Damiaan Luc van der Werf

Damiaan Luc van der Werf

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ETHICS IN AN AGE OF MUTABLE VALUE
An exploratory essay on the significance of ethics in an age in which the values of valuing-agents are substantially mutable.
Sep 15 • Damiaan Luc van der Werf

March 2026

Negative Space: How Absence Shapes Perception and Thought
A commentary on negative space in aesthetics, interior design and culture, and how intentional absence promotes clarity, definition and order in art…
Mar 5 • Damiaan Luc van der Werf
Analysis and Synthesis in Human Understanding and Creativity
I characterise my motivations and much of human understanding in domains as diverse as art and science as underpinned by the methodological and…
Mar 3 • Damiaan Luc van der Werf

January 2025

The Shrinking Circle: Moral-Singularity and the Rise of Nativism
How biocultural theory predicts the ascendancy of nativism and nationalism in a globalised world
Jan 18, 2025 • Damiaan Luc van der Werf
In Two Minds (2024) — Adapted Edition.
A treatise: On the nature and evolution of morality; On the interplay between rational and sentimental moral-cognition; and On the implications for…
Jan 6, 2025 • Damiaan Luc van der Werf
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