Based on the evolutionary account that both the human species and other species are likewise products of the general mechanism of evolution by natural selection, one wonders what distinguishes the human species from others; ...

This thesis is an evaluation of Herbert Marcuse's intellectual framework from One-Dimensional Man- and in particular the concept of the 'Happy Consciousness' - in the light of 60 year of global developments. By using two ...

Epicurus’ hedonist moral philosophy has often been criticised as being irreconcilable with essential aspects of social and political life, such as justice and genuine social relationships. Contemporary philosophers have ...

This thesis investigates whether immortality will negatively affect human nature. The concept of immortality is reinterpreted as life-extension through biological, robotic, and substrate independent enhancements. Human ...

Who we are is largely a matter of luck since we cannot influence our genetic predispositions, who our parents are, and where and with whom we will grow up. These factors, however, do have a tremendous influence on who we ...

Hannah Arendt refers to ‘common sense’ in many places in her work and attributes it a significant role: it makes us fit into the common world; when lost, society disintegrates as happened under totalitarian regimes at the ...

Deze scriptie onderzoekt ten eerste hoe de oorspronkelijk satirisch bedoelde uitdrukking 'meritocratie' een positieve lading kreeg en welke rol dit concept en de daaraan verbonden ideologie in de huidige Nederlandse ...

Public debt is one of the most important issues in our contemporary global debt economy. It determines whether something is politically feasible. Nevertheless, there are different ideological perspectives on public debt ...

The passport is both very intimate to its bearer and highly integrated into the state's bureaucratic apparatus. This combination of intimate connection and integration into the working of state bureaucracy makes passports ...

In this thesis I will examine the relationship between science denialism and (a multi criterial approach to the demarcation of science from) pseudoscience. I will first explain science denialism and its relevant epistemological ...