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Philosophy of the pandemic: why we still do not understand the corona crisis

2021-01-17T14:55:50.120Z

The corona crisis is a natural disaster - unfortunately, many still do not understand this. Why? It's in human nature, says philosophy professor Albert Newen.

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Albert Newen

, born in 1964, is a philosophy professor at the University of Bochum.

Most recently he was also chairman of the Society for Cognitive Science.

"In Angela Merkel we have a Chancellor who, as a scientist, recognized the seriousness of the situation early on"

"There will always be only one pragmatic compromise"

Source: spiegel

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