【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
I use the concept of epistemic injustice to think through the practice and methodology of comparative, or fusion, philosophy. I make two related claim... [more]
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Speculative cannibalism names here some kind of transcendental logic that only works through figuration, in the specific form of an analogical matrix. This article tracks these configurations in the philosophical works of Jacques Derrida and in the anthro
THE SPECTER OF REVEALED PREFERENCE THEORY
My aim in this paper is to argue that the recent philosophical defenses of revealed preference theory do not withstand scrutiny. Towards this aim, I will first outline revealed preference theory. I will then briefly present the two most common arguments t
Everettian quantum mechanics and the ghost of fission
Arguments from fission cases, most notably made by Parfit, have historically been utilized in discussions of Everettian quantum mechanics (EQM) in an attempt to illuminate details of familiar accounts in which an agent 'splits'. Whilst such imagery is o
Comparison, Fusion, and Bricolage: How to Integrate Islamic Philosophy within Comparative Philosop
The launching of philosophical pursuits undertaken in an East-West trajectory at the first East-West Philosophers' Conference in 1939 represents a turning point in philosophy. However, as groundbreaking as this approach was, it left out all philosophical
PHILOSOPHy OF MIND AS A PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHy AND SCIENCE: REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WEST AND EAST
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Ibn Khaldfun's Method of History and Aristotelian Natural Philosophy
The historian Ibn Khald & uacute;n (d. 1406 ) is most often treated by historians of philosophy as part of the story of political philosophy in the Islamic world. While this is perfectly legitimate, it may be misleading when it comes to the question of th
Philosophy after Bucha: Current Discussions in the Context of Ukrainian Philosophy
This text analyzes the discussions that have arisen in the context of the RussiaUkraine war. The subject of the analysis is the debate taking place in the Ukrainian intellectual sphere and its polemic with certain tendencies in the West towards understand
Theoretical Linguistics and the philosophy of linguistics
In this article, I briefly explore how theoretical linguistics and philosophy are interconnected. I focus on three possibilities, and argue that the fields are most harmonious when utilised in critical reflection of a particular target, a format officiall
A View from the Periphery Commentary on Philip Kitcher's What's the Use of Philosophy
Comment on Philip Kitchers What is the Use of Philosophy, arguing that while Kitcher is right to insist on the practical relevance of philosophy one should be careful to distinguish this view from an instrumental understanding of philosophy. Maybe philoso
Philosophy across Boundaries (towards the Upcoming 25th World Congress of Philosophy)
The author of the article asks the question: is there a contradiction between the stated theme of the XXV World Philosophical Congress (Rome, 2024) Philosophy beyond borders and the principle of cosmopolitanism mentioned in the congress program documents?
Beyond gatekeeping: Philosophical sources, Indigenous philosophy, and the Huarochirí Manuscript
This paper argues for a broad definition of philosophical sources and how Indigenous traditional knowledge fits that definition. It concludes by showing how, following the previous two points, an Indigenous document such as the Huarochir & iacute; Manuscr
Robert Bernasconi and the challenges of a Critical Philosophy of Race: (Un)learning to read and teac
This essay is an attempt to determine what Robert Bernasconi's body of work in Critical Philosophy of Race can teach us about the way in which we, philosophers and professors of philosophy, ought to treat our institutional heritage. What should we make,
The World in Indian and European Philosophy
The world is a comprehensive concept of the area of external experience in which all objects appear as external to our consciousness. It is also the area of becoming, transience and disappearance, resp. of birth, life and death (physiology, philosophical
Teaching World Philosophies: An Essay
To step up the activity level of academic philosophizing, Teaching World Philosophies will propose that one first engage in a thorough housecleaning before teaching world-philosophical traditions today. In the path that will be sketched as an example in t
Contemporary Bergsonism and Philosophy of Cosmology
The article examines the figure of Henri Bergson as a philosopher of science and the relevance of his ideas for modern philosophy of cosmology. In the first part, Bergson's philosophy is analyzed based on the classification of philosophical approaches to