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Borderless Philosophy 7 (2024), First Call For Submissions On This Special Topic: “The Critical Philosophy of Digital Technology.”

by BP Editorial TeamJuly 2, 2023

*** You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this Call For Submissions by scrolling to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. *** Borderless Philosophy’s Editorial Team, whose members currently are: Dennis Earl (Coastal Carolina Univ., USA) https://www.coastal.edu/academics/facultyprofiles/humanities/philosophyandreligiousstudies/dennisearl/, Robert Hanna (Independent, USA) (Editorial … [continue reading]

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Much-Too-Quick Overviews, #16: Walter Benjamin.

by Andrew D. ChapmanJuly 2, 2023

Much-Too-Quick Overviews, written, produced, and presented by Andrew D. Chapman, is a series of easily accessible, concise presentations of otherwise not-so-easily-accessible, not-so-concise philosophy, intended as starting-points for further independent inquiry and critical thinking, whether inside or outside the professional academy. PREVIOUS EPISODES: 1. Existentialism 2. Feminism 3. LGBTQ+ Rights 4. Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems 5. The … [continue reading]

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Much-Too-Quick Overviews, #15: Sociology.

by Andrew D. ChapmanJune 25, 2023

Much-Too-Quick Overviews, written, produced, and presented by Andrew D. Chapman, is a series of easily accessible, concise presentations of otherwise not-so-easily-accessible, not-so-concise philosophy, intended as starting-points for further independent inquiry and critical thinking, whether inside or outside the professional academy. PREVIOUS EPISODES: 1. Existentialism 2. Feminism 3. LGBTQ+ Rights 4. Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems 5. The … [continue reading]

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Invasion of the Mind Snatchers, Or, The Easy Solution to the Problem of Chatbots in Higher Education.

by Robert HannaJune 18, 2023

(Wikipedia, 2023) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay, either by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab, or by going HERE. Invasion of the Mind Snatchers, Or, The Easy Solution to the Problem of Chatbots in Higher … [continue reading]

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Against the Academics: Peering at the Problem of Peer Review.

by Joseph Wayne SmithJune 18, 2023

“Peer Review? No Thanks.” By T. Ehrmann (Spicer and Roulet, 2014) About the Author: Joseph Wayne Smith is a dissenting and/or heretical philosopher, or post-philosopher, who soon after completing his first PhD in philosophy in 1987, was unemployed, and then re-trained in other disciplines, including environmentalism, medicine, and law, eventually obtaining PhD degrees in all … [continue reading]

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Much-Too-Quick Overviews, #14: Psychology.

by Andrew D. ChapmanJune 18, 2023

Much-Too-Quick Overviews, written, produced, and presented by Andrew D. Chapman, is a series of easily accessible, concise presentations of otherwise not-so-easily-accessible, not-so-concise philosophy, intended as starting-points for further independent inquiry and critical thinking, whether inside or outside the professional academy. PREVIOUS EPISODES: 1. Existentialism 2. Feminism 3. LGBTQ+ Rights 4. Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems 5. The … [continue reading]

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Creative Rage Against the Computing Machine: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Authentic Human Creativity.

by Robert HannaJune 11, 2023

“Butlerian Jihad” (Dune Wiki, 2023) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay, either by scrolling to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab, or by going HERE. Creative Rage Against the Computing Machine: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Authentic Human Creativity … [continue reading]

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The Prisoner’s Dilemma: A Legal Critique.

by Joseph Wayne Smith, Brittany Smith, and N. StocksJune 11, 2023

(History Cafe, 2023) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. The Prisoner’s Dilemma: A Legal Critique 1. Introduction: The Classical Formulation of the Problem The prisoner’s dilemma in game theory was … [continue reading]

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Announcing the Publication of Borderless Philosophy 6 (2023), Special Topic Issue: “Is Humankind Worth Saving From Whatever Might Threaten It? If Not, Then Why Not? But If So, Then Why and How?”

by BP Editorial TeamJune 4, 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Leon Conrad (Independent, UK), “Story Structure Solutions,” 1-31: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp6-2023-leon-conrad-story-structure-solutions-1-31 2. Arran Gare (Swinburne University of Technology, AU), “Was Günter Grass’s Rat Right? Should Terrestrial Life Welcome the End of Humans?,” 32-76: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp6-2023-arran-gare-was-g%C3%BCnter-grass-s-rat-right-32-76 3. Robert Hanna (Independent, USA), “In Defence of Dignity,” 77-98: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp6-2023-robert-hanna-in-defence-of-dignity-77-98 4. Robert Hanna (Independent, USA), “Dignitarian Post-Capitalism,” 99-129: … [continue reading]

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Rational Anthropology: A Review of Sheila Newman’s “Land-Tenure & The Revolution in Democracy & Birth Control in France.”

by Joseph Wayne SmithJune 4, 2023

About the Author: Joseph Wayne Smith is a dissenting and/or heretical philosopher, or post-philosopher, who soon after completing his first PhD in philosophy in 1987, was unemployed, and then re-trained in other disciplines, including environmentalism, medicine, and law, eventually obtaining PhD degrees in all three fields. At the end of his quasi-career, he’s working on … [continue reading]

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