Post tag : Daniel Kahneman
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The vigour of the desire for recognition
The previous article concluded with the quest for recognition that individuals embark on, a quest that can come into conflict with a desire for intellectual emancipation. In this one, we will specify what the concept of recognition entails and in what way the desire for recognition interferes with the freedom of thought. Along the way,…
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Idealization in History
That humans spontaneously idealize and that their idealizations shape them may seem obvious, but the obviousness vanishes when one considers the extent of their knowledge and achievements, which have literally transformed the Earth, not just on the surface. How to distinguish imagination from reality when the former models the latter? The answer to this question…
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On the Preponderance of Choice in Western Cultures
The question of choice is historically and philosophically entangled with that of freedom, particularly through the idea of free will.1 However, it does not seem so obvious to intimately associate choice and freedom when we ask ourselves, for instance: how many options must we have to consider ourselves free? If we are between a rock…