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Martin Lenz
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philosophy prof at FernUniversität Hagen: https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/philosophie/lg1/ | views are my own |

blogging at: http://handlingideas.blog |

musicking at: https://soundcloud.com/martin-lenz-2
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4/ Eine Karikatur der Hermeneutik des Verdachts bestimmt die öffentliche Meinung zunehmend und sie wird ballistisch umgedreht von denjenigen, denen es gar nicht mehr um einen Streit in der Sache geht...
January 16, 2026 at 9:59 AM
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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It’s never dull in ‘ull
January 13, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Happy New Year! Deadline approaching. So please send your applications for the Collegium Spinozanum V our way:
CfA: Collegium Spinozanum V. An international summer school on Spinoza and Spinozisms
Call for Participants / Call for Abstracts: Collegium Spinozanum V An International Summer School on Spinoza and Spinozisms in Their Historical and Philosophical Contexts FernUniversität in Hagen, …
handlingideas.blog
January 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Great advice:
Daily Nous || Adamson’s “Rules” for Writing Philosophy

https://dailynous.com/2026/01/08/adamsons-rules-for-writing-philosophy/
Adamson’s “Rules” for Writing Philosophy
“The first question is: what is the question?” That’s the first in a set of “rules for writing” which Peter Adamson (LMU, KCL) developed for his students over the years, and which he is currently sharing in a series of posts this month at the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps blog. He writes: “The first question is, what is the question?” I’ve said this to students countless times when they are in the first stages of working on a piece of writing. The point of the slogan is that people usually think they are looking for a topic or theme. That makes sense as a first initial framework to have in mind, but only insofar as it gives you a guide to what primary and secondary literature to read as you are thinking about your writing project. It is not the right idea when you are close to producing the piece of writing, still less when you are actually writing it. To imagine yourself addressing a mere topic can lead to writing that merely rehearses what the philosopher is saying about that topic in the primary text. But writing a book report is not doing philosophy! Rather, you are looking for a question to answer in the piece. This question needs to be neither too difficult nor too easy to answer, or as I sometimes tell students, the issue needs to be resolvable but not obvious. This may itself seem obvious, but it is a surprisingly difficult balance to get right. On the one hand, you need a question such that there are resources in the text to address it; on the other hand, the text can’t address it so squarely that the answer is right there in what the author says. Often, a good way to find a question like this is to pay attention to what you yourself find puzzling when you are reading; when you are confused, that’s a good sign! Because it means there is something unclear that you could then work on clarifying for others. When you actually start writing, at the outset you should try to get the reader to feel that same tension or puzzlement, so they get that your question is a good and pressing one. He’s.. The post Adamson’s “Rules” for Writing Philosophy first appeared on Daily Nous.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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There is an odd irony in censoring the teaching of Plato in order (checks notes) to protect western civilization from tenured radicals.
January 7, 2026 at 6:38 AM
'Run by an anonymous group describing itself as “journalists, professors and students,” the interactive map lists more than 150 businesses, schools and organizations that it labels as “Zionist.” Its objective, it says, is to “understand how Zionism operates”...'
Spanish Jews warn map of local Jewish and ‘Zionist’ businesses will lead to violence
The project lists more than 150 Jewish and Israeli businesses, schools and organizations in Catalonia, with the goal of 'understanding how Zionism operates'
www.timesofisrael.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM
An der FernUni in Hagen arbeiten wir gerade an einer Umwandlung des Instituts für Philosophie in eine Department-Struktur, durchaus mit Unterstützung des Rektorats.
January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Frage an die, die nach der Promotion rausgegangen sind: Wenn ihr euch auf nicht-wissenschaftliche Stellen beworben habt und die Maske für die Bewerbung die Möglichkeit hatte, euren Titel anzugeben: Habt ihr das gemacht oder nicht?

Gerne Repost!
Erste Bewerbung für dieses Jahr ✅
Letzte Bewerbung für dieses Jahr ✅
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Michael Oakeshott on conversation:
January 2, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Steve Reich – Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1973)
Steve Reich – Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1973)
YouTube video by Portmantonal
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January 2, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Anders: Die Psychologie der Ausgrenzung – scobel im Gespräch: Mit Bertolt Meyer
Anders: Die Psychologie der Ausgrenzung – scobel im Gespräch: Mit Bertolt Meyer
YouTube video by scobel
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January 1, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Weitere mögliche Erklärung mMn: vor alleim in meinem Fach (anglistische Litwis/Kuwi) dominiert zZ – bis ins MA-Studium – noch immer die Vorstellung, dass es bei der Textanalyse darum geht, zu 'the one & only meaning' zu gelangen. Wie 1 Art Computerspiel, in dem man nur x Level durchspielen muss, um
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Without exaggeration, there has never been a major loss that has been so self-inflicted and openly welcomed as machine-generated lies, mainly because it appeals to big male egos and self-interest through chatbot sycophancy and those personalities have had the biggest platforms
January 1, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Kenneth A. Bruffee (1984) on thought as conversation:
December 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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“Universitäten sind zu Recht demokratisch und unabhängig organisiert. Nur so ist eine freie Wissenschaft gewährleistet.”

Allerdings haben Professor*innen besonders viel Machtfülle was Machtmißbrauch begünstigt & die institutionalisierte unterrepräsentation der Mehrheit der Forschenden zementiert.
Lehrstühle an Universitäten: Schafft die Lehrstühle ab!
Lehrstühle fördern Konkurrenz, begünstigen Machtmissbrauch und blockieren die Zusammenarbeit. Dabei zeigen manche Unis längst, wie freiere Forschung gelingt.
www.zeit.de
December 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Die Pandemie von links gelesen: Das Leben hat einen Wert an sich

Der Sammelband „Die verdrängte Pandemie“ liest die Gesundheitskrise als Labor. Die Coronapolitik zeigte demnach, wer im Zweifelsfall überflüssig ist.
Die Pandemie von links gelesen: Das Leben hat einen Wert an sich
Der Sammelband „Die verdrängte Pandemie“ liest die Gesundheitskrise als Labor. Die Coronapolitik zeigte demnach, wer im Zweifelsfall überflüssig ist.
taz.de
December 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Jetzt brauchen wir nur noch einen einschlägige Definition von Hass...
December 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"Es ist möglich, dass die Deutschen ihre eigene Demokratie abwählen"
Ex-Verfassungsrichter Voßkuhle sieht deutsche Demokratie in Gefahr
Der frühere Präsident des Bundesverfassungsgerichts, Voßkuhle, sieht die deutsche Demokratie bedroht. Überall auf der Welt kämen totalitäre Systeme auf, sagte er dem Tagesspiegel. Deutschland sei da k...
www.tagesschau.de
December 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Frage des Tages: Darf man der TAZ noch eine Bühne bieten?
December 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
VOCES8: O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen
YouTube video by VOCES8
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December 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM