This book, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE: Uniscience and the Modern World, by Robert Hanna, presents and defends a critical philosophy of science and digital technology, and a new and prescient philosophy of nature and human thinking. It is being made available here in serial format, but you can also download and read or share … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: October 2022
A Philosopher’s Diary, #7–Rigged and Lucky: The Myth of Meritocracy in Professional Academic Philosophy.
The descriptive sub-title of this blog—Against Professional Philosophy—originally created and rolled out in 2013, is “A Co-Authored Anarcho-Philosophical Diary.” Now, nine years later, after more than 300,000 views of the site, this new series, A Philosopher’s Diary, finally literally instantiates that description by featuring short monthly entries by one or another of the members of … [continue reading]
Some Thoughts Written While Visiting the Swedish Countryside.
You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling down to the bottom of this post. Some Thoughts Written While Visiting the Swedish Countryside Recently, I’ve been studying a selection of Henri Lefebvre’s works closely. His output included philosophy, sociology, history, economics, art criticism, and … [continue reading]
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE, #44–Frame-by-Frame: How Early 20th Century Physics Was Shaped by Brownie Cameras and Early Cinema.
This book, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE: Uniscience and the Modern World, by Robert Hanna, presents and defends a critical philosophy of science and digital technology, and a new and prescient philosophy of nature and human thinking. It is being made available here in serial format, but you can also download and read or share … [continue reading]
Defective Altruism.
You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay HERE. Defective Altruism In general, altruism is choosing and acting for inherently non-egoistic or non-self-interested—and especially unselfish—reasons; and it seems uncontrovertible that, other things being equal, altruism is a morally very good thing. To be sure, excessive altruism … [continue reading]
Borderless Philosophy 6 (2023), Fourth Call For Submissions On This Special Topic: “Is Humankind Worth Saving From Whatever Might Threaten It? If Not, Then Why Not? But If So, Then Why and How?”
Borderless Philosophy’s Editorial Team, whose members currently are Dennis Earl (Coastal Carolina Univ., USA) https://www.coastal.edu/academics/facultyprofiles/humanities/philosophyandreligiousstudies/dennisearl/, Robert Hanna (Independent, USA) (Editorial Team Co-Leader) https://roberthanna.academia.edu/, Michelle Maiese (Emmanuel College, USA) http://www.emmanuel.edu/academics/our-faculty/michelle-maiese.html, Otto Paans (Independent, Netherlands) https://tu-berlin.academia.edu/OttoPaans, and Hugh Reginald (Independent, Canada) (Editorial Team Co- Leader), is pleased to announce a Fourth Call for Submissions for our sixth … [continue reading]
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE, #43–The Incompleteness of Logic, The Incompleteness of Physics, and The Primitive Sourcehood of Rational Human Animals.
This book, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE: Uniscience and the Modern World, by Robert Hanna, presents and defends a critical philosophy of science and digital technology, and a new and prescient philosophy of nature and human thinking. It is being made available here in serial format, but you can also download and read or share … [continue reading]
A Moral Argument For Gun Abolitionism in 100 Words and 8 Simple Pictures.
On a PC, you can press Control-plus (+) or Control-minus (-) to adjust image and text size for easier viewing; on a Mac, you can press Command-plus (+) or Command-minus (-). And you can also download and view or share a .png file of the image-&-text above by clicking on the button directly below– Against … [continue reading]
The Fully Generalized and Strengthened Logocentric Predicament.
You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay HERE. The Fully Generalized and Strengthened Logocentric Predicament The attempt to formulate the foundations of logic is rendered arduous by a … “logocentric” predicament. In order to give an account of logic, we must presuppose and employ logic. … [continue reading]
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE, #42–Science and The Death of Philosophy.
This book, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE: Uniscience and the Modern World, by Robert Hanna, presents and defends a critical philosophy of science and digital technology, and a new and prescient philosophy of nature and human thinking. It is being made available here in serial format, but you can also download and read or share … [continue reading]