Cognitive neuroscientists and science-obsessed philosophers of mind frequently claim that they’re “going to unravel the mystery of consciousness” via natural science one of these days.[i] But it just ain’t going to happen. Andrew has many excellent students who care more about real philosophy than about getting bank-able grades. One of them wrote to him recently … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #15, 2 (December 2018): The Dignitarian Case Against Capital Punishment.
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in (occasionally discontinuous) weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from one or more articles, or one or more complete articles, … [continue reading]
Kropotkin’s “The Conquest of Bread”: Two Main Arguments Rationally Reconstructed.
APP Editors’ Note: This is the tenth in a series on the historical and philosophical foundations of anarchism and socialism, with special reference to social anarchism (aka “anarcho-socialism,” “libertarian socialism,” etc.) and democratic socialism. We decided to devote the first five installments of the series to the Democratic Socialists of America, aka the DSA, and … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #15, 1 (December 2018): Why We Should Subvert and Dismantle Social Media.
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in (occasionally discontinuous) weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from one or more articles, or one or more complete articles, … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #14, 3 (November 2018): Why You Should Exit the Professional Academy.
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in (occasionally discontinuous) weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from one or more articles, or one or more complete articles, … [continue reading]
Is Human Free Agency Really Possible? Yes; Here’s How.
“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]
Borderless Philosophy 2 (2019): Fourth and Final Call for Submissions.
The Editorial Team of Borderless Philosophy is pleased to announce a Fourth and Final Call for Submissions for our second issue (2019). Borderless Philosophy is a new and highly progressive philosophy journal, whose first issue, Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018), can be found HERE. Borderless Philosophy publishes works of philosophy without any in-principle restrictions whatsoever as … [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]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #14, 2 (November 2018): Bullets, Corpses, Doctors, & The NRA.
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from some articles, or full articles, that recently appeared in online public media, … [continue reading]
What Is Democracy?
“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]