I am Ruben -

When we reason, when we think and formulate our thoughts we might think we are free and autonomous, in the sense that we come to our own...

We looked at modes of knowing in the medieval islamic world, and we saw that theories of knowledge were diverse and widespread. Yet they...

Another approach to knowledge is through teaching. The Ismaeili sect The Brethren of Purity did this through confronting the student with...

This week's blog will not be as interesting as I have been sick the entirety of last week and thus have not been able to engage with the...

I described before how mysticism might be a mode of knowing; altering one’s state of consciousness in order to access divine knowledge....

The world of experience hides in the world of the unseen. How deep is the unseen? What hides beyond the eye? What forces are at play...

I come to know about the world through experience. My senses inform me of objects I encounter in the world. I can investigate them and...

When discussing al-Ghazali we covered his book about knowledge, which is part one in a long list of books, together forming four volumes,...

First some general comments to start with: No religious text in the christian tradition says we need to eat animals. It is no necessity,...

I will argue for animal rights from a perspective of social justice, based on John Rawl's theory of Justice and specifically his thought exp

This blog was set out by suggesting that in order to have knowledge of the world I need to understand my relation to the world. Ofcourse...

I suggest to read this with the following music playing in the background: https://youtu.be/_Nbi6oJsQVQ?t=1330...

How should I relate to the world to enable an understanding of it?

To what extend can (sensory) pleasure be taken into account when determining the morality of an action?

Empty is the sky, yet full of lights. They come and go. In and out of my eyesight. As I turn and turn and spin around. Floating through...

How exciting and wonderful it is to sit in a room on uncomfortable wooden benches crowded with other young eager people we call students...