Discussions of college faculty professionalism most often address the ethical responsibilities or failures of "professors." Yet the majority of college faculty are not "professors," and work in conditions that preclude or prevent acting in accordance with high-minded statements like the AAUP's Statement on Professional Ethics, In addition, ignorance of the actual working conditions of both tenure-track and tenuous-track faculty has induced a crisis of ethical responsibility for all college faculty. Because official statements about college faculty professionalism neglect the reality of (...) college faculty work, the ethical responsibility of faculty requires a new basis. (shrink)

Zusammenfassung Wissenschaft ist geprägt durch Ausdifferenzierungs- und Pluralisierungsprozesse, wodurch konkrete Forschung in Ansatz und Reichweite immer fokussierter und partikularer wird. Eine solche Spezialisierung ist einerseits sehr wünschenswert, birgt aber gerade für den in Disziplinen agierenden Diskurs bzw. das System Wissenschaft gewisse Schwierigkeiten in sich. Mit dem Ruf nach mehr Interdisziplinarität versucht Wissenschaft und die auf sie angewiesene Gesellschaft zu reagieren. Interdisziplinarität braucht aber klare Disziplinarität. Vor diesem Hintergrund will dieser Beitrag ein Angebot machen, Disziplinen nicht über bestimmte Gegenstände, Methoden oder (...) Perspektiven zu definieren, sondern diskursstrukturell zu denken – als über ihre Fragestellung auf der Meta-Ebene identifizierbare Diskurse. (shrink)

French phenomenology focused on “the body” to avoid the supposed transcendental idealism of Husserl’s phenomenology, and to provide an “existential” or “empirical” account of the origin of meaning, as Ricoeur put it. In practice, however, this has implicitly presupposed a Cartesian problematic of the relation between body and mind or “subject.” This is the source of the ultimate frustration of this effort, as well as the persistence of a “mystery” of meaning (to cite Merleau-Ponty and Henry). This essay offers an (...) alternative, considering the embodiment of any meaningful experience, suggesting finally that embodiment must be accounted for in terms of subjection. (shrink)

Winfield asserts in his introduction that this is not a book about Hegel per se. Instead, it is a book in which Winfield uses Hegel to argue for his own position, an antifoundationalist systematic philosophy. Winfield engages in an interpretation of Hegel in order to buttress his own view.

Winfield asserts in his introduction that this is not a book about Hegel per se. Instead, it is a book in which Winfield uses Hegel to argue for his own position, an antifoundationalist systematic philosophy. Winfield engages in an interpretation of Hegel in order to buttress his own view.

There appear to be two rules for writing a book about Hegel. First, one must not claim to give a final, accurate, authoritative interpretation. Perhaps in some fields of academic endeavor, this would be merely pretense of humility; in Hegel scholarship, there is an abiding faith that the open debate of Hegel’s work is essential. Second, it is usually a good idea to claim that Hegel was at least not entirely cognizant of what he was doing.

There appear to be two rules for writing a book about Hegel. First, one must not claim to give a final, accurate, authoritative interpretation. Perhaps in some fields of academic endeavor, this would be merely pretense of humility; in Hegel scholarship, there is an abiding faith that the open debate of Hegel’s work is essential. Second, it is usually a good idea to claim that Hegel was at least not entirely cognizant of what he was doing.

It is rare to see books whose titles compare them to philosophical masterpieces. In Hollywood, a sequel is most often a calculated, crass attempt to cash in on the financial success of a popular movie. Given this current usage, it is curious to take up the gambit of a sequel in less greed-driven areas of culture. An additional curiosity in the title is the metaphor of the owl as the sun rises, a reversal of the flight of the owl of (...) Minerva. The first question a reader asks is, what sense do the phrases which compose the title make? (shrink)

It is rare to see books whose titles compare them to philosophical masterpieces. In Hollywood, a sequel is most often a calculated, crass attempt to cash in on the financial success of a popular movie. Given this current usage, it is curious to take up the gambit of a sequel in less greed-driven areas of culture. An additional curiosity in the title is the metaphor of the owl as the sun rises, a reversal of the flight of the owl of (...) Minerva. The first question a reader asks is, what sense do the phrases which compose the title make? (shrink)