Tag: methodology
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Adversarial Collaboration in Philosophy (guest post)
“Philosophical work would be better with adversaries collaborating to keep each other honest.”
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Discussion Arcs for Topics and Philosophers (guest post)
When over the past 85 years have certain terms and persons been more or less frequently discussed in the philosophical literature?
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When Philosophy Enters the Criminal Court: Black Male Studies as Expert Testimony (guest post)
To what extent should theoretical approaches to understanding the world offered up by the humanities be sensitive to empirical evidence? And how might the…
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What Can Professional Philosophers Learn from Philosophy for Children? (guest post)
“I should have presented my topic using the p4c [philosophy for children] method,” said a philosopher about about his talk at a conference on…
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Academic Philosophy on “Contingent Current Affairs”
“According to one founding myth, philosophy begins in Ancient Greece with Socrates abstracting from concrete examples of just activity in order to determine the…
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Where Should Moral Philosophy Begin? (guest post) (updated)
“In thinking about trolley problems, to what extent have you put yourself in the shoes of the person at the switch… and to what…
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Royal Institute of Philosophy Essay Prizes Awarded
The Royal Institute of Philosophy has announced the winners of essay prizes for its publications Philosophy and Think.
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Moral Progress & Moral Philosophers
A post by Eric Schliesser (Amsterdam) at Digressions & Impressions, responding to an essay by Daniel Kelly and Evan Westra (Purdue) at Aeon that…
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Moral Philosophy as War Propaganda (guest post)
“The hellish reality of this war is transfigured by philosophers into abstract thought experiments and technical prose.”