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Eirik Tangeraas Lygre

To see double, to acquire a form of double vision

PHILOSOPHY: We would like to believe that things are connected, that our theories about the world can be reconciled, that mess and confusion are something we can overcome. In Seeing Double, the philosopher Raymond Geuss argues that it is a philosophical prejudice.
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Progress in dark times

FUTURE: With crises on all sides, it has become difficult to claim that the world is moving forward progressively. In her new book Fortschritt und Regression, Rahel Jaeggi will nevertheless stick to the idea of ​​progress. Society does not aim at inherent goals – they primarily solve problems, she claims.
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