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TL;DR: In a recent examination of the ideological conceits of current conceptions of the brain, Catherine Malabou asks: “What should we do so that consciousness of brain does not purely and simply coincide with the spirit of capitalism?” as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: This essay begins from another. In a recent examination of the ideological conceits of current conceptions of the brain, Catherine Malabou asks: “What should we do so that consciousness of the brain does not purely and simply coincide with the spirit of capitalism?”1 Such is the conundrum, in its essence, that I want to explore. While Malabou’s query is chiefly about the brain, it resonates far and wide because it goes straight to what is wrong with some philosophical thinking appearing these days. Why, within the current renaissance of research in continental philosophy, is there a coincidence between the structure of ontological systems and the structure of the most highly evolved technologies of post-Fordist capitalism? I am speaking, on the one hand, of computer networks in general and object-oriented computer languages (such as Java or C!!) in particular and, on the other hand, of certain realist philosophers such as Bruno Latour, but also more pointedly Quentin Meillassoux, Graham Harman, and their associated school known as speculative realism. Why do these philosophers, when holding up a mirror to nature, see the mode of production reflected back at them? Why, in short, is there a coincidence between today’s ontologies and the software of big business?
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TL;DR: In this paper, an account of political realism as a form of ideology critique is presented, and the authors defend the normative edge of this critical-theoretic project against the common charge that there is a problematic trade-off between a theory's groundedness in facts about the political status quo and its ability to envisage radical departures from the status quo.
Abstract: This paper outlines an account of political realism as a form of ideology critique. We defend the normative edge of this critical-theoretic project against the common charge that there is a problematic trade-off between a theory’s groundedness in facts about the political status quo and its ability to envisage radical departures from the status quo. To overcome that problem, we combine insights from theories of legitimacy by Bernard Williams and other realists, Critical Theory, and analytic epistemological and metaphysical theories of cognitive bias, ideology and social construction. The upshot is an account of realism as empirically informed critique of social and political phenomena. We reject a sharp divide between descriptive and normative theory, and so provide an alternative to the anti-empiricism of some approaches to Critical Theory as well as to the complacency towards existing power structures found within liberal realism, let alone mainstream normative political philosophy, liberal or otherwise.
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TL;DR: The authors argues for greater realism in political theory with respect to judgements about what politicians ought to do and how they ought to act, and shows that there are major problems in deduci...
Abstract: This article argues for greater realism in political theory with respect to judgements about what politicians ought to do and how they ought to act. It shows that there are major problems in deduci...
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01 Jan 1994
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of Kant's philosophy of mathematics from a present-day perspective, focusing on the Apriori and its role in the development of type theory.
Abstract: 1. Editor's Preface P. Parrini. Science and God: the Topology of the Kantian World G. Buchdahl. 3. Kant and the Twentieth Century M. Friedman. 4. The Origins of the A Priori C. Peacocke. 5. On Kant's Philosophy of Mathematics from a Present-Day Perspective S. Korner. 6. Analytic and Synthetic Judgements in Type Theory P. Martin-Lof. 7. Logic and its Place in Nature N. Tennant. 8. Constitution of Objects in Kant's Philosophy and in Modern Physics P. Mittelstaedt. 9. Kant and the Quantum Theory G.G. Brittan, Jr. 10. The Late Kant and the Twentieth Century Physics V. Mathieu. 11. The Problem of Realism and the A Priori P.F. Strawson. 12. Objectivity and Realism W. Carl. 13. On Kant's Theory of Knowledge: Truth, Form, Matter P. Parrini. 14. Kantian Argument, Conceptual Capacities, and Invulnerability B. Stroud. 15. The Unity of Science and the Unity of Nature Ph. Kitcher. 16. Induction as Unification: Kant, Whewell, and Recent Developments R.E. Butts. 17. Causality and Causal Laws in Kant: a Critique of Michael Friedman H.E. Allison. 18. The Holistic Character of Kantian Intuition R.E. Aquila. 19. Understanding Apperception Today K. Ameriks. 20. Kant's Revolutionary Reconstruction of the History of Philosophy E. Bencivenga. Index.
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TL;DR: Realism: Pre-theoretic realism Realism in philosophy Realism and truth realism in mathematics Perception and intuition: What is the question? Perception Intuition Godelian Platonism Numbers: What numbers could not be Numbers as properties Frege numbers Axioms: Reals and sets of reals Axiomization Open problems Competing theories The challenge Monism and beyond: Monism Field's nominalism Structuralism as mentioned in this paper
Abstract: Realism: Pre-theoretic realism Realism in philosophy Realism and truth Realism in mathematics Perception and intuition: What is the question? Perception Intuition Godelian Platonism Numbers: What numbers could not be Numbers as properties Frege numbers Axioms: Reals and sets of reals Axiomization Open problems Competing theories The challenge Monism and beyond: Monism Field's nominalism Structuralism.
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