Kant and Colonialism

This is the first volume dedicated to a systematic exploration of Kant’s position on colonialism. There are no similar volumes currently avail- able. For good reason, one may think: after all, the issue of colonialism is marginal to Kant’s philosophical thinking as well as to eighteenth-century Prussian politics. Kant’s critics disagree. Though few Kant scholars have so far engaged syst…

The Powers of Pure Reason

How many beggars one rich man can feed!/When kings build, the carters have their hands full,” writes Friedrich Schiller in Kant und seine Ausleger.1 In this poem carters are separated from the king as conspicuously as light is from darkness, or giants from dwarves. Should this division prove unjust, the king may be overthrown. Schiller’s poem, however, has nothing to do with political just…

Freedom and Religion in Kant and His Immediate Successors

Kant is the most important figure in this book, as one would expect in a work that deals with late-eighteenth-century German philosophy. He is not, however, the only or even its main object of interest. As a matter of fact, Fichte will end up occupying just as much space as Kant. The main object of interest lies, however, in neither of these two philosophers but at the intersection of two theme…

Philosophy and Blade Runner

idley Scott judges Blade Runner to be unusual as films go: ‘Blade Runner works on a level which I haven’t seen much – or ever – in a mainstream film. It works like a book. Like a very dark novel’ (Knapp and Kulas 2005, p. xiv). This is hardly surprising given the film’s genesis in Philip K. Dick’s 1968 dystopian science fiction novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? In his bi…

Thinking Through Dementia

A context is a surround. We are all situated or positioned in particular, but changing, contexts; which means that we are surrounded. Inevitably, however, we are part of our surroundings. It is perfectly true that we often feel disconnected from our surroundings. Sometimes we are just amused, even cynical, observers; or we can feel positively detached from what is going on around us (when it re…

Philosophy of Computer Science

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Philosophy of Computer Science

Many people “know about modern electronics in general and computers in particular. they know about code and the compilation process that turns source code into binary executable code. Computation theory is something different. It is an area of mathematics that overlaps with philosophy.” [PolR, 2009]

UNDERSTANDING PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

‘This is the best introduction to philosophy of science I have read. I will certainly use it. The writing is wonderfully clear without being sim- plistic. It is not at all too difficult for second and third year students. Many of my philosophy of science students have no background in philosophy, and I’m sure they will find the book accessible, informa- tive, and a pleasure to read. I rea…

Reshaping School Mathematics: A Philosophy and Framework for Curriculum

The basic premise of this report is that the United States must restructure the mathematics curriculum— both what is taught and the way it is taught—if our children are to develop the mathematical knowledge (and the confidence to use that knowledge) that they will need to be personally and professionally competent in the twenty-first century. This restructuring involves more than producing …