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Can Philosophy Delay the End of the World? A Shocking Truth About Education and Eco-Collapse

Can Philosophy and Its Teaching Help Delay the End of the World?

Amanda Veloso Garcia

This video dives into Amanda Veloso Garcia's groundbreaking book, 'Can Philosophy and Its Teaching Help Delay the End of the World?' It challenges the modern illusion of progress, revealing how Western rationalism—rooted in colonial violence, speciesism, and the Cartesian split—has driven us toward ecological and social collapse. Garcia argues that traditional education, with its Eurocentric curriculum and 'banking model,' perpetuates a 'cognitive genocide' that silences marginalized voices and destroys biodiversity. But there's hope: she proposes a radical shift to 'ecosophy,' drawing from Indigenous wisdom, weed philosophy, and fungal networks to foster a symbiotic, decentralized way of thinking and teaching. If you want to understand how our obsession with control and growth is accelerating the apocalypse—and how we can rethink philosophy to survive—this video is a must-watch.