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]
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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]
“Rational Anthropology”: What’s in a Name? –Imagine a New Kind of Philosophy.
’Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would … [continue reading]
Philosophy Talks, With Bob And Scott, #5.
Philosophy Talks, With Bob And Scott is a series of conversations about fundamental philosophical ideas, problems, and topics, from A to Z. The aim of these conversations is to move us beyond the false dichotomy between Analytic philosophy and so-called “Continental” philosophy–as if there were no other relevant alternatives: but in fact, there is at … [continue reading]
Philosophy Talks, With Bob And Scott, #4.
Philosophy Talks, With Bob And Scott is a series of conversations about fundamental philosophical ideas, problems, and topics, from A to Z. The aim of these conversations is to move us beyond the false dichotomy between Analytic philosophy and so-called “Continental” philosophy–as if there were no other relevant alternatives: but in fact, there is at … [continue reading]
Philosophy Talks, With Bob And Scott, #3.
Philosophy Talks, With Bob And Scott is a series of conversations about fundamental philosophical ideas, problems, and topics, from A to Z. The aim of these conversations is to move us beyond the false dichotomy between Analytic philosophy and so-called “Continental” philosophy–as if there were no other relevant alternatives: but in fact, there is at … [continue reading]
Philosophy Talks, With Bob And Scott, #2.
Philosophy Talks, With Bob And Scott is a series of conversations about fundamental philosophical ideas, problems, and topics, from A to Z. The aim of these conversations is to move us beyond the false dichotomy between Analytic philosophy and so-called “Continental” philosophy–as if there were no other relevant alternatives: but in fact, there is at … [continue reading]
Philosophy Talks, With Bob And Scott, #1.
Philosophy Talks, With Bob And Scott is a series of conversations about fundamental philosophical ideas, problems, and topics, from A to Z. The aim of these conversations is to move us beyond the false dichotomy between Analytic philosophy and so-called “Continental” philosophy–as if there were no other relevant alternatives: but in fact, there is at … [continue reading]
LONDON CALLING BACK, #7–Philosophy and Mental Health During The New Apocalypse.
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. During the COVID-19 pandemic, LONDON CALLING … [continue reading]
Attacking A Person By Rejecting Their Beliefs: The Reverse Ad Hominem Fallacy.
RH: Last night between sleeps I was thinking about two of our recent posts—“Immanuel Kant—Racist and Colonialist?,”[i] and “Being Oppressed vs. Being Offended: Why A Real Dialogue About Racism is Still Far Away,”[ii]—in relation to each other. The Kant post criticizes ad hominem attacks on classical figures in the history of philosophy in the name … [continue reading]