Borderless Philosophy 9 (2026) SPECIAL TOPIC ISSUE: “We Were Supposed to Be Self-Guided: The Fate of Autonomy in The Present Era.” In “The Aufklaerung Song,” the philosophically-minded rock band Johannes Faustus sang: “We were supposed to be self-guided. But where did our reason go?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er56ksTGRxU What’s happened to our autonomy in the present era—sometimes called an “Age … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: May 2026
The Revival of Philosophical Anthropology in the Age of Extinction: Learning to Find Our Place Again, #4.
Holobiontic Encounters (AI-generated image curated by author) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1.1 Structure of the Essay 1.2 The Core of Philosophical Anthropology Listed as Four Basic Points 2. Theorizing the Tension of Being 3. Responsivity as an Anthropological Concept 4. Philosophical Anthropology for Shifting Times 4.1 Centralizing Relations (Point I) 4.2 Anthropology and Chronicling … [continue reading]
A Turd in the Punchbowl: Initial Thoughts on Christoph Shuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy,” Or, An Epigone Crashes the Party, #5–Otto Neurath.
(Schuringa, 2025) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The Myth of Socially Disconnected Analytic Philosophy 3. The Death of Moritz Schlick 4. The Vienna Circle Takes On the German Philosophical Society 5. Otto Neurath 6. Rudoph Carnap 7. Hans Hahn 8. Philipp Frank 9. Edgar Zilsel 10. Rose Rand 11. Susan Stebbing 12. Russell and … [continue reading]
The Refutation of Compatibilism and Soft Determinism, and a New Proof of Real Incompatibilistic Free Agency: A Podcast.
Marvin the Paranoid Android (GSD, 2026) So you think that you’re both naturally determined and a free agent, and also that this philosophical position, which combines “compatibilism” (i.e., the consistency of free will and universal natural determinism) and “soft determinism” (i.e., the conjunction of free will and universal natural determinism) is conceptually coherent? Wrong, wrong, … [continue reading]
Against Mathematical Dogmatism: A Modern Pyrrhonian Critique of Infinity (In the Manner of Sextus Empiricus).
(Dr Peyam, 2020) 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 and clicking on the Download tab. Against Mathematical Dogmatism: A Modern Pyrrhonian Critique of Infinity (In the Manner of Sextus Empiricus) 1. Prolegomena: The Pretensions of … [continue reading]
The Revival of Philosophical Anthropology in the Age of Extinction: Learning to Find Our Place Again, #3.
Holobiontic Encounters (AI-generated image curated by author) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1.1 Structure of the Essay 1.2 The Core of Philosophical Anthropology Listed as Four Basic Points 2. Theorizing the Tension of Being 3. Responsivity as an Anthropological Concept 4. Philosophical Anthropology for Shifting Times 4.1 Centralizing Relations (Point I) 4.2 Anthropology and Chronicling … [continue reading]
A Turd in the Punchbowl: Initial Thoughts on Christoph Shuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy,” Or, An Epigone Crashes the Party, #4–The Vienna Circle Takes On the German Philosophical Society.
(Schuringa, 2025) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The Myth of Socially Disconnected Analytic Philosophy 3. The Death of Moritz Schlick 4. The Vienna Circle Takes On the German Philosophical Society 5. Otto Neurath 6. Rudoph Carnap 7. Hans Hahn 8. Philipp Frank 9. Edgar Zilsel 10. Rose Rand 11. Susan Stebbing 12. Russell and … [continue reading]
MLK was a Nonviolent Dignitarian Post-Capitalist: A Podcast.
(MLK, 2014) In his essay, “MLK was a Nonviolent Dignitarian Post-Capitalist,” Robert Hanna does three things. First, he spells out a moral and sociopolitical doctrine he calls dignitarian post-capitalism. Second, he quotes the entire text of Martin Luther King Jr’s lecture, “Nonviolence and Social Change,” in which, Hanna believes, King (MLK) anticipated the basic tenets … [continue reading]
The Ontological Crisis at the Heart of Einstein’s General Relativity Theory.
(Wolpert, 2019) 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 and clicking on the Download tab. The Ontological Crisis at the Heart of Einstein’s General Relativity Theory 1. Introduction General relativity theory (GRT) allegedly stands as one … [continue reading]
Creativistic Philosophy: Exploring the Limits of Formalization, #10—Total Functions, Innovation, and Cultural Bandwidth.[i]
(Collins, 2010)[ii] PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS #1: Introduction #2: From Astrology to “Artificial Intelligence” #3: Patterns and Algorithms #4: Extending Algorithms #5: Enumeration and Incompleteness #6: Changing the Vantage Point #7: The Creativity Hypothesis #8: Data and Gödel Numbers #9: Where am I Heading? You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete … [continue reading]