THINKING FOR A LIVING: A PHILOSOPHER’S NOTEBOOK 16 PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS #15: The paradox of distributive social justice, and what is to be done? #14: How a priori knowledge is really possible. #13: Is a priori knowledge really possible? Yes; here’s proof. #12: Is human free agency really possible? Yes; here’s how. #11: What is democracy? … [continue reading]
Author Archives: Robert Hanna
Is Human Free Agency Really Possible? Yes; Here’s How. Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 12
“Diogenes Sheltering in His Barrel,” by John William Waterhouse PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS #11: What Is Democracy? #10: Fear, loathing, and Pascal in Las Vegas: radical agnosticism. #9: The philosophy of policing, crime, and punishment. #8: The philosophy of borders, immigration, and refugees. #7: The philosophy of old age. #6: Faces, masks, personal identity, and Teshigahara. #5: … [continue reading]
The Rational Human Condition, Volumes 1-5.
Robert Hanna’s THE RATIONAL HUMAN CONDITION is a five-volume book series, including: Volume 1. Preface and General Introduction, Supplementary Essays, and General Bibliography PREVIEW Volume 2. Deep Freedom and Real Persons: A Study in Metaphysics PREVIEW Volume 3. Kantian Ethics and Human Existence: A Study in Moral Philosophy PREVIEW Volume 4. Kant, Agnosticism, and … [continue reading]
What Is Democracy? Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 11
“Diogenes Sheltering in His Barrel,” by John William Waterhouse PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS #10: Fear, loathing, and Pascal in Las Vegas. #9: The philosophy of policing, crime, and punishment. #8: The philosophy of borders, immigration, and refugees. #7: The philosophy of old age. #6: Faces, masks, personal identity, and Teshigahara. #5: Processualism, organicism, and the two waves … [continue reading]
The Philosophy of Policing, Crime, and Punishment. Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 9
“Diogenes Sheltering in His Barrel,” by John William Waterhouse PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS #8: The philosophy of borders, immigration, and refugees. #7: The philosophy of old age. #6: Faces, masks, personal identity, and Teshigahara. #5: Processualism, organicism, and the two waves of the organicist revolution. #4: Realistic idealism: ten theses about mind-dependence. #3: Kant, universities, The Deep(er) … [continue reading]
The Philosophy of Borders, Immigration, and Refugees. Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 8
“Diogenes Sheltering in His Barrel,” by John William Waterhouse 146. The philosophy of borders, immigration, and refugees. Everyone was agog this past summer about US-Mexico border-control and immigration issues, split families, and the Trump Administration’s blatant xenophobia. But at the same time, as of 18 June 2018, a Gallup Poll showed that 45% of the … [continue reading]
A Radical Solution For “The Crisis in the Humanities.”
Mike Segar / Reuters I. So as not to leave you in suspense, here is my radical solution for “the crisis in the humanities”: higher education without commodification, aka HEWC. But before this no doubt surprising, if not downright baffling, assertion can have its proper philosophical impact, I’ll need to tell you what I think … [continue reading]
Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 7—The Philosophy of Old Age.
96. The philosophy of old age. Back in June, some dude named “Anthony Bourdain” died, apparently by suicide. I gathered from friends and the internet that he was a big deal—some sort of celebrity chef and Hunter S. Thompson-esque media personality and writer, with a twist of existentialism and a dash of progressive politics—but believe … [continue reading]
Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 5—Processualism, Organicism, and the Two Waves of the Organicist Revolution.
“Diogenes Sheltering in His Barrel,” by John William Waterhouse 74. Processualism, organicism, and the two waves of the organicist revolution. Recently I read an essay by John Dupré and Daniel J. Nicholson, “A Manifesto for a Processual Philosophy of Biology,” in J. Dupré and D.J. Nicholson (eds.), Everything Flows: Towards a Processual Philosophy of Biology … [continue reading]
Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 3—Kant, universities, The Deep(er) State, and philosophy.
“Diogenes Sheltering in His Barrel,” by John William Waterhouse 48. Kant, universities, The Deep(er) State, and philosophy. In “What is Enlightenment?,” Kant says that I have put the main point of enlightenment, of people’s emergence from their self-incurred immaturity, chiefly in matters of religion because our rulers have no interest in playing guardian over their … [continue reading]