Trump & Mercenaries: Arguments Against 28. July 2017 Philosophy News News (0) Embed from Getty Images While there are some appealing arguments in favor of the United States employing mercenaries, there are also arguments against this position. One obvious set of arguments isShareTweetEmbed from Getty Images While there are some appealing arguments in favor of the United States employing mercenaries, there are also arguments against this position. One obvious set of arguments is [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
<strong>Nazism and the supernatural</strong>. Of all the Third Reich’s bizarre experiments with the occult, none was embraced as effusively as World Ice Theory. Hitler thought it would replace Christianity 28. July 2017 Philosophy News News (0) Nazism and the supernatural. Of all the Third Reich&rsquo;s bizarre experiments with the occult, none was embraced as effusively as World Ice Theory. Hitler thought it would replaceShareTweetNazism and the supernatural. Of all the Third Reich’s bizarre experiments with the occult, none was embraced as effusively as World Ice Theory. Hitler thought it would replace [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
The <strong>magic mongoose</strong>? Gef, a contemporary of Nessie, was believed to speak a range of foreign languages, sing, whistle, cough, swear, dance, and attend political meetings 28. July 2017 Philosophy News News (0) The magic mongoose? Gef, a contemporary of Nessie, was believed to speak a range of foreign languages, sing, whistle, cough, swear, dance, and attend politicalShareTweetThe magic mongoose? Gef, a contemporary of Nessie, was believed to speak a range of foreign languages, sing, whistle, cough, swear, dance, and attend political [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
<strong>Richard Rorty </strong>thought of himself as an American philosopher. American philosophers saw him as a European intellectual, and his philosophy as a betrayal. It wasn't 28. July 2017 Philosophy News News (0) Richard Rorty thought of himself as an American philosopher. American philosophers saw him as a European intellectual, and his philosophy as a betrayal. ItShareTweetRichard Rorty thought of himself as an American philosopher. American philosophers saw him as a European intellectual, and his philosophy as a betrayal. It [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Petitionary Prayer: A Philosophical Investigation 28. July 2017 Philosophy News News (0) 2017.07.21 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Scott Davison, Petitionary Prayer: A Philosophical Investigation, Oxford University Press, 2017, $75.00, 189 pp., ISBNShareTweet2017.07.21 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Scott Davison, Petitionary Prayer: A Philosophical Investigation, Oxford University Press, 2017, $75.00, 189 pp., ISBN [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Descartes' Ethics 27. July 2017 Philosophy News News (0) [Revised entry by Donald Rutherford on July 27, 2017. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Descartes is not well known for his contributions to ethics. Some have charged that it is a weakness ofShareTweet[Revised entry by Donald Rutherford on July 27, 2017. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Descartes is not well known for his contributions to ethics. Some have charged that it is a weakness of [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
It happened gradually. The surges, surprising transitions, turns of phrases came less often. Then hardly at all. For <strong>Sven Birkerts</strong>, writing became a lot more difficult 27. July 2017 Philosophy News News (0) It happened gradually. The surges, surprising transitions, turns of phrases came less often. Then hardly at all. For Sven Birkerts, writing became a lot moreShareTweetIt happened gradually. The surges, surprising transitions, turns of phrases came less often. Then hardly at all. For Sven Birkerts, writing became a lot more [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
If these are the <strong>end times </strong>of civilization — ecological collapse, social and political unraveling — it's worth asking: What sort of art comes out of such a dire reckoning? 27. July 2017 Philosophy News News (0) If these are the end times of civilization &mdash; ecological collapse, social and political unraveling &mdash; it's worth asking: What sort of art comes out of such a direShareTweetIf these are the end times of civilization — ecological collapse, social and political unraveling — it's worth asking: What sort of art comes out of such a dire [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Disturbed by the state of the world, <strong>W.S. Merwin </strong>turned to environmentalism. He cultivated a garden composted with manuscripts that other poets had sent him 27. July 2017 Philosophy News News (0) Disturbed by the state of the world, W.S. Merwin turned to environmentalism. He cultivated a garden composted with manuscripts that other poets had sentShareTweetDisturbed by the state of the world, W.S. Merwin turned to environmentalism. He cultivated a garden composted with manuscripts that other poets had sent [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Kant's Theory of Normativity, 27. July 2017 Philosophy News News (0) 2017.07.20 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Konstantin Pollok, Kant's Theory of Normativity, Cambridge University Press, 2017, 350pp., $99.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781107127807. ShareTweet2017.07.20 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Konstantin Pollok, Kant's Theory of Normativity, Cambridge University Press, 2017, 350pp., $99.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781107127807. [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear