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“Philosophy ought to be able to give an account of rationality that is not wholly detached from science's account of nature, even if it is not straightforwardly reducible to it.”

Quote by Ray Brassier

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Ray Brassier, born in 1965, is a renowned philosopher known for his research in existentialism, phenomenology, and postmodern philosophy. His philosophical thoughts are deeply influenced by figures such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida, and he has conducted profound explorations into the nature of death, nothingness, and existence. more

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“Nietzsche saw that ultimately the problem of nihilism is the problem of what to do with time: Why keep investing in the future when there is no longer any transcendental guarantor, a positive end of time as ultimate reconciliation or redemption, ensuring a pay-off for this investment? Nietzsche's solution - his attempted overcoming of nihilism - consists in affirming the senselessness of becoming as such - all becoming, without reservation or discrimination.”

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“If nothing matters, then even the thought that nothing matters doesn't matter. And if it doesn't matter whether anything matters or not, then there's no real difference between believing nothing matters and believing something matters.”

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“Philosophers should resist the temptation to be publicly virtuous. Given an unjust society, from the vantage of what counts as the public good, they are corrupters, not edifiers. The desire to be seen to be virtuous, to make a positive contribution, is a deleterious symptom of professionalization. Philosophy's social utility is an ersatz for its duty to mount challenges to the entire social order.”

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“I think it's important to focus on our economy, on jobs, on getting America back to work.”

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