(Quickmeme, 2026) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of the following essay* by EJ Spode** by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. *An earlier version of this essay was originally published in the 3:16am blog, available online at URL … [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, #9–Edgar Zilsel.
(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]
Is Kantianism The Ultimate Form of Philosophy? A Podcast.
Engraving of Kant at his desk (Birck, 18th century) In his essay “Kantian Futurism” (Hanna, 2024), Robert Hanna argued that all foreseeably future philosophy worldwide will be a series of positive or negative footnotes to Kant. Moreover, as regards negative footnotes, the 140-year-long anti-Kantian tradition of Analytic philosophy is in fact now coming to an … [continue reading]
Relativity, Induction, and the Unknown Laws: A Skeptical Problem for Einstein’s First Postulate of Special Relativity.
(Gardner, 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. Relativity, Induction, and the Unknown Laws: A Skeptical Problem for Einstein’s First Postulate of Special Relativity 1. Introduction Einstein’s first postulate … [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, #8–Philipp Frank.
(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]
Kant, Manifest Realism, Weak Transcendental Idealism, and The Refutation of Digital Idealism: A Podcast.
(Bramesco, 2021) In Robert Hanna’s view, Immanuel Kant’s transcendental idealism is most charitably and defensibly interpreted as a version of realistic idealism in two parts: first, manifest realism, and second, weak or counterfactual idealism. In “Kant, Manifest Realism, and The Refutation of Digital Idealism,” Hanna spells out manifest realism, demonstrates weak or counterfactual transcendental idealism, … [continue reading]
Shadows of Simultaneity: Unmasking the Conventionalist Core of Special Relativity and its Relativistic Ripple Effects.
(Wikipedia, 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 icon. Shadows of Simultaneity: Unmasking the Conventionalist Core of Special Relativity and its Relativistic Ripple Effects If there is [some greater force … [continue reading]
Creativistic Philosophy: Exploring the Limits of Formalization, #11—The “Halting Problem”[i]
(Lally, 2013)[ii] PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS EDITOR’S NOTE: Links to installments ##1-9 can be found in installment #10. #10. Total Functions, Innovation, and Cultural Bandwidth 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. … [continue reading]
The Revival of Philosophical Anthropology in the Age of Extinction: Learning to Find Our Place Again, #6.
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, #7–Hans Hahn.
(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]