Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Technology as Part of Nature
In this second to last piece of the Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology series, I frame the final interview to be published in...
Great Humanists Care about the People Facing Them
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.
Why do reparations arguments fail?
This post is based on material that was presented at a colloquium session on Reparations at the 2022 APA Central. Frigault’s talk was entitled...
Acknowledge the Truth of Your Confusion: It’s Helpful
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.
How love and intimacy shaped philosophical thought
What if we could tell the history of philosophy through the history of philosophers’ love lives? Like the rest of us, philosophers are mere...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live...
Steven Nadler is Vilas Research Professor and the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also...
Vergangenheitsbewältigung Now: 1492 and the Roots of Planetary Injustice
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?
Rethinking Addiction
Addiction is, of course, an extremely serious societal problem. It has destroyed families and communities, ended millions of lives prematurely, and in some cases,...
Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Knowledge and Faith – Interview with Jacob Howland
The central question for this blog series has been the evolving relationship among science, philosophy, and faith. I have previously made the case that...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Universe Within
The purpose of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is to disseminate information about new scholarship to the field, explore the motivations for authors’ projects,...