Hey, folks! Nathan Hanks here, with what's happening in the Partially Examined Life's Citizens' Forum and Not School this January. Members are starting new group proposals and you can join in the discussion this new year. You may be interested in one of these discussions: Introduction to Analytic Philosophy Hegel's Science of Logic Homo Sacer by Giorgio Agamben (Ch. Continue Reading …
Technology and Individuality
There is a classic anxiety about technology: that it can lead to a lack of individuality and spiritual emptiness. Why might this be? The place to start is with the lack of control technology can bring about in our lives. This may seem counter-intuitive since it is normally thought that technology is what helps us attain more control in our lives. Of course it does. However, Continue Reading …
More Analytic vs. Continental: What is the “Situation of Reason”?
The disciplinary identity of philosophy is in question. So says John McCumber in “Reshaping Reason”, where he makes a serious argument with evidence of trends pointing toward a sort of Hegelian synthesis in American philosophy to overcome the “Fantasy Island” of analytic thought and the “Subversive Struggle” of continental thought. "Fantasy Island" and "Subversive Struggle" Continue Reading …
Peter Singer on Hegel & Marx
In this series of videos of Bryan Magee interviewing a young Peter Singer, Singer provides an explication of Hegel's overall philosophical enterprise. We've linked to Magee's show in other places (like here, here and here) and in this interview we get to see Peter Singer actually doing traditional philosopher-type stuff. He has an outstanding 'stach and nice square Continue Reading …