(Design Bundles, 2024) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this chat with ChatGPT by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. How To Do Philosophy With A Mechanical Parrot: Chats With ChatGPT, #1 It’s arguable that the thesis of … [continue reading]
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Is Kantianism The Ultimate Form of Western Philosophy?, #1.
Engraving of Kant at his desk (Birck, 18th century) The essay that follows will be published in two installments; this is the first. But you can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay, including the REFERENCES, by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking … [continue reading]
Trump, Truth, and Logic.
Figure 1: Logical Trumpism in action (NYT, 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. Trump, Truth, and Logic The fundamental flaw in democracy and democratic politics is the malign … [continue reading]
A Sixth Thesis on the Nature of Real Philosophy: Autobiographical Beginnings.
“Diogenes,” by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1860) This essay is the third installment in a series; here are the two earlier installments: (Paans, 2017). Paans, O. “Five Theses About Real Philosophy, #1.” Against Professional Philosophy. 8 May. Available online at URL = <https://againstprofphil.org/2017/05/08/five-theses-on-real-philosophy-part-1/>. (Paans, 2020). Paans, O. “Five Theses About Real Philosophy, #2.” Against Profssional Philosophy. 15 … [continue reading]
Space and Place.
Figure 1: The Cosmic Rubber Sheet Torus (Wikimedia, 2012) Figure 2: (Coughlin et al., 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. Space and Place What is the nature of … [continue reading]
Expressive Organicism: An Outline, #2.
“Marmorslottet/Marble Castle Rock Formation, Norway,” by C. Brown (Wikimedia Commons, 2021) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. PART I 3. PART II The essay below will be published in two installments; this, the second and final installment, contains section 3. But you can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text … [continue reading]
Why Read “Science for Humans”? —A Plea for Speculative and Value-Laden Philosophy of Science.
(Hanna, 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. Why Read Science for Humans? —A Plea for Speculative and Value-Laden Philosophy of Science Here’s the back-cover blurb for my book, … [continue reading]
Expressive Organicism: An Outline, #1.
“Marmorslottet/Marble Castle Rock Formation, Norway,” by C. Brown (Wikimedia Commons, 2021) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. PART I 3. PART II The essay below will be published in two installments; this, the first, contains sections 1 and 2. But you can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of … [continue reading]
Synoptic Reflection and Fundamental Philosophical Disagreements.
(David K, 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. Synoptic Reflection and Fundamental Philosophical Disagreements Philosophy seeks to correct partial views and complete fragmentary experience by some vision of … [continue reading]
Bloodshot: Reflections on a Mass Shooting.
A memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., in 2021. Credit: Stephen Speranza for The New York Times (NYT, 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 … [continue reading]