In dit paper zal ik de term ‘postmodernisme’ onder de loep nemen. Het is een controversiële en veelzijdige term – zo kan het onder andere slaan op een stroming binnen de kunst, literatuur, architectuur, filosofie, of zelfs een cultureel tijdperk. Ik zal mij in dit paper alleen bezighouden met ‘postmodernistische’ filosofie. Ik zal pleiten voor …
Are We Morally Responsible for Our Actions?
In this paper I will examine whether we are morally responsible for our actions and whether it is important that we are. The intuitive conception is that we are morally responsible for our actions, but I will challenge this view with a theory called ‘situationism’. The situationists claim that we are not responsible for our …
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Is Islam a belligerent religion?
“I think Islam hates us” is a shallow claim made by Donald Trump, which depicts a certain narrow-minded mainstream image of Islam in society nowadays. It reinforces the apparent gap between the West and the Middle East, defining Islam as a belligerent religion, instead of trying to understand its multiple facets. What Islam are we …
Varela and Dignaga shake hands: The Value of Buddhist Praxis and Theory for Cognitive Science
This essay discusses Dignāga’s theory of perception, whereby close attention is payed to the contemporary relevance of his phenomenological analysis of cognitive processes. At first I give a brief overview of the general discussion surrounding Dignāga’s theory to situate his ideas within the philosophical climate of his time. Afterwards I describe the twofold process of …
Does Allah command Muslims to wage War in the name of Religion? A reflection on Qur’anic prescripts on armed conflict
Popular opinion concerning Islam is shaped by an Anglo-American dominance of the media, which influences the image that its consumers have of Islam. Groups such as ISIS or Al Quaeda terrorize the minds of people with their cruel and inhumane deeds. Both the creation of a misinformed, polemicised and poorly researched image by the media …
What is ‘Islam’? A philosophical inquiry into the conception of Islam as a multi-faced web of perspectives
Certainly, it seems natural for us to have some preconceptions in mind when we hear the word Islam or Islamic but do we really know what it means? In this essay I would like to go beyond these commonly held preconceptions in order to put emphasis on its multi-faced dimensions. By keeping ‘What is Islam’ …
On Diversity
In keeping with this year's theme of the Ayudh Europe summit, I thought it would be good to think some more on diversity. This paper is meant to help me develop my thoughts, communicate my thoughts , but most importantly create a common ground for discussion. Whether you agree with my stance on what diversity …
