“The Peaceable Kingdom,” by Edward Hicks, ca. 1830-1840 (Dierksmeier, 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. The Ark of Ends: Thoughts on Hanna’s “Not All Animals Are Equal” 1. … [continue reading]
Metaphysics With a Human Face–Lectures on Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason”: A Podcast.
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason (CPR) is arguably the single most brilliant, important, and difficult book in modern philosophy. Its main topic is the nature, scope, and limits of human cognition and reason; and its main conclusion is that necessary truth, a priori knowledge, and freedom of the will in a … [continue reading]
Can Philosophers Change Their Minds?
(Williams, 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. Can Philosophers Change Their Minds? Can philosophers change their minds? A friend of mine in graduate school used to say that … [continue reading]
Diagnosing Analytic Philosophy: A Conversation.
This conversation between Robert Hanna, Jobst Landgrebe, and Barry Smith was recorded during May 2025. You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the cover and complete text of Robert Hanna’s book, The Fate of Analysis, by clicking on the Download tabs directly below. Against Professional Philosophy is a sub-project of the … [continue reading]
On Fundamental Philosophical Disagreements and How to Resolve Them.
(Lewandowsky et al., 2012: p. 122) You can download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. On Fundamental Philosophical Disagreements and How to Resolve Them Philosophy seeks to correct partial views and complete fragmentary experience … [continue reading]
Morality and The Human Condition: A Podcast.
Morality is the attempt to guide human conduct by rationally formulating and following principles or rules that reflect our basic personal and social commitments and our leading ideals and values. But this presupposes that our “human, all-too-human” lives actually do have some meaning that, in turn, captures our basic personal and social commitments, and our … [continue reading]
Consciousness and the Natural Universe.
“The Sower,” by Vincent Van Gogh (1888-1889) 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. Consciousness and the Natural Universe As your eyes scanned down from the title of this essay … [continue reading]
The Mind-Body Politic: A Podcast.
Building on contemporary research in embodied cognition, enactivism, and theextended mind, this book explores how social institutions in contemporary neoliberal democratic states systematically affect our thoughts, feelings, and agency, Human beings are, necessarily, social animals who create and belong to social institutions. But social institutions take on a life of their own, and literally shape … [continue reading]
Is Professional Academic Philosophy in Crisis? A Conversation.
This conversation between Robert Hanna, Aaron Simmons, and Joshua Yen was recorded during March 2025. You can also download and read or share a .pdf of Robert Hanna’s essay, “Six Studies in The Decline and Fall of Professional Academic Philosophy, And A Real and Relevant Alternative,” by clicking on the Download tab directly below. Against … [continue reading]
Kant, Agnosticism, and Anarchism: A Podcast.
Robert Hanna’s Kant, Agnosticism, and Anarchism is about the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, the philosophy of religion and philosophical theology, political philosophy, and real-world politics. More specifically, Hanna uses Kant’s 18th century philosophical ideas in order to develop a radically agnostic doctrine in the philosophy of religion and philosophical theology, and also an existential Kantian … [continue reading]