Philosophy – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:58:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Philosophy – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Friendship and Boundaries in the Modern World https://brewminate.com/friendship-boundaries-modern-world/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:58:51 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=275440 From Tocqueville to today, boundaries, private DMs, and call-ins, modern friendship transformed warning from moral correction into emotional,

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]]> Friendship And Moral Counsel in the Early Modern Era https://brewminate.com/friendship-conscience-advice-early-modern-era/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:37:57 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=275407 In the early modern era, friendship was not only affection or loyalty. Friends were expected to warn, correct,

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]]> ICCS by Dmitry Volkov, Pietro Perconti, and Alessio Plebe: Where Philosophy Meets Modern Science https://brewminate.com/iccs-by-dmitry-volkov-pietro-perconti-and-alessio-plebe-where-philosophy-meets-modern-science/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:22:27 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=274743 International Center for Consciousness Studies ICCS by Dmitry Volkov represents a rapidly developing interdisciplinary initiative aimed at addressing

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]]> Suicidium: The Philosophy of a Noble Death in the Ancient World https://brewminate.com/ancient-noble-death-greece-rome/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:22:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=274143 Across the ancient Mediterranean, death could be judged not only by its cause, but by its purpose, public

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]]> Thomas Aquinas and the Search for True Reality 800 Years Ago https://brewminate.com/thomas-aquinas-true-reality/ Thu, 28 May 2026 15:52:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=246376 Thomas Aquinas sought true reality through faith, reason, metaphysics, and divine truth, shaping medieval debates about being, knowledge,

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]]> Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Hypocrisy in Ancient Law and Philosophy https://brewminate.com/hypocrisy-ancient-law-philosophy/ Wed, 13 May 2026 14:02:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=273114 Ancient societies praised freedom, justice, piety, and virtue while often building power on slavery, empire, exclusion, and moral

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]]> Virtue versus Profit: Hypocritical State Administration in Medieval and Early Modern China https://brewminate.com/hypocrisy-imperial-chinese-government/ Wed, 13 May 2026 14:01:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=273120 Confucian statecraft praised virtue, merit, frugality, and loyalty, yet imperial administration often depended on privilege, informal extraction, patronage,

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]]> Computers as Cognitive Prosthetics for Critical Thinking and Decision-Making https://brewminate.com/computers-cognitive-prosthetics-critical-thinking-decisions/ Thu, 07 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=272823 Computers increasingly function as cognitive prosthetics, extending human reasoning while reshaping how decisions are made, evaluated, and understood.

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]]> Judgmental Metrics: Corporate Credit Algorithms as the New Arbiters of Morality https://brewminate.com/judgmental-metrics-corporate-algorithms-morality/ Mon, 04 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=272804 Corporate algorithms increasingly shape behavior and decision-making, quietly defining what is rewarded, punished, or hidden in ways that

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]]> Timeless Romance: Love, Desire, and Relationships in Ancient Greece https://brewminate.com/ancient-greek-love-desire-relationships-philosophy/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:02:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=226174 How ancient Greeks understood love and desire, revealing a complex interplay of philosophy, social norms, and deeply human

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