THINKING FOR A LIVING: A PHILOSOPHER’S NOTEBOOK (SECOND SERIES, INSTALLMENT 13) PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS IN THE SECOND SERIES #12: Neo-Kantianism and anti-Kantianism: a primer for contemporary philosophers. #11: From Bertrand Russell to Brazilian carnaval: how to make the world as it could be made. #10: The crisis in higher education–what is to be done? #9: Philosophy … [continue reading]

May cut into strips and insert in next recipe for deep-fried life* New roofs and new trees are a new sky. New sky renews the heart. New actions renew the mind. Together they are a renaissance. To look straight ahead is as simple as putting on a mask. The road to hell may be paved … [continue reading]

Previous Installments of Captions: #1: Captions (To The Cartoons We Live)–In Defense of Captions & A Curriculum Vitae. Should you want to think about a queen this day or that – I might suggest Queen Rina Cristina is the one for you. The one you want to think about, that is. This is the story … [continue reading]

Overview I’ve been fired by the Ryerson University Philosophy Department. My Chair sends his regrets that “it has come to this.” He acknowledges I’ve “been here for a long time and taught well over the years.” Technically, I’m simply not being “re-hired” for Fall 2019. An advantage of the sessional regime, for the administration, is … [continue reading]

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Susan Haack, “The Academic-Publication Racket: Whatever Happened to Authors’ Rights?,” 1-21. 2. Jay Bernstein, “Notes on Revolution Now: Kant, Balibar, Adorno,” 22-46. 3. Carlo Cellucci, “The Most Urgent Task of Philosophy Today,” 47-75. 4. Gottlob Frege, “On the Scientific Justification of a Concept Script,” 76-94. 5. Andreas Keller, “A Note on … [continue reading]

1. In Defense of Captions Starting two weeks from today, on Wednesday, 12 June 2019, Against Professional Philosophy will republish the second installment–and then in subsequent weeks, the later installments–of a series (hereby) collectively entitled “Captions.” They are so-entitled because they have been taken from a self-published collection called “Captions To The Cartoons We Live,” … [continue reading]

Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in (occasionally discontinuous) weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from one or more articles, or one or more complete articles, … [continue reading]

Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in (occasionally discontinuous) weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from one or more articles, or one or more complete articles, … [continue reading]

THINKING FOR A LIVING: A PHILOSOPHER’S NOTEBOOK (SECOND SERIES, INSTALLMENT 12) PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS IN THE SECOND SERIES #11: From Bertrand Russell to Brazilian carnaval: how to make the world as it could be made. #10: The crisis in higher education–what is to be done? #9: Philosophy and pseudonymy. #8: A philosophy of the future is … [continue reading]

Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is delivered online in (occasionally discontinuous) weekly installments, month by month. Its aim is to inspire critical, reflective, synoptic thinking and discussion about contemporary issues–in short, public philosophizing in the broadest possible, everyday sense. Every installment contains (1) excerpts from one or more articles, or one or more complete articles, … [continue reading]