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Category Archives: Philosophy
Dichotomous Thinking in Western Philosophy and Political Economy (An Occasional Philosophical Note #2)
If there is any trait more characteristic of the mainstream of Western philosophical thought than the prevalence of dichotomies — either-ors, one might say — it would be difficult to identify what it might be. Another useful term for the … Continue reading
Posted in analytic philosophy, Language, Libertarianism, Philosophy, Political Economy
Tagged action, bifurcations, coercion, dichotomous thinking, either-or, essence vs. accident, free market, free will vs. determinism, gender politics, Kripkean essentialism, libertarian, Peter Joseph, Philosophy, philosophy of mind, rational individualism, Stefan Molyneux, voluntary choice
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Does a Technology-Driven Civilization Need Liberal Arts Learning?
To say higher education in the U.S. is in poor shape may be the understatement of the century. Whether it is due to outrageous and still-rising tuition payments now made by undergraduates and students in professional programs who will graduate … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged adjunct crisis, bloated administrations, conservatism, conservative speakers disrupted, culture wars, foundations of morality, future of higher education, future of philosophy, higher education, higher education defunded, Identity Politics, indentured servitude, liberal arts, political economy of higher education, real education, Steven Yates, student loan debt, traditionalism, vocationalism
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On Euthyphro’s Frustration (An Occasional Philosophical Note #1)
Note: with this post I am beginning a series of shorter posts to lay out specific foundational issues illustrated in basic philosophical texts which, for my purposes, I will take at face value (i.e., I am not “deconstructing” them or … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy
Tagged Clifford Geertz, Euthyphro, local knowledge, Paul Feyerabend, Plato, pragmatism, relativism, Socrates, The Euthyphro, Theory of Forms
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Analytic Philosophy: An Informal Defense (and a Modest Criticism)
This is a post dealing with a few basic issues in contemporary philosophy, issues easily lost sight of even by some trained professionals depending on their inclination. History discloses four major traditions, or more precisely, methods, of doing philosophy. There … Continue reading
Posted in analytic philosophy, Language, Philosophy
Tagged analytic philosophy, bullshit, Charles Morris, Christophobia, hate speech, homophobia, Islamophobia, Jason Stanley, methods of philosophy, natural language, ordinary language philosophy, phobias, propaganda, sensitivity training, transphobia, use vs. mention, Wittgenstein
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Wittgenstein’s Two Greatest Insights About Language
We’re back, after another unfortunate hiatus caused by a lingering illness and furthered by a computer meltdown. Might as well accept it: I will never be a technology person. But anywize…. This post is one I’ve been planning for some … Continue reading
April Book Potpourri: Kipnis, Stanley, Jorjani, More …
Over recent months and weeks any number of items have come to my attention that could have been blog entries, had I complete information about them. For example, there is the just-released book by Laura Kipnis, Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campuses (Harpers, 2017), as of this writing listed as #1 bestseller in feminist theory on Amazon.com. Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books, Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged "alt-right", antimaterialism, Arktos Media, Brian Leiter, Feminism, How Propaganda Works, Jason Reza Jordani, Jason Stanley, Laura Kipnis, mass incarceration, paranormal phenomena, Peter Ludlow, Prometheus and Atlas, Sexual Paranoia, Socrates, Socrates Tenured
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What Should Philosophy Do? (Part 3)
In the first two installments of this trilogy, our point of departure being John Horgan’s series on Scientific American, we offered a tentative response to the questions posed both by his title (“What Is Philosophy’s Point?”) and by ours. Before … Continue reading
What Should Philosophy Do? (Part 2)
Last week, we outlined four answers to this question, provided examples of each, and following a brief discussion of Comte’s Law of Three Stages and the rise of materialism as a philosophical dogma, brought our discussion to a tentative conclusion: … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Uncategorized, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged atheism, Auguste Comte, authoritarianism, Chinese room, Christianity, Derrida, Ethics, gender feminism, God, Hume's fork, John Horgan, John Searle, Law of Three Stages, libertarian, materialism, Milgram Experiment, Philosophy, solitary confinement
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What Should Philosophy Do? (Part 1)
Inspiring this series of posts (I’m thinking there might again be three) is John Horgan’s series on “What Is Philosophy’s Point?” in Scientific American (five installments, here, here, here, here, and here). I should begin by saying that I am … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged Auguste Comte, Brian Eno, Chinese room, Christianity, Colin McGinn, David Chalmers, free will vs. determinism, history of philosophy, Identity Politics, John Horgan, John Searle, Karl Marx, Law of Three Stages, materialism, Mind-Body Problem, Paul Feyerabend, Philosophy, Richard Rorty, What Is Philosophy's Point?, What Should Philosophy Do?
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Brian Eno Mix
I noticed a week or so back that the masthead on this blog includes, as one of our topics, “a little music.” There hasn’t been any music on here, though, or any discussions of it, not that I recall. I … Continue reading
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