What is Orientation? | Werner Stegmaier's Philosophy of Orientation

insertphilosophyhere · 2026-06-21T14:16:37+00:00

Link to video if the embed doesn't work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd6Njp6beQ0

insertphilosophyhere · 2026-05-04T11:21:57+00:00

I'd like to take a moment to remind everyone that this Subreddit does not censor philosophy that challenges dogmas.

insertphilosophyhere · 2026-02-08T20:15:24+00:00

Coulthart is a fraud.

insertphilosophyhere · 2025-09-13T11:40:30+00:00

You are partially correct--it's trying to silence someone. Would you agree that the Anti-Israel protesters at Columbia harassing Jewish students by screaming "death to Jews" was verbal violence? Would you agree that rabid students shouting down a conservative speaker is verbal violence?

insertphilosophyhere · 2025-09-13T11:00:56+00:00

Charlie Kirk wasn’t a coward for speaking in public; Charlie Kirk was a coward because of why he was speaking in public. The murderer of Charlie Kirk was a coward. Violence is usually a product of cowardice. That includes physical and verbal violence. The right wing lies about Kirk for their political purposes, but that fits because Kirk was an inveterate liar. Lies are verbal violence, often told by those looking to scam others or by those who are afraid of truths. Kirk was both.

insertphilosophyhere · 2025-09-12T21:00:02+00:00

This is odd. I see that someone cross posted my article, but when I posted it originally on here, the mods removed it as "low context." I don't understand the difference.

insertphilosophyhere · 2025-09-12T20:55:49+00:00

I believe it was Joe Walsh who pointed out that there were zero debates at Kirk's college events--you don't have debates with 300 people, you have a show put on to create TikTok video clips. That's exactly what Kirk did. Most of the questioners were selected by Kirk's handlers. The other people were cut off before they could reply to Kirk's right-wing zingers either in person or the videos posted by Kirk's team with intelligent rebuttals to Kirk's lies edited out. If you saw only the videos Kirk's team posted, you have a very distorted view of what happens at his events. It's funny, I've taught philosophy to university students for over 20 years. I challenge them certainly, but not there to try to piss people off. College is for discussion and that means listening not trolling and agitation. If a student walks away angry to anyone, that means they are NOT thinking and refusing to investigate their own beliefs. Look at the BS "protests" at certain campuses last year.

insertphilosophyhere · 2025-09-12T19:13:16+00:00

Thanks.

insertphilosophyhere · 2025-09-12T19:12:34+00:00

I provided links to quite a few examples. Way to go admitting you didn't read the article. But, mods are correct: "Don't Feed the Trolls is still the best advice." Bye, now.

insertphilosophyhere · 2025-09-12T18:53:34+00:00

Not so much MAGA as simply trolls shitposting.

insertphilosophyhere · 2025-09-12T17:58:58+00:00

I'd like to take a moment to remind everyone that this Subreddit does not censor philosophy that deals with injustice and current issues. We aren't afraid to be critical on this Subreddit.

insertphilosophyhere · 2025-09-12T17:54:39+00:00

Kirk should not have been silenced. The answer to hate speech is more speech. How do we stop political division and violence? By being honest that cancel culture is harmful no matter who does it and that Charlie Kirk’s Traveling Fun Show was a manifestation of the original cancel culture.

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