#powerandknowledge — Public Fediverse posts

Great article about one of my philosophical heroes, Michel Foucault — still incredibly relevant in a world saturated with social media.

Something I’ve only just realised: one of the core ideas I’ve carried for years is really a paraphrasing of his work on power and knowledge (via Hilary Lawson):

“Science is not powerful because it is true — it is true because it is powerful.”

https://theconversation.com/40-years-after-his-death-michel-foucaults-philosophy-still-speaks-to-a-world-saturated-with-social-media-232589?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com

#philosophy #Foucault #criticaltheory #socialmedia #powerandknowledge #digitalculture #criticalthinking

Justice is often defended as fair. That claim does a lot of work, most of it before anyone realises it’s working at all.
🎲 https://philosophics.blog/2025/12/24/the-felt-beneath-the-table/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

This essay looks at fairness and commensurability not as moral virtues, but as preconditions quietly installed so that retributive justice can function at all.

#philosophy #Justice #LegalPhilosophy #PoliticalPhilosophy #CriticalTheory #Ontology #PhilosophyOfLaw #PowerAndKnowledge #Fairness #InstitutionalCritique #Jurispridence #Blog #Podcast

Justice is often defended as fair. That claim does a lot of work, most of it before anyone realises it’s working at all.
🎲 https://philosophics.blog/2025/12/24/the-felt-beneath-the-table/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

This essay looks at fairness and commensurability not as moral virtues, but as preconditions quietly installed so that retributive justice can function at all.

#philosophy #Justice #LegalPhilosophy #PoliticalPhilosophy #CriticalTheory #Ontology #PhilosophyOfLaw #PowerAndKnowledge #Fairness #InstitutionalCritique #Jurispridence #Blog #Podcast