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Strawmen at the Symposium: A Response
- Source :
- Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 48:80-94
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2017.
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Abstract
- In this essay, we reply to the five commentaries offered of our 2016 book, Socrates Tenured: The Institutions of 21st Century Philosophy. We argue that, in a recursive fashion, those commentaries exemplify the thesis of our book – that contemporary philosophy has a blind spot concerning the philosophical priors of its status as an institution. That is, 20th and now 21st century philosophy has limited metaphilosophy to being an exclusively theoretical exercise, neglecting to also pursue a ‘philosophy of philosophy’ in its material, bureaucratic, and Marxist dimensions. After making these points in the introduction, the article is divided into three parts that deal, in turn, with comments that are facile, earnest, and provocative. We then conclude by noting the unintentional irony of our contemporary situation, where the vast majority of philosophy departments are inhabited by sophists rather than philosophers.
- Subjects :
- Philosophy
05 social sciences
06 humanities and the arts
Modern philosophy
050905 science studies
0603 philosophy, ethics and religion
Philosophy education
Metaphilosophy
Epistemology
Philosophy of computer science
Contemporary philosophy
060302 philosophy
Marxist philosophy
Western philosophy
0509 other social sciences
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Eastern philosophy
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15527441 and 00483931
- Volume :
- 48
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Philosophy of the Social Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b7f325443e666ef27258b69085cdd741