(Image credit: Walter Benjamin Memorial, Portbou, Spain © Sigrid Ehrmann) APP Editor’s Note The APP circle has been discussing the nature of a work of philosophy for many years: see, e.g., “Philosophical Works, Philosophical Theories, Real Philosophy, and REAL Philosophy,” Against Professional Philosophy, 9 June 2016, available online at URL = <https://againstprofphil.org/2016/06/09/philosophical-works-philosophical-theories-real-philosophy-and-real-philosophy/>. We’ve concluded that … [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]
Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #3.
“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [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]
Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #2.
“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [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]
Our Confused Conversations About Free Will: On Sam Harris.
(Harris, 2012) 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. An earlier version of this essay appeared on the author’s blog, The Kugelmass Episodes (Kugelmass, 2014). Our Confused Conversations About Free … [continue reading]
Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #1.
“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [continue reading]
Free Will, or, Robert Sapolsky and His Bargain.
(Allan, 2016)[i] 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. An earlier version of this essay was also published in Splice Today, HERE. Free Will, or, Robert Sapolsky and His Bargain … [continue reading]
Working Toward a Complete Theory of Moral Dignitarianism: A Reply to Hanna on Putin and the Student Protests.
(Davies and Abawi, 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. Working Toward a Complete Theory of Moral Dignitarianism: A Reply to Hanna on Putin and the Student Protests On … [continue reading]