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Debord, Constant, And The Politics Of Situationist Urbanism, Brian Elliott

Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations

In the first years of its existence between 1957 and 1960 the efforts of the radical collective the Situationist International (SI) centred on its program of "unitary urbanism." This program sought to challenge the functionalist character of hegemonic forms of urban planning through novel practices of urban experimentation and contestation. Situationist urbanism arose largely through the collaboration between Guy Debord and the Dutch avant-garde architect Constant. This article explores the political dimension of situationist urbanism and the tensions that led to Constant’s secession from the group in 1960. Through analysis of the affinities and divergences between urbanism in its modernist …

Locke On Consciousness, Angela M. Coventry, Uriah Kriegel

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Locke’s theory of consciousness is often appropriated as a forerunner of present-day Higher-Order Perception (HOP) theories, but not much is said about it beyond that. We offer an interpretation of Locke’s account of consciousness that portrays it as crucially different from current-day HOP theory, both in detail and in spirit. In this paper, it is argued that there are good historical and philosophical reasons to attribute to Locke the view not that conscious states are accompanied by higher-order perceptions, but rather that conscious states constitute perceptions of themselves.

Nietzsche's Debt To Kant's Theory Of The Beautiful In 'Birth Of Tragedy', R. Kevin Hill

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Nietzsche describes Birth of Tragedy as a contribution to “the science of aesthetics”. In this paper, I will argue that a crucial influence on his emerging views was Kant’s Critique of Judgment. Nietzsche’s early aesthetic views are often attributed to some combination of Schopenhauer’s analyses of the plastic arts (inspiring Nietzsche’s conception of the Apollinian) and his analysis of music (inspiring Nietzsche’s conception of the Dionysian) along with Nietzsche’s own original insights into how these combine to form the tragic. As we shall see, the resources of Schopenhauer’s aesthetics were unavailable to Nietzsche due to epistemological commitments he had …

Globalization And Genocidalism: Fictional Discourse Without Borders (For Fun And Profit), Aleksandar Jokić, Tiphaine Dickson

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In this essay we explore the relationship between globalization and genocidalism. “Globalization” is understood as “freedom and ability of individuals and firms to initiate voluntary economic transactions with residents of other countries,” while “genocidalism” is defined as “(i) the purposeful neglect to attribute responsibility for genocide in cases when overwhelming evidence exists, and as (ii) the energetic attributions of “genocide” in less then clear cases without considering available and convincing opposing evidence and argumentation.”

The hypothesis that we defend here as explanatory of globalization’s “surprising” failure to live up to its often repeated theoretical promise that it is not a …

Book Review Of, Friedrich Nietzsche, On The Genealogy Of Morality, R. Kevin Hill

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Reviews the book "On the Genealogy of Morality" by Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Carol Diethe and edited by Keith Ansell-Pearson

Book Review Of, Nietzsche: Ethics Of An Immoralist, R. Kevin Hill

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Reviews the book "Ethics of an Immoralist" by Peter Berkowitz

Book Review Of, Schopenhauer, R. Kevin Hill

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Reviews the book "Schopenhauer" by Christopher Janaway

Book Review Of, Nietzsche's Philosophy Of Science: Reflecting Science On The Ground Of Art And Life, R. Kevin Hill

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Reviews the book "Nietzsche's Philosophy of Science: Reflecting Science on the Ground of Art and Life" by Babette Babich

Macintyre's Nietzsche: A Critique, R. Kevin Hill

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In Alastair MacIntyre's "After Virtue", Nietzsche is presented as (1)an emotivist, (2) the culmination of the liberal tradition, and (3) fundamentally opposed to Aristotle. All three claims are criticized, thus casting doubt not only on MacIntyre's interpretation of Nietzsche, but also on his larger account of the history of Western ethical theory and practice, as well as on his proposal that we return to the tradition which Nietzsche has called into question.

The View Atop The Ladder: Wittgenstein's Early Aesthetics, Graham P. Conroy

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Essay which examines Witgenstein's Tractatus, especially as it serves to illuminate Wittgenstein's aesthetics, and outlines the limits of what can be known through ethics.

George Berkeley And The Jacobite Heresy: Some Comments On Irish Augustan Politics, Graham P. Conroy

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This essay is an attempt to explain Berkeley's connections with the Augustan Circle and to mitigate the criticisms brought against him by those opposed to the views of some of that group.

George Berkeley On Moral Demonstration, Graham P. Conroy

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An essay in which the author attempts to illustrate how Berkeley's moral philosophy shows him to be a transitional figure between 17th century rationalistic ethics and the empirical moral philosophy of the 18th century,

Berkeley And Education In America, Graham P. Conroy

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This essay attempts to outline Berkeley's role as an educator, which the author considers to be under-appreciated and rarely acknowledged. Berkeley's views and theories are compared and contrasted with those of Locke and Hume, and Berkeley's interactions with Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth and Columbia are examined.