Against Professional Philosophy

THE FATE OF ANALYSIS, #19–Justifying Deduction, & The Return of The Logocentic Predicament.

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:45:00 GMT

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Classical Analytic Philosophy II.1 What Classical Analytic Philosophy Is: Two Basic Theses II.2 What Classical Analytic Philosophy Officially Isn’t: Its Conflicted Anti-Kantianism II.3 Classical Analytic Philosophy Characterized in Simple, Subtler, and Subtlest Ways II.4 Three Kinds of Analysis: Decompositional, Transformative, and Conceptual II.5 Frege, The First … [continue reading]

MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #24–The Concept of Death is Five Ways Ambiguous.

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:00:00 GMT

Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The Standard Conception of Morality II.1 The Moral Question and The Meaning Question II.2 How Ethics Relates to Morality II.3 How Morality Relates to Rationality II.4 Six Famously Hard Cases III. Three Classical Challenges to the Standard Conception of Morality III.1 Moral Relativism III.2 Eight Logical Principles of Human … [continue reading]

Susan Haack’s "Not One of the Boys: Memoir of an Academic Misfit.”

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 09:55:00 GMT

APP Editor’s Introduction, by Robert Hanna, aka Z Susan Haack is not only a real philosopher–by which I mean an authentic, serious philosopher–she is also an all-around brilliant real philosopher, and a truly independent thinker. Indeed, she is arguably the greatest living philosopher, whether inside or outside the professional academy. And among other truly independent … [continue reading]

THE FATE OF ANALYSIS, #18–Propositions Again, Language, & Thought.

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:50:00 GMT