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S1E12 Emotional Depth as a Gift, Spirituality, and Mutual Connection
A reflection on an emotional struggle that began around this time last year, and on what it means not to “move on” completely, but instead to learn how to live alongside one’s emotions. From years…
S1E11 “A Foggy Tale” — After the Watch Fast-Forwards, the Gunshots Still Echo — Second Part
Using A Foggy Tale as a starting point, this cornoer reflects on the White Terror from a contemporary perspective: how historical amnesia in Taiwan has made it difficult for many people to understand…
S1E10 “A Foggy Tale” — After the Watch Fast-Forwards, the Gunshots Still Echo — First Part
The film A Foggy Tale as a gateway to the White Terror era of 1950s Taiwan, following A-gueh’s journey to Taipei to retrieve her brother’s body after a political execution and revealing how state…
S1E9 Three Days of Happiness: The Scales That Weigh the Value of a Life
Three Days of Happiness reflects on whether the value of life can be measured by external standards, through three perspectives: money, the understanding of others, and self-identity. Ultimately,…
S1E8 Causation & Possible Worlds 2
This episode explains how we use “distance” between possible worlds to judge counterfactuals like “If I hadn’t shot, he wouldn’t have died,” and why we usually choose worlds most similar to ours. It…
S1E7 Causation & Possible Worlds
Returning to causation in the natural world, we use counterfactual conditionals to analyze “if not A, then no B.” To judge whether a counterfactual is true or false, we introduce possible worlds: in…
S1E6 Causation & The Imputable Cause Theory
The Imputable Cause Theory refines how law determines responsibility beyond mere causation. Unlike adequate causation, it asks whether someone created a legally prohibited risk and whether that risk…
S1E5 Causation & Adequacy
The purpose of determining causation in law is to identify responsibility. If we rely solely on counterfactual conditionals to establish a “conditional causal relationship,” we risk including overly…
S1E4 Causation & Counterfactual Conditionals
In philosophy, we can use what’s called a “counterfactual conditional” to judge causation: If A didn’t happen, then B wouldn’t happen either. This helps us tell the difference between mere…
S1E3 A Sketch of a Female Murderer & The Illusion of Justice
When we face the most extreme acts of violence in society, we often hope to use the death penalty as a way to end evil. But does such punishment truly deliver justice? Are we relying too heavily on a…
S1E2 The 100% Responsibility & Metaphysical Death Penalty
The death penalty is an extreme form of punishment that demands an individual bear 100% responsibility for their actions. Yet in reality, our behaviors are often shaped by societal frameworks and the…
S1E1 Death Penalty on the First Corner
Three Main Arguments Against the Death Penalty: 1. The Deterrence Debate: Whether the death penalty effectively deters crime remains controversial. While some studies support its deterrent…
S1 Introduction
At “Around the Corner,” I believe that if we take just one more step forward, truth or new knowledge lies waiting at the corner. Let’s stroll together through philosophy, current events, and social…
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Around the Corner (Sêng-Gān) has published 13 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Philosophy, Society & Culture.
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