Browsing Archive: May, 2010

Transcendental Philosophy Today

Posted by Edward Willatt on Monday, May 24, 2010, In : Transcendental Philosophy

The challenge posed to transcendental philosophy by forms of naturalism has been a theme of philosophy since Kant. However, the challenge today is particular strong and its arguments persuasive. The emerging movements of speculative realism and object-oriented philosophy continue to gather momentum. Transcendental philosophy is charged with being limited by the correlation between thought and being or consciousness and reality. It suffers from a lack of ambition, a modesty that makes it a...

The Threat to Philosophy at Middlesex

Posted by Edward Willatt on Monday, May 3, 2010, In : Universities

The recent activity on the internet in response to Middlesex University’s decision to close its philosophy courses reflects the importance of the work done in this department. It is strange to have attended a conference a couple of weeks ago organised by the Middlesex philosophers, held at the Institut Français in South Kensington and featuring international speakers of great renown, and then to find that Middlesex University wants to close this department. It has a towering record in ...