gives me hope. 🧵👇🏼.
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Was René Descartes a self-centred guru and a lying fraud? | Aeon Essays. René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy, was furiously condemned by his contemporaries. Why did they fear him? | by Sandrine Parageau #Descartes #philosophy
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RT @John_Wells_1: Fascinating book. Graiver uses cognitive psychology and neuropsychology—without reductionism—to interpret how Eastern mon….
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Some believe we can and should extend life indefinitely through technology. Others that this is a hopeless enterprise, and human suffering means we should not have children. Both are based on a delusion, argues Michael Hauskeller.
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RT @CambUP_PHILNYUK: 🎥Check out our new #Philosophy Elements in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant:.Kant on Social Suffering by @Nuria Sánchez….
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RT @CambUP_PHILNYUK: Have you checked out latest content from Journal of the American Philosophical Association? .Make sure to click here 👉….
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RT @fuzia09: My grandfather spent his life carving wood. It took him three months to create this piece — please take a moment to appreciate….
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I second the sentiment. Why do academics (or people generally) outsource their thinking process?.
I am horrified by how many academics are using AI to summarize research papers and books, not reading them otherwise. Intellectual integrity is meaningful, good-faith engagement with other people's ideas and the experience of learning their ideas on the terms set by the author.
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My reply would be Plato.
AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT . Border Agent: What is your occupation? . Me: I’m a philosopher. BA (looking suspicious): Ok, then who’s the greatest Greek philosopher?. Me (instantly): Aristotle. BA (stamping my passport): Of course. Proceed.
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RT @birchlse: I'm a "centrist" about AI sentience. I take two risks seriously: the risk of creating a new kind of sentient being, and the r….
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There are no particles or fields only structure | By philosopher Jon Bain | @IAI_TV . What underlies reality? Not objects, but structure—relations, observables, mathematical frameworks. If there’s anything fundamental, it may not be a thing at all.
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Coffee advises. ☕️.
Caffeine is the #1 metabolism booster. Used right, it melts fat and suppresses hunger within minutes. But 90% of people use it wrong, causing chronic stress and energy crashes. Here’s how to use caffeine correctly (backed by science): 🧵
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Fresh understanding of how mouths heal may lead to a 'scar-free world' | @newscientist. We have now learned why wounds in our mouth don't scar, which could lead to treatments that prevent such blemishes on the skin.
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According to Pinker, music is a peripheral part of humanity. For Nietzsche this is a radical mistake. In this article, Kathleen Higgins presents Nietzsche's argument for music being foundation of language w/o which our lives would not be recognizably human
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Owning dog or cat could preserve some brain functions as we age, study says. Fish or bird ownership showed no significant link to slower cognitive decline in study with implications for ageing societies
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Are humans destined to evolve into crabs? 🦀 . ‘Everything becomes crab’ is more than an absurd meme. The crab is a deep symbol of our devil’s bargain with technology | by Michael Garfield
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RT @CambUP_PHILNYUK: New Cambridge Element The Organism by Jan Baedke out now! Read Open Access at .#cambridgeeleme….
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