

A Stroll Through Architecture, A Thought on Music
Some time ago, I was strolling through the streets and squares of Copenhagen. The elegant theater building in Nyhavn and the refined...
Arda Tunca
May 11, 20254 min read


They Don’t Believe, They Belong: Religious Identity as Cultural Imposition
Abstract Prevailing assumptions about religious affiliation overlook a deeper anthropological truth. In most societies, religion...
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May 1, 20254 min read


The Man Who Measured Uncertainty: Heisenberg, the Nazis, and the Bullet That Never Fired
It was the winter of 1944, and a young American spy named Moe Berg sat in a theater in Zürich, Switzerland, with a pistol hidden in his...
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Apr 21, 20255 min read


A Marriage Under the Comet: Superstitions, Science, and Social Critique
In 1910, news spreads that Halley's Comet will crash into the Earth. The news causes a great stir in Ottoman society. From neighborhood...
Arda Tunca
Apr 2, 20256 min read


19th-Century Orientalism and Goethe: Exoticism vs. Dialogue
The Orientalist trend in the late 19th century was driven by a combination of imperial expansion, technological advancements, artistic...
Arda Tunca
Mar 29, 20255 min read


Goethe’s Weltliteratur vs. Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk
If we compare Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk (Total Artwork) to Goethe’s Weltliteratur (World Literature) , we find two artistic visions that...
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Mar 18, 20255 min read


A Danish Musician Who Deeply Influenced Bach: Buxtehude
Denmark has produced several noteworthy classical music composers, spanning different eras. However, Dieterich Buxtehude’s place in the...
Arda Tunca
Mar 15, 20253 min read


The Connection Between Economic Changes and Literature’s Coverage of Societal Issues
Economic changes have long been a driving force in shaping societies, influencing social structures, cultural norms, and political...
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Feb 23, 20253 min read


Orlando Furioso
Some works written, composed, read, and drawn have been influencing every form of art for centuries. Matteo Maria Boiardo (1440–1494)...
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Feb 20, 20256 min read


A Science Explorer: Alexander von Humboldt
Humboldt viewed science and nature as a unified whole. His work bridged natural and social sciences.
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Feb 11, 20257 min read


Another Newton Discovered by Keynes
In 1936, John Maynard Keynes attended a Sotheby’s auction. What he purchased was not just a collection of scientific notes, but Isaac...
Arda Tunca
Nov 13, 20243 min read


Questions on the Philosophical Foundations of Science
Does every a priori proposition necessarily have to be analytic? Does every a posteriori proposition necessarily have to be synthetic?...
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Nov 13, 20243 min read


Shame on Those Who Sold Their Pens
Is everyone who writes, draws, and licks a little ink an intellectual? Is it possible to call everyone who is a little more intellectual...
Arda Tunca
Nov 13, 20244 min read


Was Heidegger a National Socialist?
Why was Martin Heidegger a member of the National Socialist Party between 1933 and 1945? How could a great philosopher, a great scientist...
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Nov 13, 20243 min read


Einstein: Why Socialism?
A new magazine was launched in May 1949. Its name was Monthly Review . Albert Einstein contributed an article to the first issue of the...
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Nov 13, 20248 min read


Philosophical Foundations of Enlightenment, Secularism and the Founding Philosophy of the Republic of Türkiye
Kant's article "What is Enlightenment?" dates back to 1784. It was commissioned for an encyclopedia. It is considered the beginning of...
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Nov 13, 202425 min read


Madonna in a Fur Coat
Every person can find something a little bit of themselves and a little bit of their surroundings in Raif Efendi. He is full of feelings...
Arda Tunca
Nov 13, 20243 min read


Enlightenment
The date of Immanuel Kant's article titled "What is Enlightenment?" is 1784. The definition of enlightenment in the article is made as...
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Nov 13, 20244 min read


Philosophy and Humanity
It is possible to read many articles comparing natural sciences with social sciences. I have not come across a comment that states that...
Arda Tunca
Nov 13, 20243 min read


Heidegger and Being
Philosophy is a comprehensive summary of man's adventure of perceiving the universe. This perception expresses itself concretely in...
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Nov 13, 20242 min read









