ARTICLES | The Philosopher

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"Japanese Philosophy between Eurocentrism and World Philosophy": Leon Krings & Francesca Greco review "The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Philosophy" by Bret W. Davis (ed.)

"A philosophical argument can draw on a set of culturally specific ideas while also aiming at cross-cultural or universal insights."

Moritz Gansen, Hannah Wallenfels and Lilja Walliser

12 min read

The New Basics

"Authorship(s)": An Essay by Moritz Gansen, Hannah Wallenfels, and Lilja Walliser (Keywords: The Philosophical Canon; Authority; Academia; Neutrality; Collectivity)

"Can an idea be ours without just being owned? Can the author survive the end of authorial authority?"

Ellie Robson

11 min read

Essays

"Mary Midgley on Water and Thought: Is Public Philosophy Like Plumbing?": An Essay by Ellie Robson (Keywords: Public Philosophy; Metaphilosophy; A.J. Ayer; Descartes; Philosophical Lives; Solitude)

"What makes someone especially good at philosophy, argues Midgley, is a kind of perceptiveness, a power to distinguish what really matters."

"Life as a 'Non-standard' Narrative" By Hannah Kim (Keywords: Selfhood; Identity; Literature; East-Asian Fiction; Collectivity)

Hannah H. Kim

11 min read

Essays

"Life as a 'Non-standard' Narrative" By Hannah Kim (Keywords: Selfhood; Identity; Literature; East-Asian Fiction; Collectivity)

"By questioning the default story form, we question the default views on what kinds of lives we’ve been trained to find satisfying."

Emmalon Davis

12 min read

The New Basics

"Novelty": An Essay by Emmalon Davis (Keywords: Knowledge; Genius; Pedagogy; Academia; Games)

"Academic philosophers are increasingly trained to see themselves as valuable only insofar as they can produce knowledge."

Helen De Cruz

14 min read

Essays

"Sprezzatura and Wuwei: A Daoist Approach to European Courtly Grace": An Essay by Helen De Cruz (Keywords: Aesthetics; Skill; Beauty; Wonder; Flow; Music; Confucianism; Daoism; Self-Cultivation)

"The admiration that effortlessness invokes comes from a skill that lies beyond skill, which is achieved through mental emptiness."

Martin Hägglund and Lea Ypi

37 min read

Conversations

"What is Hegelian Marxism?" and "Socalism and Freedom": Martin Hägglund and Lea Ypi in Conversation

"Our unfreedom under capitalism stems from how the purpose of our economy, of our life-sustaining activities, is already decided."

Philip Goff

11 min read

Conversations

"The Glitter is in Everything" a conversation with Philip Goff (Keywords: Panpsychism; God; Meaning)

"I do think panpsychism is a picture of the world that is better than most for our mental and spiritual health!"

Stella Sandford

18 min read

Conversations

"Kant's Legacy": A conversation with Stella Sandford (Keywords: Metaphysics; Knowledge; Race)

"One of the greatest challenges of the Critique of Pure Reason is that it asks us to rethink what we mean by ‘objectivity’."

Elvira Basevich

7 min read

The New Basics

"Agency": An Essay by Elvira Basevich (Keywords: Liberalism; Nonideal Theory; W.E.B. Du Bois)

"There are many nonideal scenarios that can negatively impact upon one’s capacity for rational deliberation."

Andy West

10 min read

Reviews

"The House Always Wins. Or Does It?" Andy West reviews The Idea of Prison Abolition by Tommie Shelby

"The abolitionist is calling for such a radical reform of society that we actually don’t know how humans will behave in that new future."

Jonathon Hawkins and Peter West

15 min read

Essays

"A Democratic Approach to Public Philosophy" by Jonathon Hawkins and Peter West

"If academics want to increase uptake and funding, it seems plausible to suggest they must do something that is publicly interesting."

THE PHILOSOPHER

Published since 1923

THE PHILOSOPHER

Published since 1923

Official journal of the Philosophical Society of England (PSE), a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). Registered UK Charity No. 1205921.

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