【Philosophy】African philosophy cannot be a thing
This essay unpacks several arguments about the metaphilosophic nature of African philosophy and charts a way through the problems these arguments enco... [more]
【Philosophy】Fusion Philosophy and Epistemic Injustice
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Scientific understanding in biomedical research
Motivated by a recent trend that advocates a reassessment of the aim of medical science and clinical practice, this paper investigates the epistemic aims of biomedical research. Drawing on contemporary discussions in epistemology and the philosophy of sci
The fluidity of political legitimacy: On Michelman's Constitutional Essentials
What can constitutional law contribute to the justification of political power? Quite a lot, Frank Michelman argues in Constitutional Essentials. It can establish a publicly known framework for addressing the deep disagreements that are inevitable in any
Broken wills and ill beliefs: Szaszianism, expressivism, and the doubly value-laden nature of mental
Critical psychiatry has recently echoed Szasz's longstanding concerns about medical understandings of mental distress. According to Szaszianism, the analogy between mental and somatic disorders is illegitimate because the former presuppose psychosocial a
Affective Atmospheres of Coloniality and the Decolonisation of Peace Education: Theoretical Insights
Two recent lines of inquiry that have emerged in educational philosophy and research are the turn to affect theory and the call for decolonising education. Although there have been some efforts to bring these two lines of inquiry together and inform educa
Affective Atmospheres of Coloniality and the Decolonisation of Peace Education: Theoretical Insights
Two recent lines of inquiry that have emerged in educational philosophy and research are the turn to affect theory and the call for decolonising education. Although there have been some efforts to bring these two lines of inquiry together and inform educa
'Metaphysics of the Exodus': Debating Platonic Versus Christian Traces in St Thomas'
This paper critically analyzes the deconstructive tendency that some authors have shown against the so-called Metaphysics of Exodus, promoted by philosophers such as etienne Gilson. The most original notion in Thomas Aquinas's philosophy is that being (e
Tao is hidden and nameless: Exploring the mysticism path of Laozi and Zhuangzi
The contemporary interpretation of Lao-Zhuang's thought reveals a multidimensional dialogue between tradition and modernity, the local and the exotic, and East and West. The interaction between Lao-Zhuang's thoughts and Western religious philosophy can
God Himself Is Dead: Returning to Hegel's Doctrine of Incarnation
This essay presents a certain defense of Hegel's doctrine of Incarnation. For Hegel, the logic of the Incarnation constitutes not only the highest insight of religion and theology but, arguably, the key to philosophy itself, as the perfected self-knowled
AI: Anarchic Intelligence: On Epinoia
With a few notable exceptions, the word epinoia has not been heard with a philosophical ear since the time of Epicurus and the Stoics. In addition to the scarce mentions it had received in philosophy, epinoia was strewn across the plays of Euripides and A
Reconstructing Lakatos: a reassessment of Lakatos' epistemological project in the light of the
Based on the material in the Lakatos Archive, this paper reconstructs. and then re-assesses, Lakatos' epistemological project by placing it in the context of the debate on the role of reason in the history of science, and of the justification of rational
The complete Duhemian underdetermination argument: scientific language and practice
Current discussion of scientific realism and antirealism often cites Pierre Duhem's argument for the underdetermination of theory choice by evidence. Participants draw on an account of his underdetermination thesis that is familiar, but incomplete. The p
Posthumanism and Russian religious thought
I argue that one of the central aspects characterizing the philosophical horizon at the threshold of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is the erosion of the humanist idea, i.e. 'posthumanism'. Russian religious philosophy is pervaded by considera
Pragmatism and structuralism in occupational therapy: The long conversation
The history of occupational therapy may be understood as a continual transaction between two cultural discourses: pragmatism and structuralism. Pragmatism is a way of thinking that presupposes humans are agentic by nature and knowledge is tentative and cr
Nikolai Mikhailovskii and Konstantin Leont'ev. On the political implication of Herbert Spencer&
I present a fragment from the history of the Russian reception of Herbert Spencer's sociology. The discussion concerns two diametrically opposed but exceptionally important figures in the history of Russian thought, Nikolai Mikhajlovskij (1842-1904) and
Ontologically Interactive Painting: On Susan Rothenberg's Three Heads
In this article, I argue that paintings are transformations of the perceptual world, transformations that the world itself elicits but does not determine, thus undercutting the subjective-objective divide in art. First, I describe Maurice Merleau-Ponty's