Dear Philosopher or Philosophically-Minded Person, Do you ever think about the larger philosophical implications of contemporary events and issues, especially when reading newspapers, journals, or blogs? —Of course you do: but then what? What if you were able to convert your thinking DIRECTLY into something you were able to use for TEACHING PHILOSOPHY, for PHILOSOPHY … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 2—When Merleau-Ponty Met The Whiteheadian Kripke Monster.
“Diogenes Sheltering in His Barrel,” by John William Waterhouse 30. When Merleau-Ponty Met The Whiteheadian Kripke Monster. Someone, somewhere, once wrote that a super-short but accurate synopsis of Embodied Minds in Action,[1] aka EMA is Merleau-Ponty Meets The Kripke Monster I rather like that. Indeed, there’s definitely something to this micro-synopsis, methodologically speaking, in that … [continue reading]
Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 1—Introductory; The rise and fall of Analytic philosophy; Cosmopolitanism and the real philosophy of the future; How to socialize the philosophy of mind.
“Diogenes Sheltering in His Barrel,” by John William Waterhouse 1. Introductory. A few weeks ago, in early April 2018, I finally finished and self-published a five-part, four book series, The Rational Human Condition, aka RHC, that I’ve been working on more or less steadily since 2005 or 2006—so, for 12 or 13 years. RHC is … [continue reading]
Is Professional Philosophy a Bullshit Job? Yes. And What You Can Do About It.
Is professional academic philosophy a bullshit job? Yes. This means that, as a professional academic philosopher, even though you began by loving real philosophy for its own sake, you’ve unintentionally turned your working life into the very opposite of what you hoped it would be. And that’s genuinely tragic, even if depressingly widespread. Can you … [continue reading]
German Philosophy is in a Sorry State. Why?
APP Editors’ Note: Wolfram Eilenberger is a philosopher, journalist, and writer. His passion is the application of philosophical ideas to our life today, whether it be in politics, culture or sport. He is the editor of Philosophie Magazin, and in high demand as a German intellectual, often appearing on talk shows. He has published eight … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! Issue #9, May 2018: Defending Lecturing, Citizens of the World, Hyper-Liberalism, Neo-Romanticism, & Physics-Without- Time?
Dear Philosopher or Philosophically-Minded Person, Do you ever think about the larger philosophical implications of contemporary events and issues, especially when reading newspapers, journals, or blogs? —Of course you do: but then what? What if you were able to convert your thinking DIRECTLY into something you were able to use for TEACHING PHILOSOPHY, for PHILOSOPHY … [continue reading]