Schulting, D. (ed.), Kantian Nonconceptualism. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. In “Kantian Non-Conceptualism,” Robert Hanna advances a rigorous defense of non-conceptual mental content, contending not only for its existence but for its foundational role in cognition. Against the dominant “Conceptualist” thesis—which holds that all mental content is structured by and accessible only through conceptual capacities—Hanna articulates and … [continue reading]

(Scientific American, 2023) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Chaitin and Borel 3. B.H. Slater 4. N.J. Wildberger 5. A Benacerraf-Inspired Critique of Real Numbers 6. Critique of Other Accounts of Real Numbers 7. Infinite Decimals and a Contradiction The following essay will be published in four installments; this installment, the third, contains sections 5 … [continue reading]

You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this announcement and Table of Contents by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. BORDERLESS PHILOSOPHY 8 (2025): TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Babette Babich, (Fordham University, USA), “Feyerabend’s ‘Science as Art’ and Aloïs … [continue reading]

(Scientific American, 2023) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Chaitin and Borel 3. B.H. Slater 4. N.J. Wildberger 5. A Benacerraf-Inspired Critique of Real Numbers 6. Critique of Other Accounts of Real Numbers 7. Infinite Decimals and a Contradiction The following essay will be published in four installments; this installment, the second, contains section 4. … [continue reading]

Schulting, D. (ed.), Kantian Nonconceptualism. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. In “Kant and Nonconceptual Content,” Robert Hanna argues that Immanuel Kant is a significant early proponent of nonconceptual mental content—Kant’s notion of intuitional cognitive content is fundamentally equivalent to contemporary notions of nonconceptual content. Hanna contends that Kant’s famous dictum “intuitions without concepts are blind” should be understood as … [continue reading]

(Scientific American, 2023) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Chaitin and Borel 3. B.H. Slater 4. N.J. Wildberger 5. A Benacerraf-Inspired Critique of Real Numbers 6. Critique of Other Accounts of Real Numbers 7. Infinite Decimals and a Contradiction The following essay will be published in four installments; this installment, the first, contains sections 1-3. … [continue reading]

(Byrne, 2006) Precisely how and precisely where is human conscious experiencelocated in the natural world? “The Extended Conscious Mind Thesis”says this: The constitutive mechanisms of human conscious experience includeboth extra-neural bodily facts and also extra-bodily worldly facts. In “Spreading the Joy? Why the Machinery of Consciousness Is (Probably) Still in the Head,” Andy Clark has … [continue reading]

“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]

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]

(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]