You can also read or upload a .pdf version of this essay HERE. Il Faut Cultiver Notre Jardin Mondial, Or, On the Philosophical, Moral, and Political Significance of the COVID-19 Pandemic I. Introduction In February 2017, under the pseudonym ‘Z’, I published a short essay about the world-famous concluding phrase of Voltaire’s Candide—“il faut cultiver … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: March 2020
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #5–Reconfiguring the History of Philosophy After Kant.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the fifth … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #3–Transformation.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the third installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #11–Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The Standard Conception of Morality II.1 The Moral Question and The Meaning Question II.2 How Ethics Relates to Morality II.3 How Morality Relates to Rationality II.4 Six Famously Hard Cases III. Three Classical Challenges to the Standard Conception of Morality III.1 Moral Relativism III.2 Eight Logical Principles of Human … [continue reading]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #4–Nihilism, Castoriadis, & The Radical Enlightenment.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the fourth … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #2–Postlude.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the second installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [continue reading]
“Right-Wing Populism” and Other Cynical Plots to Use Leftist Rhetoric in Service of Right-Wing Goals.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: You can find out more about Andrew D. Chapman’s philosophical work and teaching, HERE. “Populism” is historically and by nature a left-wing ideology. This makes perfect sense, given the definitions of both “populism” and “leftism”—populism seeks to break down artificial hierarchical structures, to unite the people, and to return power to the … [continue reading]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #3–The Two Cultures and the Triumph of Scientism.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the third … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #1–Introduction.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the first installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [continue reading]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #2–The Crisis of Philosophy and the Humanities.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the second … [continue reading]