Rayyan DabbousConvincing AI it made choices…A range of AI programs — capable of making conversation, or generating art — have been circulating on social media. Last week, I discussed…Dec 23, 2022Dec 23, 2022
Rayyan DabbousThinking through performance and performativity: In Conversation with Rowanne AtallahHow can art correct the lens with which philosophers see the world? What is the relationship between thinking and feeling? Could the…Oct 25, 2021Oct 25, 2021
Rayyan DabbousFor A Socratic PressIs the history of philosophy different from the history of the press? Journalists mourn the loss of their credibility — yet a similar and…May 10, 2021May 10, 2021
Rayyan DabbousDoes lying in the closet count?It may be that philosophers of the past were not pansexual enough (if one loves everything, how can one think something?) to ask…Jan 23, 2021Jan 23, 2021
Rayyan DabbousThe Motto #LoveWins Jeopardizes LGBT RightsAround the globe, sexual minorities participate in a tragi-romantic-comedy. It has been 40 years since Judith Butler first conceived…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
Rayyan DabbousIs Coming Out for Soccer Stars Commercial Suicide?Rainbow-striped caps. Football v. Homophobia sweatshirts. A team made up exclusively of queer men. Despite efforts to foster a friendlier…Jun 2, 2020Jun 2, 2020
Rayyan DabbousTeaching Philosophy in High School Today: Interview with Sana El-KhalilIt is 2020, and our school systems are picking up on the signs of the times. We are teaching our children to embrace our hyper-connected…Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020
Rayyan DabbousDid Hannah Arendt Predict Germany’s Future?Much has been discussed about Hannah Arendt’s political theories. Her views on political affairs, however, are relatively more obscure and…Feb 13, 2020Feb 13, 2020
Rayyan DabbousThe Politics of Loneliness for Sigmund FreudIn Studies on Hysteria, Freud chronicles a hypnosis session with a female patient whose neurosis causes temporary muteness, sometimes for…Jan 21, 2020Jan 21, 2020
