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A unique platform, curated by Michael Marder, where thinkers discuss today’s crucial issues & philosophy's perennial questions.

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Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. He works in the phenomenological tradition of Continental philosophy, environmental thought, and political philosophy. .. more

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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 1d
Fabio Vighi on fiat money: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-endgame-...
The Endgame of Fiat Money - The Philosophical Salon
Can we still see the wood for the trees? What we are living through is not a sequence of disconnected crises, but the weird consolidation of a debt‑saturated economic system. ... Read More
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 1d
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Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague | Centrum pro environmentální a technologickou etiku - Praha
Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague | Centrum pro environmentální a technologickou etiku - Praha
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 5d
On arthrosophy: nupress.northwestern.edu/blog/2026/01...
Arthrosophy: The Wisdom of Joints by Michael Marder | Northwestern University Press
I have always shied away from thinking, publicly speaking, and writing about “the body,” a theme that has been fashionable in philosophy and social theory
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 7d
A reflection on determinism and change by a PhD candidate from Iran: thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-report-on-...
A Report on Determinism and the Possibilities of Change - The Philosophical Salon
Any attempt to think about things necessarily and repeatedly returns to a fundamental principle: between every entity and its possibility of existing, a necessary relation obtains. Whether we articula...
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The Plant Initiative @theplantinitiative.bsky.social · 8d
Free online workshop in collaboration with the writing(with)plants network "that moves through shadow, muddy marshes, story, and ephemeral ponds with Prof. Michael Marder and Dr. Wendy Wuyts." Guest plant is Marsh reed. Mar 8, 2026, 15-17.00 (Brussels time). woodwidewebstories.com/2026/01/25/y...

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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 11d
The Dump / Undumping
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The Dump / Undumping
…and what if the dump were our only reality, consistently blocking any and all points of access to itself?
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 15d
Slavoj Zizek on appearances in the age of AI: thephilosophicalsalon.com/appearances/
Appearances - The Philosophical Salon
Dan Nadasan is right to point out that the main shattering impact of the AI on our lives concerns the status of appearance.[1] In this context, we’ve got to introduce ... Read More
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Freddy Fjellheim @fredfjell.bsky.social · 15d
Michael Marder / The Arthritic Society

Religious, philosophical, and cultural traditions have been getting a bad press since the dawn of modernity. Bacon’s recommendation to smash the idols of the past and Descartes’s doubt prompting him to do away with every established certainty except for that…
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Religious, philosophical, and cultural traditions have been getting a bad press since the dawn of modernity. Bacon’s recommendation to smash the idols of the past and Descartes’s doubt prompting him to do away with every established certainty except for that of the cogito have cast all “received knowledge” in a negative light. For the philosophers of early modernity, tradition was the realm of stagnation, a suffocating and mystifying veil that had to be torn and destroyed for human emancipation to stand a chance.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 16d
March 8. All are invited: woodwidewebstories.com/2026/01/25/y...
You are invited to join writing(with)Marsh reed and Michael Marder on March 8th
Yes, that’s a lot of M’s in the title. What if we didn’t rewrite dark myths into prettier stories, but learned how to walk through them together?  On Sunday, March 8th, 15-17.00 (Brussels…
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 22d
Caravaggio's daisies don't cease to amaze: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-mystery-...
The Mystery of Caravaggio's Daisies - The Philosophical Salon
I first saw Caravaggio’s (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio,1571-1610) St Francis in Ecstasy, 1595 in the exhibition titled Caravaggio 2025 at the Palazzo Barberini Rome. Made in Rome when he was ... ...
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Il Manifesto @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social · 24d
Anaïs Tondeur e Michael Marder, i segnali delle piante offese
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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 24d
The sensitivity of the roots seeking moisture in the dark of the soil, the antennae of a snail probing the way ahead, and human ideas or representations we project, casting them in front of ourselves, are not as dissimilar from one another as we tend to think.

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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 25d
Hemispheric Piracy
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Hemispheric Piracy
Woodrow Wilson’s original 1916 slogan America First! was a shorthand of sovereign self-interest and a signpost of the country’s neutral position in World War I.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 26d
Publication date of Joints and Other Articulations: The Futures of Arthrosophy today: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014961...
Of Joints and Other Articulations - Northwestern University Press
Articulates a philosophical mode of thinking modeled after our bodily construction points   What if we were to reimagine bodies of all kinds—biological an...
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 29d
From 'Green Transition' to Rearmament: thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-different-...
A Different Shade of Green: Why Europe Is Rearming Instead of Decarbonising - The Philosophical Salon
Europe’s new “security‑first” agenda is usually presented as a direct response to Russian aggression. That story is emotionally powerful and politically convenient, but it hides a deeper shift. Europe...
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Jan 5
The new series of Planetary Conversations, organized by Giovanni Tusa has begun! Read Françoise Vergès' letter to the unknown life of the oceans: thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-letter-to-...
A Letter to the Unknown Creatures Who Live Deep in the Abyss of the Oceans - The Philosophical Salon
At the end of 2025, Giovanbattista Tusa wrote to Françoise Vergès while she was working on a film about struggles in Réunion Island and on her parents’ personal archives, recalling ... Read More
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Jan 3
The second series of Giovanni Tusa's "Planetary Conversations" at The Philosophical Salon starting on the first Monday of the year. thephilosophicalsalon.com/planetary-co.... Stay tuned!
Planetary Conversations - The Philosophical Salon
Born from an idea of Giovanbattista Tusa in collaboration with The Philosophical Salon, “Planetary Conversations” is an attempt to reimagine the shape of an engaged public philosophy for the age of .....
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Jan 3
"Flickers of Sense" for 2026: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/flickers-o...
Flickers of Sense
The violence of light.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Dec 29
The Faces of AI: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-faces-of...
The Faces of AI - The Philosophical Salon
In the titanic dispute between humans and robots—a confrontation that never ceases to astonish us and that grows daily with new and unprecedented moral dilemmas—what stands out is the need ... Read Mo...
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Dec 25
I'm dreaming of a green Christmas: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/i-am-dream...
I Am Dreaming of a Green Christmas
The holiday season, when millions of families worldwide gather around Christmas trees, is a good time to reconsider our relation to the vegetal world.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Dec 24
On how to reconsider transcendence and immanence in down-to-earth terms: thephilosophicalsalon.com/under-an-ope...
Under an Open Sky - The Philosophical Salon
Man is an animal. But not just any animal. “Man does not live by bread alone.” He is a desiring creature. He is never content with the earthly here and ... Read More
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Dec 15
Michael Marder on #Zootopia2: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-unbearab...
The Unbearable Heaviness of Being a Hollywood Liberal: Zootopia 2 - The Philosophical Salon
In Zootopia 2 (Jared Bush & Byron Howard, 2025), Hollywood once again entrusts its political intuitions to animals, as though nonhuman faces could soften the blows of contentious themes. The ... Read ...
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Dec 12
In exile from vegetal sensuality: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/in-exile-f...
In Exile from Vegetal Sensuality
Throughout my life, I have undergone several experiences of immigration and exile, across various countries and continents.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Dec 9
Thinking with plants, Hildegard von Bingen, ecology:

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36. Thinking with plants – on Hildegard of Bingen’s ecological theology // MICHAEL MARDER
Although the view from my window today is mostly muted gray, this episode is all about the green.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Dec 9
A "conversion" to "élan vitalism": thephilosophicalsalon.com/my-spiritual...
My Spiritual Journey from Roman Catholicism to Élan Vitalism - The Philosophical Salon
Deharbe’s Catechism, which I was taught from an early age, begins thus: Q: Who made you? A: God made me. Q: And why did God make you? A: To ... Read More
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Dec 5
Finally, for English-speakers, The Flowers of Fire are here! www.lartiere.com/en/prodotto/...
Flowers of Fire – Anaïs Tondeur, Michael Marder | L’Artiere Edizioni, independent publishing house and photography books
An artist’s book by Anaïs Tondeur exploring polluted landscapes in Italy’s Terra dei Fuochi, with images and texts in dialogue with philosopher Michael Marder.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Dec 5
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Inhibitions: Of Ecological Thinking and/in Action
A slice of Eco-Freud in the wake of COP30
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Dec 3
A fresh perspective on 'AI slop': thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-idea-of-...
The Idea of "AI Slop" Is Slop - The Philosophical Salon
I was recently in Naples for a conference, a marvelous city that I like to think of as “the Italy of Italy.” In one of its countless souvenir shops, most ... Read More
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Nov 24
Politics and illusions: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-regressi...
The Regressive Form of Illusionary Politics - The Philosophical Salon
It is not without reason that advocacy for political utopias is often scorned, dismissed outright, or simply denounced as a manifestation of naïveté (or even infantilism). The argument typically boils...
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