On Congeniality

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?

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

What constitutes a moral relationship to knowledge? And what do our institutions have to be like to create the grounds for such a relationship?

Something was bugging them, and it wasn't just Headgear (the 90s spellcheck-correction for "Heidegger" on Word). Why do we typically feel that the intellectual position of philosophers - and the work that embodies it - need not represent who they are?

We have to make room for societies that are not colonial. American philosophy has not come to terms with this task. It is more than theoretical.

Introducing a "series of mini-series" wherein "stories exceed ideas"

How can we approach the “planetary” in such a way that everyone is part of the story?

Imagine a philosophical community that finds philosophy in many disciplines, arts, & everyday practices.

Let's give it up to the actual communities that shape our philosophy.