Doom for democracy? Judt, Habermas, and Piketty warn that our system of government is irrational, dysfunctional, in trouble. Has it always been?… more» Continue reading . . . News source: Arts & Letters Daily ...
Montaigne on cocaine. Geoff Dyer’s books have no plot and are often based on dubious ideas. They work beautifully. Why? He puts life over literature.. more» Continue reading . . . News source: Arts & Letters Daily ...
In the wonder provoked by art, the interaction “between mind and the world is brought into central focus,” says Jesse Prinze. Wonder is rooted in nurture, not nature… more» Continue reading . . . News source: Arts & Letters Daily ...
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Here. Jesse is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and a leading contributor to philosophy of mind and cognitive science, as well as moral psychology. Some readers will no doubt be......
With over 1800 votes in the earlier poll, here's what we learned about reader opinions on contemporary Anglophone metaphysics: The vast majority of respondents were favorably disposed. 29% think it a "central and foundational part of the discipline," while another......
2014.05.22 : View this Review Online View Recent NDPR Reviews Stephen Mulhall, The Self and Its Shadows: A Book of Essays on Individuality as Negation in Philosophy and the Arts, Oxford University Press, 2013, 327pp., $65.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780199661787. Reviewed by Daniel D. Hutto, University of Hertfordshire Here's a riddle for you: When are you ever properly yourself? An answer: When you...
History is full of theories that were beautiful and wrong. Indeed, beauty and truth do not correlate. But the connection persists. Why?… more» Continue reading . . . News source: Arts & Letters Daily ...
The Transcendentalists were great theorists of child rearing but not great parents. Hawthorne was no exception. Consider his son, Julian… more» Continue reading . . . News source: Arts & Letters Daily ...
Over the past 80 years, U.S. gross domestic product has grown, in real terms, by a factor of 16. But more wealth has not meant more leisure. Cue the yuppie kvetching… more» Continue reading . . . News source: Arts & Letters Daily ...
2014.05.23 : View this Review Online View Recent NDPR Reviews Kevin Hermberg and Paul Gyllenhammer (eds.), Phenomenology and Virtue Ethics, Bloomsbury, 2013, 243pp, $120.00 (hbk), ISBN 9781780937021. Reviewed by Donald A. Landes, Concordia University Kevin Hermberg concedes at the outset of his brief introduction, it may at first glance seem arbitrary or artificial to bring together virtue ethics...
The Robots of Dawn (1983) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The United States military has expressed interest in developing robots capable of moral reasoning and has provided grant money to some well-connected universities to address this problem (or to at least create the impression that the problem is being considered). The notion of instilling robots with ethics is a common theme in science fiction, the...
I am delighted to announce that Nick Trakakis (ACU) and Paul Franks (Tyndale) will be Visiting Research Fellows at Ryerson University in Toronto in 2014-2015. They will participate in a research project, entitled “Theism: An Axiological Investigation”, that is supported by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation. For details, see: www.ryerson.ca/~kraay/theism.html. -Klaas Kraay Continue...
[Revised entry by Stephen M. Downes on May 20, 2014. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Evolutionary psychology is one of many biologically informed approaches to the study of human behavior. Along with cognitive psychologists, evolutionary psychologists propose that much, if not all, of our behavior can be explained by appeal to internal psychological mechanisms. What distinguishes evolutionary...
Anja Jauernig (Kant, early modern philosophy, philosophy of science), currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at New York University, where she will start in January 2015......
...even according to his supporters! Thoughts from readers in India about what's going on? (Thanks to Ruchira Paul for the pointer.)...
Here and here. And now the estate of the late Randy California, the primary creative force behind the terrific but largely forgotten band Spirit , is suing over the opening of "Stairway to Heaven." You decide. I predict a substantial......
A new toy, perhaps of dubious utility judging from the "top 100" in philosophy. (You may need to enter "philosophy" and select 100 by h-index to get results.)...
At the time of his death, he was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent. He was best-known for work in the philosophy of logic and language, and on Wittgenstein. There is a memorial notice from Kent here....