[I] was then making plans for a work that might perhaps have the title, “The Limits of Sense and Reason.” I planned to have it consist of two parts, a theoretical and a practical. The first part would have two sections, (1) general phenomenology and (2) metaphysics, but this only with regard to its method. … [continue reading]
Author Archives: Robert Hanna
LONDON CALLING BACK, #7–Philosophy and Mental Health During The New Apocalypse.
LONDON CALLING BACK, by Emre Kazim, is a series about philosophy, society, and politics, from a British and non-North-American point of view, emphasizing a new critical-dignitarian, edgy, and thoroughly push-backarian philosophical, social, and political ferment on the rise in London, recalling the heady days of politicized punk and The Clash. During the COVID-19 pandemic, LONDON CALLING … [continue reading]
Attacking A Person By Rejecting Their Beliefs: The Reverse Ad Hominem Fallacy.
RH: Last night between sleeps I was thinking about two of our recent posts—“Immanuel Kant—Racist and Colonialist?,”[i] and “Being Oppressed vs. Being Offended: Why A Real Dialogue About Racism is Still Far Away,”[ii]—in relation to each other. The Kant post criticizes ad hominem attacks on classical figures in the history of philosophy in the name … [continue reading]
On Rutger Bregman’s “Humankind.”
You can also download or read a complete .pdf version of this essay HERE. On Rutger Bregman’s Humankind: Optimism For Realists, Or, Neither Hobbes Nor Rousseau I. Introduction Rutger Bregman’s Humankind: A Hopeful History[i] is a brilliant book. It is beautifully written and translated (from Bregman’s native Dutch); clearly and cogently argued in a way … [continue reading]
Science Is Real, But Not So Damned Real.
You can also read or download a complete .pdf version of this essay HERE. I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real.[i] In my neighborhood, many people have put up signs that look like this: Now one thing I noticed immediately is … [continue reading]
Popular Philosophy, “Populist Philosophy,” Mind-Manacled Philosophy, and Real Philosophy.
You can download a .pdf version of this edgy essay HERE. In every cry of every Man,In every Infants cry of fear,In every voice: in every ban,The mind-forg’d manacles I hear.[i] [P]hilosophy recovers itself when it ceases to be a device for dealing with the problems of philosophers and becomes a method, cultivated by philosophers, … [continue reading]
THE LIMITS OF SENSE AND REASON: A Line-By-Line Critical Commentary on Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason,” #5.
[I] was then making plans for a work that might perhaps have the title, “The Limits of Sense and Reason.” I planned to have it consist of two parts, a theoretical and a practical. The first part would have two sections, (1) general phenomenology and (2) metaphysics, but this only with regard to its method. … [continue reading]
Memory, “Alternative Facts,” and the Political Philosophy of Cognition, #4–The Political Philosophy of Memory, & Conclusion.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay re-published below was originally published in Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018). This final installment contains sections 4 and 5. But you can also read or download a .pdf version of the complete text HERE. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of Memory 3. Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about … [continue reading]
Memory, “Alternative Facts,” and the Political Philosophy of Cognition, #3–Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about Sense Perception and Memory.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay re-published below was originally published in Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018). This installment contains section 3. But you can also read or download a .pdf version of the complete text HERE. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of Memory 3. Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about Sense Perception and … [continue reading]
Memory, “Alternative Facts,” and the Political Philosophy of Cognition, #2–Varieties of Memory.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay re-published below was originally published in Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018). This installment contains section 2. But you can also read or download a .pdf version of the complete text HERE. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of Memory 3. Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about Sense Perception and … [continue reading]