TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Babette Babich, “Wallace Stevens, Heidegger, and the ‘Virile Hölderlin’: Poetry and Philosophy and The Travelogue of the Mind,” 1-31. 2. Ronald Green, “Approximation Works,” 32-38. 3. Robert Hanna, “Consequences of Consequences: Against Professional Philosophy, Anarcho- or Borderless Philosophy, and Rorty’s Role,” 39-84. 4. Robert Hanna, “How to Philosophize with a Hammer … [continue reading]
Category: Not An Edgy Essay
THE NEW YORK SPACETIMES, #1–Thinking in End Times: Introduction.
THE NEW YORK SPACETIMES, by Michael Cifone, is a series about philosophy, society, politics, and everything else, starting from New York City and radiating outwards, borderlessly and unboundedly. He has worked on the philosophy and metaphysics of natural science, with a special focus on relativity and quantum theories, and on the philosophy of science more … [continue reading]
Memory, “Alternative Facts,” and the Political Philosophy of Cognition, #3–Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about Sense Perception and Memory.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay re-published below was originally published in Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018). This installment contains section 3. But you can also read or download a .pdf version of the complete text HERE. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of Memory 3. Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about Sense Perception and … [continue reading]
London Calling Back, #5–Isolation.
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. EARLIER INSTALLMENTS: #4: The Rooster: A … [continue reading]
Memory, “Alternative Facts,” and the Political Philosophy of Cognition, #2–Varieties of Memory.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay re-published below was originally published in Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018). This installment contains section 2. But you can also read or download a .pdf version of the complete text HERE. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of Memory 3. Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about Sense Perception and … [continue reading]
Memory, “Alternative Facts,” and the Political Philosophy of Cognition, #1–Introduction.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay re-published below was originally published in Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018). This installment contains section 1. But you can also read or download a .pdf version of the complete text HERE. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of Memory 3. Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about Sense Perception and … [continue reading]
London Calling Back, #4—The Rooster: A True Parable About The Rational Human Condition.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: 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. But like Gabriel … [continue reading]
Philosophy and Cognition in the Age of Mechanical-Digital Reproduction, #2—Modes of Perception, Modes of Existence.
Previous Installments in This Series #1: Introduction: The Disappearance of Authenticity, The Appearance of Estrangement II. Modes of Perception, Modes of Existence Against the background of alienation, the media of photography and early cinema developed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The acceleration of the world, so clearly discernible in Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, … [continue reading]
Five Theses About Real Philosophy, #2.
The first installment in this series is HERE. I. Introduction Some time ago, one of APP’s readers asked how real philosophy as we define and practice it (two activities that are inextricably connected) is supposed to be different from other types of philosophy, and whether all philosophy that is not real philosophy should be regarded … [continue reading]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #6–Speculative Naturalism, the Radical Enlightenment and Ecological Civilization.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the sixth … [continue reading]