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]
Monthly Archives: June 2026
A Turd in the Punchbowl: Initial Thoughts on Christoph Shuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy,” Or, An Epigone Crashes the Party, #6–Rudolf Carnap.
(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]
Why Androids Don’t Dream of Electric Sheep—Or Anything Else: A Podcast.
(Dick, 1968) Every animal sleeps, including non-rational, non-human animals; and during sleep, every animal dreams, although not constantly; but in any case, we rational human animals often fail to remember the contents of our dreams upon waking. And even when we do remember the contents of our dreams, unless we immediately record them upon waking, … [continue reading]
The Dark Matter Accounting Trick: How Professional Academic Cosmology Became a Zombie Science.
(NASA Science, 2026) 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 Dark Matter Accounting Trick: How Professional Academic Cosmology Became a Zombie Science 1. Introduction: The Epicycle of the 21st … [continue reading]