Philosophy News

Hell, Fire, and (Global) Warming

13. May 2010 Paul Pardi Article, News

I came across this op-ed piece in the New York Times today by Al Gore on global warming. While there’s little of obvious philosophical value in this article, as one who grew up in a very conservative Christian church, I’ve been struck by the similarities between the language Gore uses to articulate ... [More]

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Sam Harris on Science and Morality

11. May 2010 Paul Pardi Article

Metaphysical gadfly Sam Harris has stirred the pot once again by raising the issue of whether a general theory of ethics can be based solely on a scientific foundation. In an article for the Huffington Post, Harris responds to feedback he has received on a recent talk he gave at the TED conference i... [More]

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Greek Philosophy and Postmodernism

7. May 2010 Paul Pardi Article

I have a friend, a postmodernist, who believes that language constitutes thought. As a corollary, he believes that without language we couldn’t think. He told me recently that he first encountered the idea in a class he took on Plato. If all of Western philosophy indeed are footnotes to Plato, then ... [More]

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That’s Common Sense!

6. May 2010 Paul Pardi Article

TABLE TALK SERIES That’s Common Sense! by Rick Pimentel There are so many issues that people discuss with one another that have philosophical significance. Whether it is at the dinner table or at a restaurant or at a café or in the living room or on the phone, we all discuss issues that pertain t... [More]

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Conference on the philosophy of Richard Rorty

2. May 2010 Paul Pardi Article

Upcoming conference on Rorty's philosophy will focus not only on his rhetorical method but on his impact on digital technology. See here for a schedule of speakers. The conference is titled, "Time Will Tell, But Epistemology Won't: In Memory of Richard Rorty".

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Is Philosophy Necessary?

28. April 2010 Paul Pardi News, Article

In this piece, Craig Rood, a graduate student in philosophy at North Dakota State University opines about the value of philosophy in light of the University’s decision to close the Cardinal Muench Seminary. By closing the seminary, the philosophy department at NDSU will lose two of its professors du... [More]

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Epistemic Closure or Closed Epistemology?

26. April 2010 Paul Pardi Article, News

I ran across this amusing article this evening. The title caught my attention. Typically when interdisciplinary terms find their way into popular speech acts, they retain some semblance of their original meaning. In this case, the term “epistemic closure” seems to have fathered a bastard child with ... [More]

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