De mens als de maat der dingen, dat is hoe wij onze maatschappij hebben ingericht. Flora, fauna en technologie zetten we in voor ons welbevinden. Wat als we rekening houden met de wensen van niet-mensen?
Filosoof en hoofd Studium Generale Leon Heuts vertelt over de geschiedenis van de filosofie aan de hand van actuele thema’s.
We like to fix things, and there is no shortage of big ideas. Can we engineer our way out of the climate crisis?
Intuitions, gut feelings, emotional intelligence, instinct: stuff we don’t usually learn about in school, perhaps because of our culture’s focus on the rational and the objective. But in a post-truth world, shouldn’t we be better educated on how the non-rational affects our lives?
The climate crisis has a significant impact on the quality of life for young people – including students and PhD candidates at TU Delft. What can we do about it?
I found it a beautiful quote from philosopher and biologist Andreas Weber during the For Love of the World festival. It’s about death, not a cheerful subject. But Weber reassured: ‘If you think death is a definitive end, it puts enormous pressure on our short lifespan. With so much pressure, you cannot build a tender […]
