TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Gestures Towards the Subject of Design 3. Gestures as Agents of Change: Four Remarks 4. From Landscape to Handscape 5. Discussion: Mimetic Awareness and Meaning 6. Conclusion The essay that follows will be published in four installments; this installment, the first, contains section 1. But you can also download … [continue reading]

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. Philosophy Professionalized: How We Killed the Thing We Loved [T]he main benefit [of university philosophy] might be that many a young and capable … [continue reading]

Robert Hanna’s The Fate of Analysis (Mad Duck Coalition, 2021) is a comprehensive revisionist study of the history of Analytic philosophy from the early 1880s to the present, with special attention paid to Ludwig Wittgenstein’s work and the parallels and overlaps between the Analytic and Phenomenological traditions. It provides a synoptic introduction to European and … [continue reading]

Robert Hanna’s Rationality and Logic (MIT Press, 2006) is about human rationality, logic, and the connection between them. According to Hanna’s view, this connection is both constitutive and mutual. More precisely, he defends the broadly Kantian thesis that logic is the result of the constructive operations of an innate protological cognitive capacity that is necessarily … [continue reading]

“Sleeping Gypsy,” by Henri Rousseau, 1897 (Artsy.net, 2019) 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. To Sleep; Perchance to Dream: Three Questions About Dreaming To sleep; perchance to dream. (Shakespeare, … [continue reading]

APP EDITOR’S NOTE This conversation was recorded on 23 January 2025. Robert Hanna’s academia.edu page is HERE. And Barry Smith’s YouTube channel is HERE. Against Professional Philosophy is a sub-project of the online mega-project Philosophy Without Borders, which is home-based on Patreon here. Please consider becoming a patron!

“Pretend: Definition and Meaning” (CED, 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 page and clicking on the Download tab. Pretending and Wrongdoing In another essay, “Dreams and Human Agency,” I asked the following question: Is it … [continue reading]

(Mattson, 2015) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Small Worlds 2. Every System Is Incomplete 3. The Speed of Gravity 4. The Three-Body Problem 5. The Singularity Isn’t Near 6. Conclusion: The Great Awakening The essay that follows will be published in three installments; this, the third and final installment, contains sections 5 and 6. But … [continue reading]

(Marcetic, 2024) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The Core Argument for Dignitarian Anarchism 3. Anti-Oppression, Quasi-Federalism, and How to Construct “The World As It Could Be Made.” 4. Post-Democratic Social Dynamics: DDAO, Concordar, and Carnival 5. Healthcare Hell and Universal Free Healthcare 6. Conclusion The essay that follows has been published in three installments; … [continue reading]

(Mattson, 2015) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Small Worlds 2. Every System Is Incomplete 3. The Speed of Gravity 4. The Three-Body Problem 5. The Singularity Isn’t Near 6. Conclusion: The Great Awakening The essay that follows will be published in three installments; this, the second installment, contains sections 3 and 4. But you can … [continue reading]