Ontology | The Philosopher

"But First, Nothing": by Karmen MacKendrick (Keywords: Metaphysics; Theology; Ontology; Kabbalah)

"Before anything can be, there must be made nothing; prior to this contraction, nothing is not – where, after all, would it be?"

"Brain": An Essay by Nima Bassiri (Keywords: Neuroscience; Selfhood; Ontology; Power; Governance)

"The primacy of the brain functions as a something of a barometer for how we have come to be governed."

"Why Should We Give a Damn? On Sharing Emotions" by Thomas Szanto (Phenomenology; Normativity)

"Emotions are based rather on affective concerns, concerns over what really matters to the subjects – what we “give a damn” about."

"Being and Accident: A Mexican Ontology" by Carlos Alberto Sánchez (Keywords: Being; Nothingness)

"We can understand Mexican ontology as a means to push back against inherited and imposed ontological schemas of all sorts."

"Where Do We Stand When We Know? Mātauranga Māori and its Translation as 'Science'" by Carl Mika

"Methods of thinking and observing are tightly implicated with wellbeing – not just for the human entity but also the non-human world."

"Movement": An Essay by Thomas Nail (Keywords: Anthropocene; Ontology; Migration; Capitalism)

"We cannot adequately understand contemporary politics through the paradigm of static states and stationary citizens."

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