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Great article about one of my philosophical heroes, Michel Foucault — still incredibly relevant in a world saturated with social media.

Something I’ve only just realised: one of the core ideas I’ve carried for years is really a paraphrasing of his work on power and knowledge (via Hilary Lawson):

“Science is not powerful because it is true — it is true because it is powerful.”

https://theconversation.com/40-years-after-his-death-michel-foucaults-philosophy-still-speaks-to-a-world-saturated-with-social-media-232589?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com

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40 years after his death Michel Foucault’s philosophy still speaks to a world saturated with social media

Knowledge, for Foucault, is not just what we know. It is who we are. It defines our options, not just intellectually, but in all respects.

The Conversation

Philosophics Dec 24

Justice is often defended as fair. That claim does a lot of work, most of it before anyone realises it’s working at all.
🎲 https://philosophics.blog/2025/12/24/the-felt-beneath-the-table/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

This essay looks at fairness and commensurability not as moral virtues, but as preconditions quietly installed so that retributive justice can function at all.

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