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Russia, the Collective West, Diplomacy and the Near/Middle East Situation
In my view, Russia bears a certain responsibility at this moment to engage diplomatically in the ongoing crisis and political dynamics of the Near and…
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May 2021

Imaginative some-aspects-only
One classic is: It doesn't seem realistically possible that everybody (or the world, or a certain society etc.) only practises or expresses some…
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Critical rationality, role of opinions, scientism and postpostmodern silence
Once, one said: I have an opinion. It is more or less reflected, more or less differentiated or clear-cut. More or less based in experience or…
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April 2021

March 2021

Human's plural composition and its position toward itself, groups, social contexts, society, etc.
Humans are a selective social species. This seems, reductive as it is, a relatively proper description. Better than the general “human is a social…
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Math, platonic truths, structures, balance and imbalance, Object-oriented ontology
Mathematically (in my estimation), balance cannot be derived. And there is no centre in and of Mathematics. Math knows platonic truths. It knows…
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A spontaneous (only partial) short essay about systemic racism and the West's distinct problems
The parallelism of aspects thing about this seems to be: Yes, probably, in real* racist systems there is a a lot of denial** by people who ignore the…
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Politeness, not correctness, different layers and Erklären und Verstehen
To be polite in a deeper/substantial sense could mean amongst others: To hurt superficial ‘feelings’, to challenge such ideological and outer-layer…
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February 2021

January 2021

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