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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 6h

Today, my students and I discussed Carnap’s critique of Heidegger. A question arose: which philosophical path is right, Plato’s or Aristotle’s? Raphael placed them side by side in his fresco. Western intellectual culture thrives through their coexistence, rivalry, and interaction. #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 7h

On John Dewey’s birthday, three ideas are worth recalling: education is part of life, not merely preparation for it; we learn by doing; and thinking begins when we face problems without ready-made answers. His ideas profoundly shaped modern education. #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 7h

If there were a competition for the best insults in philosophy, Arthur Schopenhauer would have a pretty good chance of taking first place))) #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 19/10/2026

On Marsilio Ficino’s birthday, a curious legend: he and a friend agreed that whoever died first would report on the afterlife. After Ficino’s death, his friend supposedly saw him on a white horse, shouting, “It’s true!” A true philosopher shares his findings even after death. In person!))

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 18/10/2026

I watched Digger. Pros: Cruise gives a strong performance, the film raises important issues, and its aesthetics are intriguing. Cons: the director reduces a complex problem to a generational conflict and once again adopts an America-centric worldview.

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026

Today marks 100 years since the birth of philosopher Michel Foucault. Of his many fascinating ideas, I find one particularly intriguing—and disturbing: truth is not simply discovered but produced, and this process cannot be separated from power and its mechanisms. #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

Sartre argued that human beings are fundamentally free and responsible for their choices. D’Holbach, by contrast, believed that our actions are determined by causes beyond our control. Who was right – Sartre, d’Holbach, or do you have a better view? #philosophy #WSocialPhilosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

Despite Trump's pressure on the Nobel Committee, he has once again failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year. I think he should be worrying about the prospect of impeachment rather than the Peace Prize.

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 07/10/2026

Descartes asks us to imagine an evil demon powerful enough to deceive us about the world, our bodies, even mathematics. If everything you experience could be an illusion, is there anything you could still know with absolute certainty? #philosophy #WSocialPhilosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 29/09/2026

I’m preparing a video about Ludwig Wittgenstein’s remarkable life. For example, he moved from aeronautical engineering to philosophy, volunteered for the front, gave away almost all his wealth, and tried teaching primary school. Strange that so few feature films have been made about him #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 28/09/2026

On Confucius’ birthday, traditionally celebrated on 28 September, a few words from the Analects: “Is it not a pleasure to learn and, when it is timely, to practice what you have learned?” “What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others.” #philosophy #WSocialPhilosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 27/09/2026

Robert Nozick’s Experience Machine could give you any experience you want – love, success, adventure, happiness – and you could not tell it from reality. Would you choose to spend two years inside it? #philosophy #WSocialPhilosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026

On Heidegger’s birthday, I’d like to revisit two of his most famous lines: “Language is the house of Being” and “The nothing itself nothings.” Some scholars even claim to know what they mean. Optimists. #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026

Schopenhauer argued that egoism and malice are deeply rooted in human nature. Rousseau, by contrast, believed that humans are naturally good and become corrupted through society. Who was right? #philosophy #WSocialPhilosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026

Books from My Bookshelf Hans-Georg Gadamer, Truth and Method Understanding is never neutral – it is shaped by language, history, tradition, and the dialogue between our own horizon and what we seek to understand. #philosophy #books #WSocialPhilosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026

I think W Social offers something genuinely new and important for social media users. Over the past few days, I’ve been reflecting on the principles and values behind it. The attached image outlines how I understand the philosophy of W Social. #WSocialPhilosophy #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 16/09/2026

Marcus Aurelius argued that we should focus on changing our judgments and reactions rather than trying to control the world. Descartes, by contrast, believed that knowledge could help us become “masters and possessors of nature.” Who was right? #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026

Books from My Bookshelf Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason A foundational work examining the limits and conditions of human knowledge, asking what we can know through reason and experience – and where the boundaries of knowledge must be drawn. #philosophy #books

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 12/09/2026

Locke’s locked room: someone willingly stays in a room, unaware that the door is locked. The choice is voluntary, yet leaving was never possible. If freedom requires the ability to do otherwise, was the person free at all? #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 11/09/2026

Laplace’s Demon knows the complete state of the universe and all laws of nature, so it can predict every action you will take. If your choices were predictable long before you were born, could you ever have acted otherwise? #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 11/09/2026

Books from My Bookshelf Plato, Republic A philosophical dialogue exploring justice, the ideal state, education, political order, and the nature of the human soul, while asking what it means to live a truly just and good life. #books

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 09/09/2026

Philosophers have given very different answers to the question, “What makes a life worth living?” Some point to happiness, others to virtue, love, freedom, achievement, meaning, or service to others. What would your answer be? #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 08/09/2026

Philosophers have long disagreed about what preserves personal identity through change – our body, memories, consciousness, character, or something else. What do you think? What makes you the same person over time? #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 06/09/2026

Meno’s paradox: How can you inquire into something you do not know? If you already know the answer, inquiry is unnecessary. If you do not know it, how will you recognize the right answer when you encounter it? How would you answer this paradox? #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 05/09/2026

A Renaissance allegory of Philosophy (1460s): not an old scholar with a book, but a young Athena with spear and aegis. Philosophy appears here as armed wisdom – reason capable of defending truth, resisting error, and intellectually equipping us. #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 04/09/2026

On August 4, 1834, John Venn was born – an English logician and mathematician. He made important contributions to logic, but students probably love him most for inventing Venn diagrams: those circles that make complicated relations look wonderfully simple :) #logic

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 02/09/2026

I came across an article by American commentator John Fund on Iceland’s referendum and noticed three manipulative techniques: loaded language, hasty generalization, and appeal to authority. The scan shows excerpts with these points marked. #logic

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 29/08/2026

On this day in 1632, John Locke was born. A major figure of modern philosophy, he shaped debates on knowledge, personal identity, natural rights, religious toleration, and political liberty. His ideas remain central to philosophy and political thought.

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 29/08/2026

In a village, the barber shaves all and only those men who do not shave themselves. So who shaves the barber? If he shaves himself, he shouldn’t. If he doesn’t, he should. #logic

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 28/08/2026

Books from my Bookshelf Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea Our experience of existence can reveal our profound loneliness, the indifference of the world, and the inadequacy of the familiar frameworks through which we try to understand it. #books

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 28/08/2026

On an island, everyone is either a truth-teller who always tells the truth or a liar who always lies. You meet A and B. A says: “We are both liars.” Who is the truth-teller, and who is the liar? #logic

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 26/08/2026

Euathlus promised to pay Protagoras his tuition after winning his first court case, but avoided taking cases so he wouldn’t have to pay. Protagoras sued: if I win, the court makes you pay; if you win, our agreement does. Euathlus argued the reverse. Who should win? #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 25/08/2026

Identify the logical fallacy: Conrad Brean in Wag the Dog: “What do you know about them?” “Nothing.” “See? They keep to themselves. Shifty. Untrustable.” A. Argument from ignorance B. False cause C. Post hoc ergo propter hoc D. False dilemma #logic

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 25/08/2026

Books from my Bookshelf Franz Kafka, The Trial A person can become trapped in an impersonal system whose rules remain obscure – and the search for justice may itself become part of the nightmare. #books

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 22/08/2026

At any single instant, a flying arrow occupies one fixed position. At that instant, it is not moving. If this is true at every instant of its flight, how can the arrow ever move at all? #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 21/08/2026

In the 17th-century tapestry The Triumph of the Eucharist over Philosophy and Science, after Rubens, Philosophy appears as an old, grey-haired man in rags, seemingly ignoring Faith’s triumphal chariot. Perhaps he cannot see it at all – he carries a blind man’s stick. #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 20/08/2026

The first plant from our garden is Helichrysum italicum – a modest Mediterranean plant with a warm, spicy scent. Its story stretches from ancient Greek poetry to Renaissance art and modern Italian poetry. More in the comments. #plants #botany

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 19/08/2026

Identify the logical fallacy: President Orlean in Don’t Look Up: “You know why they want us to look up? Because they want us to be afraid! Because they think they’re better than us!” A. False dilemma B. Ad hominem circumstantial C. False cause D. Ad populum #logic

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 16/08/2026

Books from my Bookshelf Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones Reality, identity, time, and knowledge are far stranger than they seem – and Borges turns these puzzles into unforgettable stories. #books

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 15/08/2026

Buridan’s ass stands exactly halfway between two identical piles of hay. It has no reason to choose one over the other, so it cannot decide – and starves. Can perfect rationality sometimes prevent us from making a choice? #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 15/08/2026

How do artists depict Philosophy? This is Philosophy (1875) by French sculptor Joseph Tournois, created for the Paris Opera. Clothed in ancient Greek style, she stands calm and absorbed in thought – an image of philosophy as contemplation, reason, and the search for truth. #philosophy

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Oleksandr Kulyk @oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.eu · 14/08/2026

Imagine a teleporter scans you perfectly, disassembles your body, and reconstructs you elsewhere – with all your memories, personality, and sense of self. Did you really travel, or did you die while a perfect copy of you was created instead? #philosophy

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