Into Philosophy

Charlotte is a legal guardian. She advocates for youth under the age of 18 seeking asylum in Belgium. I wanted to talk with her about this work.

Having discussed issues of responsibility that come up in the context of structural injustice as well as pathways towards solidarity, for this third post of Precarity and Philosophy, I wanted to turn to how precarity can be addressed in the classroom.

Katherine talks to Zena Hitz about withdrawal, escaping social competition, and learning for its own sake.

Must great humanists care about their students? A brilliant scholar thinks not, due in part to his reliance on Aristotelian practical reasoning. But look what happens when we emphasize relational reasoning in the first place.

Owning the confusion that you honestly have in facing things is a key to philosophy. But this difficult, personally uncomfortable thing is professionally discouraged. Mark Fiocco explains why it shouldn't be.

In honor of Earth day, it's worth repeating how planetary injustice emerged from the Age of Exploration's narcissistic object of the globe. How to relate personally to the independent being of the world - and encounter others openly?

This is a story of how Alex Wolf-Root and United Campus Workers Colorado have made some progress against precarity.

I do chores for my cooperative. I love doing them, since they keep me real in college. But the real issue is the structure of community behind them.

For a new mini-series on interpersonal relationships in philosophy, I explain why it's important not to identify with the discipline of philosophy.

The question management and tenured staff should ask when using non-tenure track labor isn't, "did I create this situation?" but, "given where I am, how can I support you?"