Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Phildialogues III. Principled-Negotiation-&-Participatory-Decision-Making IV. Kialo V. Meta-Kialo V.1 A Critique of Kialo: Eight Worries V.2 Meta-Kialo in the Narrower Sense: Critiques of Current Discussions on Kialo V.3 Meta-Kialo in the Broader Sense: Some Lessons from Teaching Introductory Ethics VI. Conclusion This installment contains section V.1. You can also read … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: January 2020
What Can Philosophy Do For Humanity?, #3–Kialo.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Phildialogues III. Principled-Negotiation-&-Participatory-Decision-Making IV. Kialo V. Meta-Kialo V.1 A Critique of Kialo: Eight Worries V.2 Meta-Kialo in the Narrower Sense: Critiques of Current Discussions on Kialo V.3 Meta-Kialo in the Broader Sense: Some Lessons from Teaching Introductory Ethics VI. Conclusion This installment contains section IV. You can also read … [continue reading]
Beyond the Academic Ethic, #5–The Tragedy, & Learning as a Value.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Stephen Turner’s “Beyond the Academic Ethic,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared in F. Cannizzo and N. Osbaldston (eds.), The Social Structures of Global Academia (London/New York: Routledge, 2019), pp. 35-52, and is reproduced by permission. This is the final installment. Stephen Turner is Distinguished University Professor of … [continue reading]
London Calling Back, #3—“Career Opportunities” Revisited? Work, Leisure, and The Four-Day Week.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: LONDON CALLING BACK, by Emre Kazim, is a series about philosophy, society, and politics, from a British and non-North-American point of view, emphasizing a new critical-dignitarian, edgy, and thoroughly push-backarian philosophical, social, and political ferment on the rise in London, recalling the heady days of politicized punk and The Clash. EARLIER INSTALLMENTS: #1: … [continue reading]
Beyond the Academic Ethic, #4–The Love of Learning in a Time of Academic Cholera.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Stephen Turner’s “Beyond the Academic Ethic,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared in F. Cannizzo and N. Osbaldston (eds.), The Social Structures of Global Academia (London/New York: Routledge, 2019), pp. 35-52, and is reproduced by permission. Stephen Turner is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of … [continue reading]
What Can Philosophy Do For Humanity?, #2–Phildialogues, & Principled Negotiation + Participatory Decision-Making.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Phildialogues III. Principled-Negotiation-&-Participatory-Decision-Making IV. Kialo V. Meta-Kialo VI. Conclusion This installment contains sections II and III. You can also read or download a .pdf of the complete version of this essay HERE. II. Phildialogues Because it’s difficult, or even practically impossible, for spatially widely-distributed groups of people in many … [continue reading]
Beyond the Academic Ethic, #3–Professionalization as a Power System, & Degenerate Professionalization.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Stephen Turner’s “Beyond the Academic Ethic,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared in F. Cannizzo and N. Osbaldston (eds.), The Social Structures of Global Academia (London/New York: Routledge, 2019), pp. 35-52, and is reproduced by permission. Stephen Turner is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of … [continue reading]
London Calling Back, #2–Invasion of the New Daleks: Alienation, Authenticity, and The Preacher on the Train.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: LONDON CALLING BACK, by Emre Kazim, is a series about philosophy, society, and politics, from a British and non-North-American point of view, emphasizing a new critical-dignitarian, edgy, and thoroughly push-backarian philosophical, social, and political ferment on the rise in London, recalling the heady days of politicized punk and The Clash. EARLIER INSTALLMENTS: #1: … [continue reading]
Philosophy and Cognition in the Age of Mechanical-Digital Reproduction, #1–Introduction.
I. Introduction: The Disappearance of Authenticity, The Appearance of Estrangement Arguably, the acceleration of modernization during the 19th century posed pressing questions about the nature of authenticity. During the latter half of the 19th century, one discerns a certain tendency towards bewilderment, a sense of disorientation that reflects the swift changes of the world during … [continue reading]