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…5 min read·Dec 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…10 min read·Oct 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…9 min read·May 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…5 min read·Jan 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…3 min read·Oct 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…4 min read·Jun 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…10 min read·Mar 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…6 min read·Feb 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…7 min read·Jan 21, 2020----