(Jacobin, 2024) 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. Donald Trump:The New Poster Boy For Gun Abolitionism Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt on 13 July 2024, then struck a … [continue reading]
Author Archives: Robert Hanna
What Are Concepts?
(My Sociology, 2021) 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. What Are Concepts? 1. Introduction All discursive human thinking proceeds by means of concepts.[i] But what are concepts? They’re essentially … [continue reading]
Is Language Necessary For Human Thinking?
(Beckett, 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. Is Language Necessary For Human Thinking? It seems self-evident that language requires human thinking, at least in order to be spoken, … [continue reading]
Debugging Our Thinking.
(Watts, 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. Debugging Our Thinking As Hugh Willbourn cogently and compellingly points out in his book, The Bug in Our Thinking and The … [continue reading]
How To Solve The Hyper-Fundamental Problem of Philosophy.
“The Human Condition,” by Thomas Whitaker (Prison Arts Coalition, 2018) 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. How To Solve The Hyper-Fundamental Problem of Philosophy In an essay entitled “The Fundamental … [continue reading]
How To Apply Dignitarian Thinking to The Gaza War and Gaza Campus Protests.
(Wikimedia Commons, 2024) 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. How To Apply Dignitarian Thinking to The Gaza War and Gaza Campus Protests From a broadly Kantian dignitarian point of … [continue reading]
Defending Kant From His Friends and His Enemies.
Vladimir Putin (right) and Gerhard Schröder (left) at Kant’s grave in Kaliningrad in 2005 (FT, 2024) 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. Defending Kant From His Friends and His … [continue reading]
On the Popularity of Philosophical Ideas.
(NYT, 2022) 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. On the Popularity of Philosophical Ideas Ideas have never conquered the world as ideas, but only by the force they represent. … [continue reading]
The Fundamental Problems of Philosophy.
(Russell, 1912/2009) 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 Fundamental Problems of Philosophy In other essays or books, I’ve discussed the nature of philosophy (Hanna, 2024a). But in this … [continue reading]
The Death of Dennett and The End of Materialism.
Daniel Dennett (1942–2024) 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 Death of Dennett and The End of Materialism Daniel Dennett died on 19 April 2024. Here are a few … [continue reading]