Hossein Jorjani First publication: 2026 – 09 – 13 The decline of theological and metaphysical explanations does not necessarily eliminate the explanatory position once occupied by the Absolute. The occupant of that position may change while something of its structural function remains. God once provided an ultimate ground from which the order of the worldContinue reading “Excursus 146 — On the Secularization of the Absolute: From God to Society”
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Excursus 145 — On Philosophical Constructs and Scientific Entities
Hossein Jorjani First publication: 2026 – 09 – 13 Explanatory systems frequently introduce concepts for things that cannot simply be identified with what is directly observed. Plato’s Forms, Fichte’s different forms of the I, Hegel’s Absolute Spirit, Freud’s id, ego, and superego, and Jung’s psychological types are very different examples, but they raise a commonContinue reading “Excursus 145 — On Philosophical Constructs and Scientific Entities”
