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Against “Throwaway Culture” in Philosophy

Summary by Daily Nous
Throwaway culture refers to a culture in which the consumption and production of many goods is based on the practice of discarding them after just one or a few uses. Is there an analog of throwaway culture in the realm of ideas? Alexander Douglas (St. Andrews) thinks so. In a post at his blog/newsletter, he notes the observations of historian Peter Burke (Cambridge) about this: Old editions of encyclopaedias, for instance, are pulped; the paper …
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Daily Nous broke the news in on Monday, July 7, 2025.
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