Martin Heidegger

Is That All There Is? Conversion, Recursion And Excursion

Dimitri Hamlin | Posted 04.23.2012

Dimitri Hamlin

Conversion describes the gathering of the present; it is the unity of the present with the modes of being past and future.

Hans Jonas: The Most Inspiring Teacher That I Never Met

Rabbi Lawrence Troster | Posted 10.11.2011

Rabbi Lawrence Troster

Hans Jonas was one of the most important 20th century Jewish philosophers. But within the Jewish community, he is virtually unknown.

Heidegger's Glasses: Haunting Letters From the Underground

Jim Moret | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Moret

Heidegger is a tour de force whose imagery haunts the reader long after the final page is turned.

The Jewish Question and the Lethal Competition for Who Suffers Most

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

Carol Smaldino

We seem more willing to fight for the right to win whatever prize one gets for having suffered the most than to learn the lessons from those episodes in order to improve the human climate.

Sleeping With Your Guru

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011

Stanton Peele

Brilliant, talented, successful women sacrifice their lives and dignity to male mentors. What are they thinking?

"Only God Can Save Us"

Jim Selman | Posted 11.17.2011

Jim Selman

We need to commit ourselves to a vision bigger than is reasonable and go into action to clean up our messes and create the world we want -- a world that works for everyone.

Perspectives on Integral Ecology--2

Ross Robertson | Posted 11.17.2011

Ross Robertson

Animals (and presumably plants, too) have "worlds" of their own. Non-human life forms are not machines reacting to stimuli, but have their own ways of registering the phenomena that show up within their worlds.