Tag: Philosophy

March 27, 2019

Book Excerpt! Where Are the Women? (introduction)

“In this bold book, Sarah Tyson revamps the feminist reclamation project to redress not merely exclusion, but all manners of exclusive inclusion. Whether you have never thought of, are inclined not to think of, or are enthusiastic about the thought...

March 25, 2019

Q&A: Sarah Tyson on Where Are the Women?: Why Expanding the Archive Makes Philosophy Better

“In this bold book, Sarah Tyson revamps the feminist reclamation project to redress not merely exclusion, but all manners of exclusive inclusion. Whether you have never thought of, are inclined not to think of, or are enthusiastic about the thought...

December 6, 2018

The Role of Politics: A Word From Matt Sleat

“Our actual political institutions or experience should not contaminate the moral or philosophical purity of our political theories.” ~ Matt Sleat Today, we are graced with a guest post from Matt Sleat who edited Politics Recovered: Realist Thought in Theory...

September 13, 2018

Classic and Contemporary French Translations

Columbia University Press has published a range of classic and contemporary works by world-renowned French historians, philosophers, religious studies scholars, and social theorists such as Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Pierre Bourdieu, Hélène Cixous, Gilles Deleuze, and Julia Kristeva. A core...

June 26, 2015

Be Good and Enjoy

Read an excerpt from “Concluding Questions,” the final chapter of HAPPINESS AND GOODNESS, by Steven Cahn and Christine Vitrano.

June 25, 2015

Religion and Morality

Read two chapters, “God and Morality” and “Heaven and Hell,” excerpted from HAPPINESS AND GOODNESS: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON LIVING WELL, by Steven Cahn and Christine Vitrano.

June 24, 2015

Robert Talisse's Foreword to "Happiness and Goodness"

Read Robert Talisse’s Foreword to HAPPINESS AND GOODNESS: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON LIVING WELL, by Steven Cahn and Christine Vitrano.

June 23, 2015

Wasted Lives?

Read an excerpt from “Wasted Lives,” the second chapter of HAPPINESS AND GOODNESS, by Steven Cahn and Christine Vitrano.

June 12, 2015

The Personal Mystery and the Impersonal God

Read an excerpt from Eric Dietrich’s EXCELLENT BEAUTY: THE NATURALNESS OF RELIGION AND THE UNNATURALNESS OF THE WORLD.

June 11, 2015

The Beauty of Seeing More Than We Can Understand

Read an excerpt from Eric Dietrich’s EXCELLENT BEAUTY: THE NATURALNESS OF RELIGION AND THE UNNATURALNESS OF THE WORLD.

June 10, 2015

On the Mystery of Consciousness

Read an excerpt from Eric Dietrich’s EXCELLENT BEAUTY: THE NATURALNESS OF RELIGION AND THE UNNATURALNESS OF THE WORLD.

June 10, 2015

Everyone Loves a Good — Temporary — Mystery, Pt. 2

Eric Dietrich discusses the continuing existence of “excellent beauties” (currently unsolved and possibly unsolvable mysteries) in a guest post about his new book, EXCELLENT BEAUTY.