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Militant mediocrity is the active, aggressive imposition of average standards, conformity, and unexamined opinions upon society, accompanied by the systematic silencing or dismissal of expertise, excellence, and intellectual depth.
The primary difference between Ortega y Gasset's "mass man" and the "select minority" lies in their relationship to self-demand and responsibility: the mass man is content with mediocrity and demands rights without obligations, whereas the select minority holds themselves to rigorous stand
"Why Mediocrity Is Becoming Militant" is an essay and podcast episode published by Philosopheasy that explores José Ortega y Gasset's 1930 philosophical masterpiece, "The Revolt of the Masses," analyzing the psychological profile of the "mass man" and the modern rise of aggressive conformi
The "mass man" is a psychological and cultural archetype conceptualized by Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset to describe an individual who feels entirely average, is content with their mediocrity, demands rights without obligations, and actively seeks to impose conformity on others.
Radical ingratitude is a psychological state identified by José Ortega y Gasset wherein individuals enjoy the material, technological, and political benefits of modern civilization as if they were natural phenomena, completely oblivious to the historical effort, sacrifice, and specialized
According to the philosophical framework of José Ortega y Gasset, combating militant mediocrity requires individuals to cultivate the qualities of the "select minority" within themselves by embracing self-demand, practicing intellectual humility, accepting personal obligations, and activel
Qualia are the subjective, qualitative properties of conscious experiences—the "what it is like" aspect of mental states. Examples of qualia include the specific redness of a rose, the sharpness of a physical pain, the taste of a lemon, or the warmth of a fire. These subjective experiences
The Knowledge Argument challenges physicalism by demonstrating that complete physical knowledge of the universe does not equal complete knowledge of all facts. Formulated by Frank Jackson, the argument posits that if a scientist (Mary) knows every physical fact about color vision but has n
Mary's Room is a philosophical thought experiment designed by Frank Jackson in 1982 to argue that physicalism—the view that the universe is entirely physical—is incomplete. It describes Mary, a brilliant scientist who has lived her entire life in a black-and-white room, learning everything
Physicalism is the philosophical thesis that everything that exists is ultimately physical, or supervenes on physical entities, properties, and laws. In the philosophy of mind, physicalism asserts that mental states, consciousness, and subjective experiences are entirely identical to, or p
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