…accorded to animal agents. It offers a distinctive, non-dualistic version of libertarianism, rooted in a conception of what biological forms of organisation might make possible in the way of freedom….
That Alchemical Bering Strait Theory: America’s Indigenous Nations and Informal Logic Courses
…relevant contextual content of examples used to teach critical thinking can excite and inspire Native students to learn. Thus philosophers can reinforce the acquisition of critical thinking skills for Native…
The Pursuit of Parmenidean Clarity
This paper reconsiders the debates around the interpretation of Parmenides’ Being, in order to draw out the preconceptions that lie behind such debates and to scrutinize the legitimacy of applying…
Scorekeeping in a Pornographic Language Game
…in the social science literature. Consider, for example, this description of an early experiment, from a time that pre-dates contemporary political debate. Keywords: Pornography, conversational score, illocutionary acts Language: English…
Philosophical Plumbing
Introduction: Is philosophy like plumbing? I have made this comparison a number of times when I have wanted to stress that philosophising is not just grand and elegant and difficult,…
Do our modern skulls house stone-age minds?
Summary: This is the fifth chapter of the book Philosophy and the Sciences for Everyone. The chapter explores scientific interpretations of how our minds evolved, and some of the methodologies…
On the Philosophy of Logic
Publisher’s Note: Jennifer Fisher’s On the Philosophy of Logic explores questions about logic often overlooked by philosophers. Which of the many different logics available to us is right? How would…
Temporal Experience
Introduction: The question I want to explore is whether experience supports an antireductionist ontology of time, that is, whether we should take it to support an ontology that includes a…
Amber Carpenter on Animals in Indian Philosophy [Podcast]
An interview with Amber Carpenter about the status of nonhuman animals in ancient Indian philosophy and literature.
Intuition, Thought Experiments, and Philosophical Method: Feminism and Experimental Philosophy
…epistemologists raise “Gettier cases” to problematize a standard definition of knowledge. Although not all philosophers proceed in this manner, such methods are common in many areas of contemporary analytic philosophy……