Profanity (aka cursing, cussing, swearing, etc.) is civil-disobedient, counter-cultural, defiant, disruptive, edgy speech. (Profanity can also occur via other forms of expression, e.g., gestures, voiced music/singing, or pictures, although for simplicity’s sake in this little essay, I’ll focus mostly on speech.) The terminology of profanity in contemporary secular societies usually derives from words standing for … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #16, 4 (January 2019): Martin Luther King Jr on Nonviolence and Social Change, and King’s Dangerous Radicalism.
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in (occasionally discontinuous) weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from one or more articles, or one or more complete articles, … [continue reading]
The Incoherence and Impossibility of Personal Immortality.
THINKING FOR A LIVING: A PHILOSOPHER’S NOTEBOOK 19 PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS #18: A new argument against capital punishment. #17: Fear, denial, and loathing in the philosophy of mind. #16: The political aesthetics of outer space. #15: The paradox of distributive social justice, and what is to be done? #14: How a priori knowledge is really possible. … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #16, 3 (January 2019): Piracy and Truly Open Access.
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in (occasionally discontinuous) weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from one or more articles, or one or more complete articles, … [continue reading]
A New Argument Against Capital Punishment.
THINKING FOR A LIVING: A PHILOSOPHER’S NOTEBOOK 18 PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS #17: Fear, denial, and loathing in the philosophy of mind. #16: The political aesthetics of outer space. #15: The paradox of distributive social justice, and what is to be done? #14: How a priori knowledge is really possible. #13: Is a priori knowledge really possible? … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #16, 2 (January 2019): The Real Significance of the Far Side of the Moon.
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in (occasionally discontinuous) weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from one or more articles, or one or more complete articles, … [continue reading]
Fear, Denial, and Loathing in the Philosophy of Mind.
THINKING FOR A LIVING: A PHILOSOPHER’S NOTEBOOK 17 PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS #16: The political aesthetics of outer space. #15: The paradox of distributive social justice, and what is to be done? #14: How a priori knowledge is really possible. #13: Is a priori knowledge really possible? Yes; here’s proof. #12: Is human free agency really possible? … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #16, 1 (January 2019): Is Human Nature Fundamentally Bad?
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in (occasionally discontinuous) weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from one or more articles, or one or more complete articles, … [continue reading]
The Political Aesthetics of Outer Space.
THINKING FOR A LIVING: A PHILOSOPHER’S NOTEBOOK 16 PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS #15: The paradox of distributive social justice, and what is to be done? #14: How a priori knowledge is really possible. #13: Is a priori knowledge really possible? Yes; here’s proof. #12: Is human free agency really possible? Yes; here’s how. #11: What is democracy? … [continue reading]