5 days agoTuring, Strong AI, and The Fantasy of Transhumanist Spiritualism.By Robert Hanna *** You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay HERE. *** Turing, Strong AI, and The Fantasy of Transhumanist Spiritualism In 1933, under the heading of “[The] Nature of Spirit,” Alan Turing wrote: [A]s regards the actual connection between spirit and body I consider that the body by reason of being a…Philosophy15 min read
5 days agoTHE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE, #27–Beyond The Mechanistic Worldview II: Solving The Mind-Body Problem.By Robert Hanna *** This book, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE: Uniscience and the Modern World, by Robert Hanna, presents and defends a critical philosophy of science and digital technology, and a new and prescient philosophy of nature and human thinking. It is being made available here in serial format, but you can also…Philosophy10 min read
Jun 20Why Do Contemporary Philosophers Consistently Ignore The Problem of Guns and Gun Violence?By Robert HannaPhilosophy8 min read
Jun 20The Weapons Effect and The Banksy Effect: The Social-Psychological Problem of Guns and Gun Violence, and A Proposed Solution.By Robert HannaPhilosophy11 min read
Jun 20THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE, #26–Beyond The Mechanistic Worldview I: The Neo-Organicist Worldview.By Robert Hanna *** This book, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE: Uniscience and the Modern World, by Robert Hanna, presents and defends a critical philosophy of science and digital technology, and a new and prescient philosophy of nature and human thinking. It is being made available here in serial format, but you can also…Philosophy5 min read
Jun 13A Philosopher’s Diary, #3 — Against Perfectionism.By Otto Paans *** The descriptive sub-title of this blog — Against Professional Philosophy — originally created and rolled out in 2013, is “A Co-Authored Anarcho-Philosophical Diary.” Now, nine years later, after more than 300, 000 views of the site, this new series, A Philosopher’s Diary, finally literally instantiates that description by featuring short…Philosophy9 min read
Jun 13One Cheer, But Only One, For Analytic Panpsychism.By Robert Hanna *** You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay, HERE. *** One Cheer, But Only One, For Analytic Panpsychism 1. Panpsychism is the two-part metaphysical thesis which says (Pi) that mental properties are at least as basic in the natural world in its total spatiotemporal extent and all its parts, aka…Philosophy6 min read
Jun 13THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE, #25–Seven Arguments Against The Mechanistic Worldview.By Robert Hanna *** This book, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE: Uniscience and the Modern World, by Robert Hanna, presents and defends a critical philosophy of science and digital technology, and a new and prescient philosophy of nature and human thinking. It is being made available here in serial format, but you can also…Philosophy10 min read
Jun 6Announcing the Publication of Borderless Philosophy 5 (2022), Special Topic Issue: “The End of Analytic Philosophy and/or Continental Philosophy, Yes or No? And If Yes, Then What’s Beyond?”By The BP Editorial Team *** TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Babette Babich (Fordham University USA), “The Analytic-Continental Divide: ‘An Idea No Longer of Any Use … Superfluous … Let Us Abolish It!’,” 1–47: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp5-2022-babette-babich-the-analytic-continental-divide-let-us-abolish-it-1-47 2. Robert Hanna (Independent philosopher USA), “Six Studies in The Decline and Fall of Professional Academic Philosophy, And A Real and Relevant Alternative,” 48–130: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp-5-2022-robert-hanna-six-studies-in-the-decline-and-fall-of-professional-philosophy-48-130…Philosophy3 min read
Jun 6Announcing the Publication of Contemporary Studies in Kantian Philosophy 7 (2022), With Articles on Kant & Reflection, Kant & Nishida, and Wittgenstein’s Crypto-Kantianism.By The CKSP Editorial Team *** TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Robert Hanna (Independent philosopher USA), “Wittgenstein’s Crypto-Kantianism and How It Subverts, Surpasses, and Supplants Analytic Philosophy,” 1–28: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/cskp-7-2022-robert-hanna-wittgenstein-s-crypto-kantianism-1-28 2. …Philosophy3 min read
