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Phenomenology As Philosophy and Method Applications to Ways of Doing Special Education
Phenomenology As Philosophy and Method Applications to Ways of Doing Special Education JEAN C. McPHAIL ABSTRACT 1 HENOMENOLOGY IS A PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT The theoretical positions of the preceding two texts THAT APPROACHES THE STUDY OF HUMAN BEINGS AND THEIR create significantly different orientations to the life worlds CULTURE DIFFERENTLY FROM THE LOGICAL POSITIVIST MODEL of people. The quote by Merleau-Ponty describes the USED IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND IN SPECIAL EDUCA- essential focus of the phenomenological movement in TION. PHENOMENOLOGISTS VIEW THE APPLICATION OF THE philosophy—human consciousness. The Individualized Edu- LOGICAL POSITIVIST MODEL TO THE STUDY OF HUMAN BEINGS cation Program written for a 13-year-old young man with AS INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE THE MODEL DOES NOT ADDRESS learning disabilities characterizes the prevalent view of THE UNIQUENESS OF HUMAN LIFE. IN THIS ARTICLE, THE individuals working in the field of special education—an THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODOLOGICAL orientation directed toward changing the behavior of indi- ORIENTATIONS OF PHENOMENOLOGY ARE DISCUSSED, viduals with disabilities. Whereas phenomenology privi- FOLLOWED BY THEIR APPLICATIONS TO WAYS OF DOING leges the nature of the meanings that people construct in RESEARCH IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. their lives and that guide their actions, special education focuses on the study and practice of behavioral change outside the context of the life meanings of individuals with disabilities. The shift that Bruner (1990) described in the early stages of the cognitive revolution from an emphasis on the "construction of meaning to the processing of mean- P. HENOMENOLOGY IS AN INVENTORY OF CON- ing" (p. 4) aptly characterizes the essential differences JLsciousness HEN( as of that wherein a universe resides. -
JENNIFER K. ULEMAN September 2018 School of Humanities
JENNIFER K. ULEMAN September 2018 School of Humanities Purchase College 735 Anderson Hill Road Purchase, NY 10577-1400 914-251-6163 (office) [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D. Philosophy; University of Pennsylvania, 1995. Committee: Paul Guyer, Chair; Samuel Freeman; Susan S. Meyer. B.A. Philosophy, with High Honors, minors in English and Psychology; Swarthmore College, 1987. abroad Ruprecht-Karls Universität, Heidelberg, Germany. Year of dissertation research with H.-F. Fulda, 1993-94. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany. German language and philosophy, Winter and Summer 1985. AREAS OF RESEARCH Kant and Hegel; Race; Gender; Moral/Legal/Social/Political Theory; Higher Education. ADDITIONAL TEACHING AREAS Histories of Modern and of Nineteenth-Century Philosophy; Philosophy of Photography; Objectivity and Method. ACADEMIC POSITIONS Purchase College, Purchase, NY Associate Professor, Philosophy Board of Study 2010-present Assistant Professor, Philosophy Board of Study 2004-2010 University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy 2000-2004 Barnard College, New York, NY Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy 1998–2000 John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, New York, NY Adjunct (fall) and Visiting Assistant Professor (spring), Department of Art, Music, and Philosophy 1996-97 (non-academic professional positions and related activities, 1989-98, listed page 12) Jennifer K. Uleman 2 Jenni PUBLICATIONS Book An Introduction to Kant's Moral Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2010). Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title of 2010. Refereed Journal Articles "No King and No Torture: Kant and Suicide and Law," Kantian Review 21:1, March 2016, 77-100. "External Freedom in Kant's Rechtslehre: Political, Metaphysical," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. -
Forthcoming in the Kant Yearbook, Vol. 11 (2019) Final Draft – Please Cite the Published Version for Correct Pagination
Forthcoming in The Kant Yearbook, Vol. 11 (2019) Final Draft – Please cite the published version for correct pagination Can there be a Finite Interpretation of the Kantian Sublime? Sacha Golob (King’s College London) Abstract Kant’s account of the sublime makes frequent appeals to infinity, appeals which have been extensively criticised by commentators such as Budd and Crowther. This paper examines the costs and benefits of reconstructing the account in finitist terms. On the one hand, drawing on a detailed comparison of the first and third Critiques, I argue that the underlying logic of Kant’s position is essentially finitist. I defend the approach against longstanding objections, as well as addressing recent infinitist work by Moore and Smith. On the other hand, however, I argue that finitism faces distinctive problems of its own: whilst the resultant theory is a coherent and interesting one, it is unclear in what sense it remains an analysis of the sublime. I illustrate the worry by juxtaposing the finitist reading with analytical cubism. §1 – Introduction Kant’s account of the sublime makes frequent reference to infinity. The “intuition” of the sublime “carries with it the idea of...infinity”; apprehension “can progress to infinity” [kann…ins Unendliche gehen]; imagination “strives to progress towards infinity” [ein Bestreben zum Fortschritte ins Unendliche]; reason demands that we “think the infinite as a whole” (KU 5:255, 252, 250, 254).1 It is obvious that the infinite played a central role in Kant’s own presentation of the problem. It is less clear whether such references are 1 References are to the standard Akademie edition of Kant’s gesammelte Schriften (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1900–; abbreviated as Ak.): Anth: Anthropologie in pragmatischer Hinsicht (Ak. -
Vietnamese Existential Philosophy: a Critical Reappraisal
VIETNAMESE EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY: A CRITICAL REAPPRAISAL A Dissertation Submitted to the Temple University Graduate Board In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Hi ền Thu Lươ ng May, 2009 i © Copyright 2009 by Hi ền Thu Lươ ng ii ABSTRACT Title: Vietnamese Existential Philosophy: A Critical Reappraisal Lươ ng Thu Hi ền Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Temple University, 2009 Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair: Lewis R. Gordon In this study I present a new understanding of Vietnamese existentialism during the period 1954-1975, the period between the Geneva Accords and the fall of Saigon in 1975. The prevailing view within Vietnam sees Vietnamese existentialism during this period as a morally bankrupt philosophy that is a mere imitation of European versions of existentialism. I argue to the contrary that while Vietnamese existential philosophy and European existentialism share some themes, Vietnamese existentialism during this period is rooted in the particularities of Vietnamese traditional culture and social structures and in the lived experience of Vietnamese people over Vietnam’s 1000-year history of occupation and oppression by foreign forces. I also argue that Vietnamese existentialism is a profoundly moral philosophy, committed to justice in the social and political spheres. Heavily influenced by Vietnamese Buddhism, Vietnamese existential philosophy, I argue, places emphasis on the concept of a non-substantial, relational, and social self and a harmonious and constitutive relation between the self and other. The Vietnamese philosophers argue that oppressions of the mind must be liberated and that social structures that result in violence must be changed. Consistent with these ends Vietnamese existentialism proposes a multi-perspective iii ontology, a dialectical view of human thought, and a method of meditation that releases the mind to be able to understand both the nature of reality as it is and the means to live a moral, politically engaged life. -
Metaphysics Today and Tomorrow*
1 Metaphysics Today and Tomorrow* Raphaël Millière École normale supérieure, Paris – October 2011 Translated by Mark Ohm with the assistance of Leah Orth, Jon Cogburn, and Emily Beck Cogburn “By metaphysics, I do not mean those abstract considerations of certain imaginary properties, the principal use of which is to furnish the wherewithal for endless dispute to those who want to dispute. By this science I mean the general truths which can serve as principles for the particular sciences.” Malebranche Dialogues on Metaphysics and Religion 1. The interminable agony of metaphysics Throughout the twentieth century, numerous philosophers sounded the death knell of metaphysics. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Rudolf Carnap, Martin Heidegger, Gilbert Ryle, J. L. Austin, Jacques Derrida, Jürgen Habermas, Richard Rorty, and, henceforth, Hilary Putnam: a great many tutelary figures have extolled the rejection, the exceeding, the elimination, or the deconstruction of first philosophy. All these necrological chronicles do not have the same radiance, the same seriousness, nor the same motivations, but they all agree to dismiss the discipline, which in the past was considered “the queen of the sciences”, with a violence at times comparable to the prestige it commanded at the time of its impunity. Even today, certain philosophers hastily spread the tragic news with contempt for philosophical inquiry, as if its grave solemnity bestowed upon it some obviousness. Thus, Franco Volpi writes: ‘Grand metaphysics is dead!’ is the slogan which applies to the majority of contemporary philosophers, whether continentals or of analytic profession. They all treat metaphysics as a dead dog.1 In this way, the “path of modern thought” would declare itself vociferously “anti- metaphysical and finally post-metaphysical”. -
Curriculum Vitae
Dean Franklin Moyar Department of Philosophy Johns Hopkins University 276 Gilman Hall 3400 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21218 [email protected] Professional Experience 2009-present: Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University. 2002-2009: Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University. Areas AOS: Kant and German Idealism, Political Philosophy, Metaethics. AOC: Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Action, 19th Century European Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, American Philosophy. Education 1994-2002 University of Chicago, Ph.D. June 2002. 1999-2000 Visiting Scholar, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany. 1990-1994 Duke University. B.S. Summa Cum Laude with Honors in Physics. Second major in Philosophy. Monograph Hegel’s Conscience (Oxford University Press, 2011, paperback 2014). Edited Volumes The Oxford Handbook of Hegel, Editor (forthcoming, 2017). The Routledge Companion to Nineteenth Century Philosophy, Editor (Routledge, 2010). Winner, CHOICE award, 2010. Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: A Critical Guide, Co-Editor with Michael Quante (Cambridge University Press, 2008). Journal Articles and Book Chapters “German Idealism,” Knowledge in Early Modern Philosophy, edited by Stephen Gaukroger, (forthcoming, Bloomsbury, 2017) “Die Wahrheit der mechanistischen und teleologischen Objektivität,” for a collective commentary on the Science of Logic, edited by Michael Quante and Anton Koch (forthcoming from Meiner Verlag, 2017). “Introduction” to The Oxford Handbook -
Post-Continental Philosophy: Its Definition, Contours, and Fundamental Sources
Post-continental Philosophy: Its Definition, Contours, and Fundamental Sources NELSON MALDONADO-TORRES It is no accident that the global geographical framework in use today is essentially a cartographic celebration of European power. After centuries of imperialism, the presumptions of a worldview of a once-dominant metropole has become part of the intellectual furniture of the world…. Metageography matters, and the attempt to engage it critically has only begun. Martin W. Lewis and Kären W. Wigen, The Myth of Continents.1 or several decades now the contours of legitimate philosophy have been drawn by advocates of F so-called analytic and continental philosophies. Analytic philosophy is often referred to as a style of thinking centered on the question of whether something is true, rather than, as continental philosophy, on the multiple factors that constitute meaning.2 Analytic philosophy is also said to be closer to the sciences, while continental philosophy has more affinity with the humanities.3 One of the reasons for this lies in that while analytic philosophy tends to dismiss history from its reflections, continental philosophy typically emphasizes the relevance of time, tradition, lived experience, and/or social context. Fortunately, this situation is slowly but gradually changing today. A variety of intellectuals are defying the rigid boundaries of these fields. Some of the most notable are Afro- American, Afro-Caribbean, and Latina/o scholars using the arsenal of these bodies of thought to analyze and interpret problems related to colonialism, racism, and sexism in the contemporary world.4 These challenges demand a critical analysis of the possibilities and limits of change within the main coordinates of these different styles or forms of philosophizing. -
Kant Et L'humain
KANT ET L’HUMAIN GÉOGRAPHIE, PSYCHOLOGIE, ANTHROPOLOGIE À LA MÊME LIBRAIRIE Années 1747-1781. Kant. Avant la Critique de la raison pure, sous la direction de Luc Langlois, 352 p., 2009. L’année 1790. Kant. Critique de la faculté de juger. Beauté, vie, liberté, sous la direction de Christophe Bouton, Fabienne Brugère et Claudie Lavaud, 352 p., 2008. L’année 1793. Kant. Sur la politique et la religion, sous la direction de Jean Ferrari, 272 p., 1995. L’année 1795. Kant. Essai sur la paix, sous la direction de Pierre Laberge, Guy Lafrance et Denis Dumas, 406 p., 1997. L’année 1796. Kant. Sur la paix perpétuelle. De Leibniz aux héritiers de Kant, sous la direction de Simone Goyard-Fabre et Jean Ferrari, 216 p., 1998. L’année 1797. Kant. La métaphysique des mœurs, sous la direction de Simone Goyard- Fabre et Jean Ferrari, 144 p., 2000. L’année 1798. Kant. Sur l’anthropologie, sous la direction de Jean Ferrari, 224 p., 1997. Années 1796-1803. Kant. Opus postumum. Philosophie, science, éthique et théologie, sous la direction de Ingeborg Schüssler, édité par Christophe Erismann, 246 p., 2001. Années 1781-1801. Kant. Critique de la raison pure. Vingt ans de réception, sous la direction de Claude Piché, 288 p., 2002. Kant. Les sources de la philosophie kantienne aux XVII e et XVIII e siècles, sous la direction de Lukas K. Sosoe et Robert Theis, 384 p., 2005. Kant et les Lumières européennes, sous la direction de Lorenzo Bianchi, Jean Ferrari et Alberto Postigliola, 374 p., 2009. Kant et Wolff. Héritages et ruptures, sous la direction de Sophie Grapotte et Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet, 236 p., 2011. -
1 Political Dilemmas Angel R. Oquendo
1 Political Dilemmas Angel R. Oquendo* I. Introductory Comments II. The Appeal of a Perfectly Coherent System of Principles III. Biting the Bullet: Confronting Political Dilemmas IV. Three Examples: Orangemen, Quebec Anglophones, and Surrogate Mothers V. Counter Reflections I. Introductory Comments Fundamental principles, such as those of democracy and human rights, are sometimes dramatically at odds with each other. It is a mistake to regard these cases as involving only apparent conflicts, which vanish upon closer inspection. One must instead acknowledge that the two norms at issue clash in the specific context and that opting for one over another will produce a real sense of loss, even if the choice is correct. The community will come to regret not its endorsement of the prevailing principle, but rather * Law Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law. A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; J.D., Yale University. I would like to thank Luiz Bernardo Araújo, Maria Clara Dias, Eduardo Fermandois, Donald Ipperciel, Luc Langlois, Wilson Mendonça, Claude Piché, Alan Ritter, Shaina Spreng, Mauricio Suárez, Daniel Löwe, and Jorge Vergara for their comments and suggestions on earlier drafts. I have provided my own translation of the non-English quotations. 2 its neglect of the alternative. It will have to make amends vis-à-vis the individuals or groups it has let down in the process. Thus, the notion of an irreducible dilemma, which Bernard Williams invokes in his discussions on morality,1 applies with equal force in the realm of political philosophy. This kind of predicament brings about extensive collective pain, and at times even tragedy. -
Continental Philosophies of the Social Sciences David Teira
Continental philosophies of the social sciences David Teira 1. Introduction In my view, there is no such thing as a continental philosophy of the social sciences. There is, at least, no consensual definition of what is precisely continental in any philosophical approach. 1 Besides, there are many approaches in the philosophy of the social sciences that are often qualified as continental , but there is no obvious connection between them. The most systematic attempt so far to find one is Yvonne Sherratt’s (2006) monograph, where continental approaches would be appraised as different branches of the Humanist tradition. According to Sherratt, philosophers in this tradition draw on the ideas and arguments of the ancient Greek and Roman thinkers, since they understand philosophy as an accumulative endeavor, where the past is a continuous source of wisdom. Unlike empiricist philosophers in the analytic tradition, humanists see the world as an intrinsically purpose-laden, ethically, aesthetically, and spiritually valuable entity . However, once you adopt such a broad definition in order to encompass such different thinkers as Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger or Foucault, it seems difficult not to see humanistic traits in analytic philosophers as well. Moreover, when it comes to the philosophical study of actual social sciences, it is not clear whether adopting a humanistic stance makes, as such, any difference in the analysis: as we will see below, the arguments of the continental philosophers discussed here do not presuppose a particular commitment with, e.g., ideas from classical Antiquity. Certain Greeks named those who did not speak their language Barbarians , but it was never clear who counted as a proper speaker of Greek. -
Curriculum Vitae of Kenneth F
ROGERSON 1 Curriculum Vitae of Kenneth F. Rogerson 2863 Hazel Ave. Department of Philosophy Hood River, OR Florida International University (954) 554-9785 North Miami, Florida 33181 Education: Ph.D. in philosophy: University of California, San Diego, 1981. M.A. in philosophy: University of California, San Diego, 1977. M.A. in philosophy: San Francisco State University, 1975. B.A. in philosophy/mathematics: University of Washington, 1971. Dissertation: Title: Kant's Aesthetic Theory: The Roles of Form and Expression. Committee: Henry E. Allison (chairman), Frederick A. Olafson, Robert B. Pippin. Areas of Specialization: Kant, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics. Areas of Competence: Modern Philosophy, Topics in philosophy of language Teaching Experience: ROGERSON 2 Professor: Florida International Univ., 1998- Associate Professor: Florida International Univ., 1990-98 Assistant Professor: Florida International Univ., 1985-89 Visiting Assistant Professor: Texas A&M University, 1984-5 Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow: Rice University, 1982-4 Visiting Lecturer: Univ. of California, San Diego, 1981-2 Instructor: University of San Diego, 1980-1 Administrative Experience: Chair of the Philosophy Department Florida International Univ., 2005-2012 Director of the Humanities Program Florida International Univ., 1994-2005 Director of Liberal Studies, Biscayne Bay Campus Florida InternationalUniv.2000-2005 Associate Chair of Philosophy, Biscayne Bay Campus Florida International Univ., 1992-2005 Director of Law, Ethics, and Society Certificate Florida International Univ., 1992- Publications: >Books: The Problem of Free Harmony in Kant=s Aesthetics (2008, SUNY press) Introduction to Ethical Theory (1991, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston) Kant's Aesthetics: The Roles of Form and Expression (1986, University Press of America) >Presidential Address: ROGERSON 3 "Kant and Anti-Realism," Southwest Philosophy Review (12:1, Jan. -
An Enc Ohn Rea Ethnicity As Post-Modernism W Uovo Barocco Le Mythe De Railleurs Strangers' Fugue
NO 1 • May/June 1985 Contemporary Music An Enc ohn Rea Ethnicity as Post-Modernism W uovo Barocco Le mythe de railleurs Strangers' Fugue: An Interview with Aldo Mazza Vice Versa Advertising: phone: (416) 367- 3828 Date of Publication: May 1985. Transcultural Magazine pu Second Class mail registration blished bimonthly by Les Edi No. 6385. All correspondence tions Vice Versa enr. P.O. Box should be directed to Vice Ver 821, N.D.G. Station Montréal, sa. P.O. Box 821, N.D.G. Sta Québec, H4A 3S2, ISSN tion, Montréal, Québec, H4A AN ENCOUNTER 0821682-7 3S2. Editorial Board: Lamberto Opinions expressed outside of f/t. *m Tassinari, Bruno Ramirez, Ful- specifically marked editorials vio Caccia, Antonio D'Alfonso are not necessarily held by each and every individual Toronto Bureau: Joseph Ma- member of the editorial group. viglia, Antonino Mazza. Mario Godlowski, Damiano Pietro- Manuscripts not accompanied paolo by a stamped, self-addressed envelope will not be returned. Design: Gianni Caccia Typesetting: Les Ateliers Chio- ra Inc. Vice Versa gratefully acknow Proofreader: Ann Vergeylen ledges the support of the Ca nada Council, and the Minis Printing: Payette & Simms tère des Communautés cultu Distribution: Les Messageries relles et de l'immigration du de Presse Internationale, Mon Québec tréal, Toronto, phone: (416) 928-0099 Cover: Serge Brunelle Read Mary Melfi A Bride in Three Acts MARY MELFI III i Capezio Gucmici Editions and Dance and A Queen Is Holding Vice Versa and Words a Mummified Cat MARY MELFI Capezio : EN IS I The Art rn^Sfi Guernica EdkiûOI of Dance Guernica P.O.