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Reply #30 - January 29, 2010, 07:12 AM

I'm not really a fan of the postmodernist movement, seems like existentialism on steroids.
Though each to their own i guess...

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Reply #31 - January 29, 2010, 03:14 PM

here the official list : 20 Top Global Thinkers of 2009 according to Foreign Policy magazine

http://pulsemedia.org/2009/12/16/pulse-20-top-global-thinkers-of-2009/

P.S. Why are there only 3 women on it?

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Reply #32 - January 29, 2010, 03:21 PM

Not enough exposure. Maybe not as many female intellectuals (I don?t have stats on this). I?m pretty sure it will change though. When our generation reaches their 40's and 50's. I hope at least.

It sort of like how few women get nominated for the POTM here haha
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Reply #33 - January 29, 2010, 03:22 PM

The list mentions Karen Armstrong as an honourable mention and Tariq Ramadan in the list itself.

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Tariq Ramadan

A Swiss philosopher of Egyptian origin, Ramadan writes on Islam, citizenship, law, immigration and integration. Enormously influential amongst British Muslims, he remains unpopular with establishments the world over. He has been forbidden entry to the US, is not welcome in Egypt or Saudi Arabia, and in August was dismissed from Rotterdam?s Erasmus University for the crime of presenting a debate programme on Press TV. What I Believe and Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation were published this year. The latter calls for a revitalised Islamic ethics which puts contemporary cultural and scientific knowledge on an equal footing with scripture.
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Reply #34 - January 29, 2010, 04:42 PM

Quote from: BlackDog on January 29, 2010, 03:21 PM
Not enough exposure. Maybe not as many female intellectuals (I don?t have stats on this). I?m pretty sure it will change though. When our generation reaches their 40's and 50's. I hope at least.

It sort of like how few women get nominated for the POTM here haha

Thats interesting - there have been few female winners of potm too, despite an almost equal ratio

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Reply #35 - January 29, 2010, 04:44 PM

Quote from: BlackDog on January 29, 2010, 03:21 PM
Not enough exposure. Maybe not as many female intellectuals (I don?t have stats on this). I?m pretty sure it will change though. When our generation reaches their 40's and 50's. I hope at least.

Women are deficient in thier intelligence and were made one degree lower than men. They are soft and gentle and need to be taken care of by us strong and powerful men.

*smiles like a douchebag*

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Reply #36 - January 29, 2010, 06:16 PM

Thanks for the list IsLame. It reminded of Fisky. I will edit my first post and add him.
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Reply #37 - January 29, 2010, 06:33 PM

Quote from: Iblis on January 29, 2010, 04:44 PM
Women are deficient in thier intelligence and were made one degree lower than men. They are soft and gentle and need to be taken care of by us strong and powerful men.

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Reply #38 - March 14, 2012, 07:14 AM

Meh im just going to add Philosophers whose works i like

-Voltaire
-Friedrick Nietzsche(though i dont understand some of his works but i like his ideas and may read them again)
-Marcus Aurelius
-John Locke
-Betrand Russell

So far, thats all i can think for now.

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