W2: I wanted to raise a question in light of your recent post, Hyper-Disciplined Minds. One of my concerns is that some problems you raise for professionalized philosophers are, in fact, problems for anyone who pursues philosophy full time. The fact that experts in critical thinking are siphoned off into the ivory tower, where society … [continue reading]
1. So you’re a professional academic philosopher. In all likelihood, this implies that you are someone who, at some time, loved real philosophy and wanted to make it your life’s work. 2. But then it also means: (i) that in all likelihood either you are currently are going through, or you actually went through, a … [continue reading]
1. From: APA@apaonline.org <APA@apaonline.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 12:48 PM To: Z Subject: A letter from Robert Audi to all APA members Dear Colleagues, I am writing you about opportunities and needs of the profession of philosophy and the APA. As you know, the APA sponsors three international meetings a year, supports teaching and … [continue reading]
BY OTTO PAANS. 1. Introductory Moves The output of philosophical practice is extremely varied in its topics and starting points. There are numerous theories of mind, different conceptions of knowledge and truth-value in epistemology, various metaphysical visions about the structure of reality, and varying strands of ethics, ranging from virtue ethics to Kantianism to utilitarianism … [continue reading]
1. Philosophy’s True Home, by Scott Soames. New York Times, 7 March 2016. Scott Soames is director of the school of philosophy at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He is the author of “The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy.” We’ve all heard the argument that philosophy is isolated, an … [continue reading]
APP Editors’ Note: SK is a PhD student in philosophy at a Brazilian university. Before getting underway, I want to stress that what follows is not a condemnation or denunciation of the Brazilian philosophical world, as such, nor is it a full critique–that would require an entire book!—of contemporary Brazilian professional academic philosophy. Instead, it’s … [continue reading]
APP Editors’ Note: V is a full professor of philosophy at a research university, with some 30 years of experience –and membership in the APA. I was wandering through the mall. Not because I wanted to, but once in a while, these days, one needs something that just happens to be at a store that … [continue reading]