Vladislav Pedder
Area of interest: philosophical pessimism, anti-natalism
Born on July 7, 1998, in Omsk, Russia. Has Estonian roots. Graduated from Moscow International University in 2026 with a degree in Economics. Collaborates with Totenburg publishing house.
In 2024–2026, prepared and released in Russian a body of works by the Norwegian philosopher Peter Wessel Zapffe — On the Tragic, I Choose Truth (jointly with A. Næss and H. Tønnessen), an interview, and related articles. This marked the first print edition of these works. Translated David Benatar’s The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions, Emil Cioran’s On the Heights of Despair, David Chalmers’s Reality+, the biography Naked Under the Cosmos by Jørgen Haave, as well as writings by Ulrich Horstmann and Herman Tønnessen. Most of these translations were the first ever published in Russian. For works that had been translated before, new annotated translations were produced.
In 2025–2026, published a two-volume authorial work on philosophical pessimism, The Tragic, comprising The Experience of the Tragic and Processual Pessimism: On the Nature of Cosmic Suffering and Human Nothingness. Both volumes were issued in Russian and English.
A separate, intriguing, yet hard-to-realize prospect is the translation and publication in Russian of works by contemporary authors — Sarah Perry, David Benatar, and Julio Cabrera.
Has written and edited articles for the Russian- and English-language Wikipedia, and in 2024 digitized Estonian books in Russian. A sole interview was published in DARKER magazine in 2025.
Созданные статьи:
In 2024–2026, prepared and released in Russian a body of works by the Norwegian philosopher Peter Wessel Zapffe — On the Tragic, I Choose Truth (jointly with A. Næss and H. Tønnessen), an interview, and related articles. This marked the first print edition of these works. Translated David Benatar’s The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions, Emil Cioran’s On the Heights of Despair, David Chalmers’s Reality+, the biography Naked Under the Cosmos by Jørgen Haave, as well as writings by Ulrich Horstmann and Herman Tønnessen. Most of these translations were the first ever published in Russian. For works that had been translated before, new annotated translations were produced.
In 2025–2026, published a two-volume authorial work on philosophical pessimism, The Tragic, comprising The Experience of the Tragic and Processual Pessimism: On the Nature of Cosmic Suffering and Human Nothingness. Both volumes were issued in Russian and English.
A separate, intriguing, yet hard-to-realize prospect is the translation and publication in Russian of works by contemporary authors — Sarah Perry, David Benatar, and Julio Cabrera.
Has written and edited articles for the Russian- and English-language Wikipedia, and in 2024 digitized Estonian books in Russian. A sole interview was published in DARKER magazine in 2025.
Interview with DARKER magazine
Original Works:
- The Experience of the Tragic. — Moscow: Totenburg, 2025. — 312 p.
- Process Pessimism: On the Nature of Cosmic Suffering and the Human Nothingness — Moscow: Totenburg, 2025. — 326 p.
- Interviews and Critical Analysis of the Philosophy of Peter Wessel Zapffe. Compiled by Vladislav Pedder. — Totenburg, 2025.
- Ulrich Horstmann. Das Untier; Herman Tønnessen. Happiness is for the Pigs. Compiled by Vladislav Pedder. — Totenburg, 2025.
- Peter Wessel Zapffe — On the Tragic
- Peter Wessel Zapffe — The Last Messiah
- P. Zapffe, A. Naess, G. Tønnessen — I Choose the Truth
- Emil Cioran — On the Heights of Despair
- David J. Chalmers — Reality+
- Interviews with Peter Wessel Zapffe and Articles on His Work
- Thomas Ligotti — The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
- Jørgen Haave — Naked Under the Cosmos: Peter Wessel Zapffe — A Biography
- Ulrich Horstmann. Das Untier; Herman Tønnessen. Happiness is for the Pigs, edited by Vladislav Pedder.
- David Benatar — The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions, 2024
Созданные статьи:
- Ulrich Horstmann (ru)
- P. W. Zapffe – On the Tragic (Russian and English)
- D. Benatar – The Human Predicament (ru)
- Poki (children’s book series) (ru)
- Truth and Justice (ru)
- Biosophy (ru)
- Predictive coding (ru)
- etc
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