…self-actualization, his views on moral philosophy are exhausted by his criticisms of Kant, whom he treats as paradigmatic exponent of the standpoint of morality. The aim of this chapter is…
Observations upon Experimental Philosophy (1666)
Publisher’s Note: Margaret Cavendish’s 1668 edition of Observations upon Experimental Philosophy, presented here in its first modern edition, holds a unique position in early modern philosophy. Cavendish rejects the Aristotelianism…
Feminism, Philosophy, and Culture in Africa
African feminisms emerge out of a heterogeneous context. Because Africa’s globalization has been ongoing for centuries now, African women pay a steep price for it, all while the patriarchal order…
The Language of Political Theory
This article questions fundamental concepts in political philosophy and political theory, as well as the method of political philosophy and philosophy more generally. While acknowledging that concepts such as contract,…
Looking Philosophical: Stuff, Stereotypes, and Self‐Presentation
…to her physical setting and objects. Where comfort and ease in one’s material environment can be a significant ethico‐aesthetic good, bias can inhibit access to, and enjoyment of, this good….
How is this Paper Philosophy?
…downsides of the culture of justification that pervades professional philosophy, I advocate that the discipline of professional philosophy be cast according to a culture of praxis. Finally, I provide a…
African Indigenous Languages and the Advancement of African Philosophy
The contention raised in this research is to showcase that indigenous African languages are imperative tools in advancing African philosophy and thought. By extension the genuiness and originality of African…
Introducing Philosophy of Mathematics
…knowledge? And how is mathematics applied to the material world? In this introduction to the philosophy of mathematics, Michele Friend examines these and other ontological and epistemological problems raised by…
The Lamps in our House: Reflections on Postcolonial Pedagogy
Introduction: I teach philosophy at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi. My teaching reflects my training, which is in the Western philosophical tradition: I teach PhD seminars on Plato and Rawls,…
In Defense of Proper Functions
Abstract: I defend the historical definition of “function” originally given in my Language, Thought and Other Biological Categories (1984a). The definition was not offered in the spirit of conceptual analysis…