Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Phildialogues III. Principled-Negotiation-&-Participatory-Decision-Making IV. Kialo V. Meta-Kialo VI. Conclusion This installment contains sections II and III. You can also read or download a .pdf of the complete version of this essay HERE. II. Phildialogues Because it’s difficult, or even practically impossible, for spatially widely-distributed groups of people in many … [continue reading]
Beyond the Academic Ethic, #3–Professionalization as a Power System, & Degenerate Professionalization.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Stephen Turner’s “Beyond the Academic Ethic,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared in F. Cannizzo and N. Osbaldston (eds.), The Social Structures of Global Academia (London/New York: Routledge, 2019), pp. 35-52, and is reproduced by permission. Stephen Turner is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of … [continue reading]
London Calling Back, #2–Invasion of the New Daleks: Alienation, Authenticity, and The Preacher on the Train.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: LONDON CALLING BACK, by Emre Kazim, is a series about philosophy, society, and politics, from a British and non-North-American point of view, emphasizing a new critical-dignitarian, edgy, and thoroughly push-backarian philosophical, social, and political ferment on the rise in London, recalling the heady days of politicized punk and The Clash. EARLIER INSTALLMENTS: #1: … [continue reading]
Philosophy and Cognition in the Age of Mechanical-Digital Reproduction, #1–Introduction.
I. Introduction: The Disappearance of Authenticity, The Appearance of Estrangement Arguably, the acceleration of modernization during the 19th century posed pressing questions about the nature of authenticity. During the latter half of the 19th century, one discerns a certain tendency towards bewilderment, a sense of disorientation that reflects the swift changes of the world during … [continue reading]
Beyond the Academic Ethic, #2–The Liberal Theory of Science, & Professionalization.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Stephen Turner’s “Beyond the Academic Ethic,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared in F. Cannizzo and N. Osbaldston (eds.), The Social Structures of Global Academia (London/New York: Routledge, 2019), pp. 35-52, and is reproduced by permission. Stephen Turner is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of … [continue reading]
What Can Philosophy Do For Humanity? Phildialogues, Kialo, and Meta-Kialo, #1–Introduction.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Phildialogues III. Principled-Negotiation-&-Participatory-Decision-Making IV. Kialo V. Meta-Kialo VI. Conclusion You can also read or download a .pdf of the complete version of this essay HERE. I. Introduction What can philosophy do for humanity? —Philosophy not only can but also should enable and guide us in daring to think, write, … [continue reading]
Beyond the Academic Ethic, #1–Introduction.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Stephen Turner’s “Beyond the Academic Ethic,” which will appear here in serial form, originally appeared in F. Cannizzo and N. Osbaldston (eds.), The Social Structures of Global Academia (London/New York: Routledge, 2019), pp. 35-52, and is reproduced by permission. Stephen Turner is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the … [continue reading]
London Calling Back: Philosophy, Society, & Politics, #1–“Human Nature.”
INTRODUCTORY NOTE: British politics is lurching along a depressing and repressive path, stirring up a witches’ brew of neo-liberalism and neo-fascism: but on the much more hopeful side, there’s also a new critical-dignitarian, edgy, and thoroughly push-backarian philosophical, social, and political ferment on the rise in London, recalling the heady days of politicized punk and The … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #3–How Ethics Relates to Morality.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The Standard Conception of Morality II.1 The Moral Question and The Meaning Question II.2 How Ethics Relates to Morality II.3 How Morality Relates to Rationality II.4 Six Famously Hard Cases III. Three Classical Challenges to the Standard Conception of Morality III.1 Moral Relativism III.2 Eight Logical Principles of Human … [continue reading]
Natural Libertarianism: A New Theory of Free Agency.
You can also read or download a .pdf version of this essay HERE. The task [of understanding free agency] requires some reflection on the organizational principles of living creatures, for it is only through such reflection … that we can start to understand where the difference really lies between, on the one hand those things … [continue reading]