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Category Archives: Where Is Philosophy Going?
The Philosophy of Responsible Freedom – Announcing An Online Course / Tutorial with Jack Carney and Steven Yates
An online Philosophy course / tutorial, an adventure in ideas presented by Jack Carney and Steven Yates, starting next weekend (Fri Oct 21 – Sun Oct 23 depending on your time zone) Continue reading
Posted in applied philosophy, Education (Independent) - Course Materials, Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged Academic of Ideas, August Comte, Christian Worldview vs Atheism, Christianity vs materialism, Conservative Populism, Fifth Stage of Civilization, Jack Carney, Law of Three Stages, Nietzsche and Nihilism, nihilism, Philosophy Classes Online, Philosophy Courses Online, Philosophy Online, Philosophy Tutorials Online, Responsible Freedom, Responsibly Free, Stages of Civilization, Steven Yates, Voluntarism
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Philosophy “Still in the Doldrums”
Is “philosophy still in the doldrums”? Arguably so. Based on a blog post and a comment from seven years past. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Continue reading
So You Want to Get a PhD in Philosophy?
Don’t! Unless you plan with great care! Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?, Workarounds
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Life Advice Author Mark Manson on Why You Should Study Philosophy
Mark Manson, noted author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, explains the value you can obtain from studying philosophy. Continue reading
Antinatalism and Our Fourth Stage Condition
First things first. This is not a book review, as I’ve not read The Ahuman Manifesto by Patricia MacCormack, only read about it, and its author. And that, not extensively. What I’ve read about it indicates: it’s very much in … Continue reading
Comment on Robert Greenleaf Brice, “Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Facts and Our Stubborn Attitude Towards Them” APA Blog, January 21, 2019
Comment intended for the APA Blog in response to article by Robert Greenleaf Brice on “Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Facts and Our Stubborn Attitude Towards Them” Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Media, Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged APA Blog, basket of deplorables, cosmopolitan elites, deplorables, diversity is our strength, DNC corruption, Donald Trump, Facts and Our Stubborn Attitude Towards Them, fake news, fake news meme, global elites, Hillary Clinton, MAGA hats, nationalism vs globalism, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, post-truth, post-truth world, PropOrNot, quotas, racism, resurgence of fascism, Robert Greenleaf Brice, Russiagate, Russian propaganda, superdelegates, trangenders bathrooms, Trump is a liar, Trump lies, Trump supporters, Trump supporters emotional, Trump supporters emotions, Trumps lies, underrepresentation, underrepresented groups, Washington Post, white supremacists, yellow vests
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“Philosophy in Three & a Half Years”
Seen by accident, “ganked” off Colin McGinn’s blog this morning, this comment caught my eye. Writing back in April 2017 under the title “Philosophy in Five Years” he predicted: I think the field will be a complete shambles. It’s already … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Higher Education Generally, Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged academic philosophy, academic philosophy criticism, Colin McGinn, future of philosophy, Identity Politics, philosophy in five years, professional philosophy, tribalism
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Auguste Comte’s Law of Three Stages: What It Is, Why the Third Stage is Dying, What Comes Next. (A Major Statement.)
[Note: this may be the longest blog post I have ever made on this site. The result of several weeks of effort, it may be read as a progress report on what may turn into my life’s work: if I … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged abiogenesis, capitalism vs. socialism, Christianity and Human Rights, Comte, Darwin, decline of the West, Dmitry Orlov, Edward Bernays, existentialism, God and philosophy, Law of Three Stages, materialism, meliorism, political economy, R Buckminster Fuller, science and religion, stages of collapse, stop abortion now, sustainability, The Enlightenment, theory of evolution
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A New American Philosophical Association Organization?
This past week, philosophy’s top blogger Brian Leiter posted a poll on a quite interesting topic: Would you leave the [American Philosophical Association] and join a new dues-charging professional philosophy association that does much of what the APA does, but without … Continue reading