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Contributions
The Social Destiny of Reason in the "Absolute Pragmatism" of Josiah Royce Interpreter of Hegel
This is a paper by Riccardo Roni, a researcher at the University of Florence. The paper explores the original historical problem of Hegel’s presence in Royce’s thinking. Here's the paper!
An Environmental Ethics of Vulnerability and Dependence
The essay explores the ethical relationships between people, with a focus on vulnerability and dependence. Jørgen Meyer uses Judith Butler's "Precarious Life – The Powers of Mourning and Justice" as a framework to discuss how address, discourse, and grief are key concepts in this discussion. Recognizing vulnerability and dependence as integral components of ethical relationships can have significant implications for our understanding thereof.
The philosophy of orientation, as Werner Stegmaier has developed it over several decades, instead observes and reflects how different philosophies orient themselves from different standpoints, in different perspectives, and within different horizons.
The confrontation of opposing worldviews often leads to conflict, but what happens when even the basic assumptions are disputed? Digital phenomena like "shitstorms" show how shared reality becomes a battlefield of irreconcilability. Alex Byrne shares his personal experiences with "social media outrage" and "virtue signalling".
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Swiss Philosophical Preprint Series
The philosophy portal offers an archive where you can safeguard your drafts, teaching materials, handouts, and powerpoints from being plagiarized. Additionally, it allows you to share them freely under a Creative Commons license. You can easily submit your material by sending it to info@philosophie.ch.
In addition to philpublica's excellent press review, a record and discussion of substantial reports in the Swiss media on philosophy or philosophers will be available on the platform. This concerns both print and online press, radio and television.
We care not only about the philosophy, but also about the wider environment in which it takes place. This gives a voice to those who are not heard.
This projet links philosophie and theatre. The format is simple: Attendees will be provided with a list of philosophers’ names each written on an individual piece of paper. Two people at the time can pick one piece of paper each. The actors will then perform an imaginary philosophical discussion between these two figures.
The performance will be followed by a discussion of the main philosophical topics appearing on stage.
