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Thought Itself

The History of Philosophy, Logic & The Mind with Eric Gerlach

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Philosophy

Yoko Ono screaming at people

Here is Yoko Ono, the Fluxus performance artist, channeling Schwitters as she covers Katy Perry.

This is Marcel Mauss, looking like a boss, whose idea that human culture is based on giving gifts, both practical and symbolic, became central to Structuralism in France.

This is Alexander Bain, who not only has all the sideburns, but was credited by Peirce with one of the core ideas of Pragmatism: A belief is something on which one acts. This is also similar to the Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Yangming, who argued that reading and memorizing Confucius’ Analects was not enough to know the text if one did not act in accord with Confucius’ ideas.

Wittgenstein Wall

Wittgenstein graffiti, complete with duck rabbits

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