The Dawn of AI Philosophy
There is more to artificial intelligence and philosophy than the questions we’re asking.
The philosophical study of artificial intelligence (AI) remains in its infancy. Among...
Happiness and Ignorance
In Sense and Sensibilia, J. L. Austin warned philosophers against the “constant obsessive repetition of the same small range of jejune ‘examples.’ ” We place...
Philosophizing in the Streets
One of the big discussions of our time centers on the nature of what is often called “public philosophy.” What is it? How do...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Wittgenstein in the Digital Age of Communication
In 2014, Sue Shellenbarger, writing for The Wall Street Journal, described the frustration and stress we often feel when trying to decipher a cryptic...
An Act of Racist Terrorism
Doing her best to offer Republican spin on the horrific October 27 shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, Counselor to President Donald Trump...
In the Face of Climate Collapse, Resist Hope
The United Nations’ Paris Agreement, which went into effect in 2016, set a goal of containing global temperature increases between 1.5 and 2° Celsius...
What Makes a Life Meaningful?
In the 2010 book Meaning in Life and Why It Matters, Susan Wolf asks “what kind of lives are meaningful” and proposes that meaningful...
I’ve hosted “Ask a Philosopher” for two years. Here’s what I’ve learned.
For the past couple of years, Brooklyn Public Philosophers—the public philosophy event series I organize—has set up a booth at New York City farmers’...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Totalitarianism in Our Time
By Nathan Eckstrand
Several dystopian classics became bestsellers—1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and The Handmaid’s Tale—following Donald Trump’s election, presumably by people who wished...
Negativity and Democracy: Marxism and the Critical Theory Tradition
Vasilis Grollios, Negativity and Democracy: Marxism and the Critical Theory Tradition, Routledge, 2017. (Routledge Advances in Democratic Theory Series)
Despite the crisis and the fact...