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If knowledge is power, why is academia such a disempowering place?

Posted on March 1, 2023 by vtdiep

The phrase, “knowledge is power” sets up a modern worldview that sees knowledge as a virtue. However, critical theory and post-colonial research has revealed that the idea of power has

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Academia, education, and learning, Society academia, choices, collective consciousness, collective trauma, dissertation, ethics, knowledge, social justice

Nature and nurture: an ethic of flourishing

Posted on August 3, 2022 by vtdiep

One of the oldest arguments of human development is the one of nature versus nurture. The debate questions how much of what we are born with can determine our adaptability

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Dissertation excerpts, Featured posts, Landscape, Philosophy, Self love choices, culture, dissertation, ethics, flourishing

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This blog consists of musings I have about the world, excerpts from my PhD dissertation, and re-postings of articles from a previous blog. I mainly write about spirituality, landscape, art, and philosophy.

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