From Thinkers to Clickers: The World Wide Web and the Transformation of the Essence of Being Human
From Thinkers to Clickers: The World Wide Web and the Transformation of the Essence of Being Human
This article tries to argue that our inclination to click our way through the world wide web has become a substitute for thinking. Oh for the days of the book, pines the author, when the delay of several hours or days before the next one arrives would give us time to think about, and perhaps even understand, the last one. More...
The Four Basic Ontologies of Semantic Interpretation
The Four Basic Ontologies of Semantic Interpretation
This paper will require careful reading, but it really is a very nice analysis of four very different approaches to defining meaning in language or logic. Why is this important? Glad you asked. More...
By Any Other Name
By Colleen Flaherty. Is philosophy really ignoring important questions about transgender identity, specifically what it means to be a woman?
As last year’s Hypatia debate revealed, writing philosophy about being transgender is tricky. More...
The transformative power of ‘rupture’ in higher education
What happens when you put African philosophies at the centre of learning
What happens when you put African philosophies at the centre of learning
Yusef Waghid, Faiq Waghid, Zayd Waghid, The Conversation, 2018/05/03
African philosophy is depicted in this article as "the concepts of ubuntu (human interdependence) and ukama (relationality)." These were addressed in a MOOC called Teaching for Change. More...
Les philosophes au chevet des entreprises.
Par Christian Voegtlin. Dans la Silicon Valley, les géants comme Google et Skype font dorénavant appel à des philosophes pour les aider à résoudre des questions fondamentales. Après les responsables du bonheur, les responsables éthiques et les philosophes font leurs premiers pas au sein des entreprises. Plus...
Usage, sens et signification
C’est devenu un lieu commun du vocabulaire des acteurs qui ambitionnent de réformer sans transformer les rapports sociaux : il conviendrait de « (re)donner du sens » à l’activité, singulièrement dans les domaines qui « font société ». Et l’on voit se multiplier les dispositifs d’accompagnement d’une telle donation de sens : référence à l’éthique, au bien commun, à la durabilité ; célébration des vertus de la pédagogie en politique, de la communication et du soft management dans les organisations ; cellules d’appui psychologique, etc. Plus...
Faire aimer la philosophie aux élèves est un véritable challenge !
« On peut faire aimer la philosophie par la philosophie. Il faut attirer par la philosophie elle-même et il n’y a pas besoin d’artifices. Il n’y a pas à ruser, à se rendre « sympa » ou à s’imposer façon coach. Il faut assurément une sensibilité à ce qui parle à un adolescent, à ce qui sera le meilleur départ, l’amènera à ce retour sur ses opinions qui est immédiatement personnel et engage. Plus...
What happens when you put African philosophies at the centre of learning
What happens when African philosophies and practices are placed at the centre of learning? How can teachers and students on the continent use the concepts of ubuntu (human interdependence) and ukama (relationality) to come up with homegrown solutions for societal and educational concerns?
These were two of the questions we sought to answer when we set up a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Teaching for Change. It was run jointly by Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Future-Learn, an initiative run by the Open University in the UK.
A MOOC is a course made available for free over the internet and can cater for thousands of people at once. More than 4000 people from around the world – most from the US, UK and a variety of African countries – took part in ours. More...