1. In Defense of Captions Starting two weeks from today, on Wednesday, 12 June 2019, Against Professional Philosophy will republish the second installment–and then in subsequent weeks, the later installments–of a series (hereby) collectively entitled “Captions.” They are so-entitled because they have been taken from a self-published collection called “Captions To The Cartoons We Live,” … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #18, 4 (May 2019): Why We Should Be Really Happy About Being Moist Robots With “Free Will.”
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]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #18, 3 (May 2019): Jobs, Shit Jobs, and Leisure.
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]
Neo-Kantianism and Anti-Kantianism: A Primer for Contemporary Philosophers.
THINKING FOR A LIVING: A PHILOSOPHER’S NOTEBOOK (SECOND SERIES, INSTALLMENT 12) PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS IN THE SECOND SERIES #11: From Bertrand Russell to Brazilian carnaval: how to make the world as it could be made. #10: The crisis in higher education–what is to be done? #9: Philosophy and pseudonymy. #8: A philosophy of the future is … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #18, 2 (May 2019): C.P. Snow’s “Two Cultures,” And Our One Culture.
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]
From Bertrand Russell to Brazilian Carnaval: How To Make The World As It Could Be Made.
THINKING FOR A LIVING: A PHILOSOPHER’S NOTEBOOK (SECOND SERIES, INSTALLMENT 11) PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS IN THE SECOND SERIES #10: The crisis in higher education: what is to be done? #9: Philosophy and pseudonymy. #8: A philosophy of the future is already here and now. #7: You are identical to your life, for better or worse. #6: … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #18, 1 (May 2019): Deconstructing Decolonization.
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 Crisis In Higher Education: What Is To Be Done?
THINKING FOR A LIVING: A PHILOSOPHER’S NOTEBOOK (SECOND SERIES, INSTALLMENT 10) PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS IN THE SECOND SERIES #9: Philosophy and pseudonymy. #8: A philosophy of the future is already here and now. #7: You are identical to your life, for better or worse. #6: Was Socrates an anarchist? #5: Conceptual analysis from a non-conceptualist point … [continue reading]