“#Constructivism vs. #Realism - Would you rather have the red pill or the blue pill?”
The following #essay has actually been planned for some time and comes from the series “How much #construction does #reality contain?”, which I had already introduced with the older text #realists vs. #nominalists - or the old #dualism #thinking vs. #language.
More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/01/04/konstruktivismus-vs-realismus/
“#Constructivism vs. #Realism - Would you rather have the red pill or the blue pill?”
The following #essay has actually been planned for some time and comes from the series “How much #construction does #reality contain?”, which I had already introduced with the older text #realists vs. #nominalists - or the old #dualism #thinking vs. #language.
More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/01/04/konstruktivismus-vs-realismus/
“#Constructivism vs. #Realism - Would you rather have the red pill or the blue pill?”
The following #essay has actually been planned for some time and comes from the series “How much #construction does #reality contain?”, which I had already introduced with the older text #realists vs. #nominalists - or the old #dualism #thinking vs. #language.
More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/01/04/konstruktivismus-vs-realismus/
#Realists vs. #nominalists - or the old #dualism “#thinking vs. #language”
In the next series, I would like to revisit an old problem that deals with the question: “How much #construction does #reality contain?”. To determine this, you don't even need “#VR (#virtual #reality) glasses” to “look the supposed #reality in the eye”.
https://museum-der-philosophie.de/?p=6415
or: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/07/02/realisten-vs-nominalisten/
#Realists vs. #nominalists - or the old #dualism “#thinking vs. #language”
In the next series, I would like to revisit an old problem that deals with the question: “How much #construction does #reality contain?”. To determine this, you don't even need “#VR (#virtual #reality) glasses” to “look the supposed #reality in the eye”.
https://museum-der-philosophie.de/?p=6415
or: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/07/02/realisten-vs-nominalisten/
#Realists vs. #nominalists - or the old #dualism “#thinking vs. #language”
In the next series, I would like to revisit an old problem that deals with the question: “How much #construction does #reality contain?”. To determine this, you don't even need “#VR (#virtual #reality) glasses” to “look the supposed #reality in the eye”.
https://museum-der-philosophie.de/?p=6415
or: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/07/02/realisten-vs-nominalisten/
“Realists. The only ones who really know what’s going on.”
“I’m half full. I’m half empty. I think this is piss.”
Many administrations evolve in a kind of tug of war between the #activists who demand attention to their pet causes and the political #realists who grab the candidate’s arm and tap the sign that reads, “It’s the economy, stupid.”
And then, every few years, the majority steps back in,
determines whether politicians have taken care of prices, crime and peace, and then ruthlessly punishes failure
— regardless of whether the activists got what they wanted, and even if they might agree with the activists’ concerns.
⭐️With Trump, the dynamic is different.
He’s so consumed with his grievances and his base’s grievances that rather than there being a tug of war between activists and pragmatists for the politician’s attention,
⚠️the activists and the politician are both aligned against the pragmatists.
That was the clear direction of Trump’s first term.
At first he surrounded himself with serious people.
Think of the contrast, for example, between Jim #Mattis as secretary of defense and Pete #Hegseth,
or between Alex #Azar, the secretary of health and human services for most of Trump’s first term, and an anti-vax conspiracy theorist like Robert F. #Kennedy Jr.
But the serious people told him no. They tried to block his worst instincts.
So they were purged.
💥Throughout the campaign, Trump ran with two messages.
🔸On the airwaves, he convinced millions of Americans that they were electing the Trump of January 2019, when inflation was low, and the border was under reasonable control.
🔸At his rallies, he told MAGA that it was electing the Trump of January 2021, the man unleashed from establishment control and hellbent on burning it all down.
➡️But here is his fundamental problem:
The desires of his heart and the grievances of his base are ultimately incompatible with the demands of the majority,
🔥and the more he pursues his own priorities, the more he’ll revive his opposition.
❇️He’ll end his political career as an unpopular politician who ushered in a Democratic majority yet again.
The reason goes deeper than #ideology (many of his nominees are extremists)
or #scandal (Kennedy, Hegseth, and Matt Gaetz, each have their own histories of alleged sexual misconduct, for example).
Ultimately, it goes to #competence:
Can you do the job we ultimately hired you to do❓
#Realists vs. #nominalists - or the old #dualism "#thinking vs. #language"
I would like to start this series with a look back at the "Universalienstreit im Mittelalter". But instead of looking into my archives, I would like to refer you to the summarized form that I published as an article on the very readable site "Museum für Europäische Philosophie" by Klaus Fürst. So here is the link:
https://museum-der-philosophie.de/?p=6415
or: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/07/02/realisten-vs-nominalisten/
#Realists vs. #nominalists - or the old #dualism "#thinking vs. #language"
In the next series, I would like to revisit an old problem that deals with the question: "How much construction does reality contain?". In the following essay, I would like to point out that this question is actually much older than one might think and has its origins in the Middle Ages, but has nevertheless lost none of its topicality.
https://museum-der-philosophie.de/?p=6415
or: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/07/02/realisten-vs-nominalisten/
#Realists vs. #nominalists - or the old #dualism "#thinking vs. #language"
In the following, I would therefore like to shed new light on this old topic in order to perhaps make a small contribution to overcoming the supposed dualism of "realists vs. nominalists". I had noticed, not only in the numerous contributions in the comments section on my site (for which I would like to take this opportunity to thank you once again), but also in the contributions on social media, that the discourse was very often about the correct interpretation of the meaning of a term.
To begin with, this is not a particularly spectacular observation, let alone insight, as the inadequacy of language usage is well known and not just in the circles of feuilletonists or linguists. Modern philosophy in the form of the epistemologist and philosopher Markus Gabriel had already dealt with this problem in his book "Why the world does not exist" in his critique of an "ontology of meaning".
https://museum-der-philosophie.de/?p=6415
https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/07/02/realisten-vs-nominalisten/
#Realists vs. #nominalists - or the old #dualism "#thinking vs. #language"
In the next series, I would like to revisit an old problem that deals with the question: "How much construction does reality contain?". In the following essay, I would like to point out that this question is actually much older than one might think and has its origins in the Middle Ages, but has nevertheless lost none of its topicality.
https://museum-der-philosophie.de/?p=6415
or: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/07/02/realisten-vs-nominalisten/
Dear Friends of #dark #light, :ablobcouple:
In the #realm of the #eternal #existence, which is #everywhere, up, down and #sideways …
Many of us, #mentioning no names except my own, :lobster: are #confused and swallowed by our #predilections, #biases and #hobbits … eh … #habits.
It is at such times I #like to watch/listen 2 something #inspirational.
I tend to see the most #spiritual peeps as almost #invisible, #unnoticed or #dark. #Strangely enough I am not impressed by #repute, #followers, #influence or #shine. Spiritual is a label not used by all #atheists, #realists and other #compartmental thunkers. :ablobsunglasses:
And more than those: #realists #engineers #Handwerker #traders , sharing #peace #respect #complexity #visualmethodology
https://troet.cafe/@sabinalorenz/109799151259769596
sabinalorenz@troet.cafe - #streetart #streetgraffity
#realists view: in our anarchic world states compete based on “balance of power” policies and in security matters nations will do what is in their self-interest.
Dr Henry Kissinger in 2014 “#ukraine cannot act.as an outpost for either party but rather should act as a bridge between the West and Russia.”
Invasie in Oekraïne was ‘geen verrassing’, zegt Merkel in groot interview https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/11/25/invasie-in-oekraine-was-geen-verrassing-zegt-merkel-in-groot-interview-a4149451
@ElisesWritings I write a monthly blog post for a Quranic education platform, which blows me away since I converted to Islam only eight months ago! But I've had great teachers, thank God.
I also write the very occasional short story. I admire a lot of the #Speculative fiction being published today, but my writing style hearkens back to the 19th century #Realists I read in school.
I'm a US citizen who now lives in southern Spain.
Thank you for starting this conversation!
