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Research paper thumbnail of The Ontological Argument from Descartes to Hegel

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Research paper thumbnail of Die Freiheit muss erst errungen werden

Berliner Zeitung, 2023

Februar ist Black History Month. Seit 1990 wird er auch in Deutschland begangen. Hier reichen die... more Februar ist Black History Month. Seit 1990 wird er auch in Deutschland begangen. Hier reichen die Wurzeln der afrodiasporischen Community bis ins 17. Jahrhundert zurück. Doch sowohl in öffentlichen als auch in akademischen Diskursen fehlt es oftmals an Bewusstsein darüber, wie und auf welch vielfältige Weise Schwarze Geschichte und die Geschichte der deutschen Mehrheitsgesellschaft verflochten sind. Dies wurde unter anderem in der Debatte über das Verhältnis des Holocaust-Gedenkens zur Erinnerung an die deutschen Kolonialverbrechen problematisiert, die die Berliner Zeitung in den vergangenen zwei Jahren begleitet hat. Dieser Essay versucht, einen Kernaspekt jener Thematik zu erhellen: das komplexe Verhältnis, in dem zahlreiche Schwarze Denker:innen zu einem der wichtigsten deutschen Philosophen stehen: G.W.F. Hegel.

Research paper thumbnail of Köppen, Friedrich (1775–1858)

The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers

Research paper thumbnail of Maass, Johann Gebhard Ehrenreich (1766–1823)

Research paper thumbnail of Timothy S. Yoder , Hume on God: Irony, Deism and Genuine Theism . Reviewed by

Philosophy in review, 2009

Timothy S. Yoder, Hume on God: Irony, Deism and Genuine Theism Reviewed by.

Research paper thumbnail of Mogens Laerke, Justin Smith, and Eric Schliesser, eds. , Philosophy and its History: Aims and Methods in the Study of Early Modern Philosophy . Reviewed by

Philosophy in review, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel's Defense of the Ontological Argument for the Existence of God

Research paper thumbnail of Abel, Jakob Friedrich von (1751–1829)

The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers

Research paper thumbnail of Zwanziger, Johann Christian (1723–1808)

Research paper thumbnail of The Ontological Argument from Descartes to Hegel

Introduction: An Episode in the History of an Argument Proof & Perception: The Context of the Arg... more Introduction: An Episode in the History of an Argument Proof & Perception: The Context of the Argumentum Cartesianum Refutations of Atheism: Ontological Arguments in English Philosophy, 1652-1705 Being & Intuition: Malebranche's Appropriation of the Argument An Adequate Conception: The Argument in Spinoza's Philosophy Ontological Arguments in Leibniz & the German Enlightenment Kant's Systematic Critique of the Ontological Argument Hegel's Reconstruction of the Argument Glossary of Terms, Arguments & Positions Index.

Research paper thumbnail of Fischhaber, Gottlob Christian Friedrich (1779–1829)

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel on the Proofs and Personhood of God: Studies in Hegel's Logic and Philosophy of Religion by Robert R. Williams (review)

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel in the Americas: Interpretive Assimilation and the Anticolonial Argument

This essay criticizes some strategies of Hegel scholarship, especially the non-metaphysical schoo... more This essay criticizes some strategies of Hegel scholarship, especially the non-metaphysical school and its recent metaphysical successor. My main claim is that these approaches are rhetorically opaque, and thus vulnerable to a certain anticolonial argument. In place of these strategies, I recommend and illustrate a more historically perspicuous approach that is sensitive to concerns about the role of European philosophy in the Americas.

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel on Possibility, Dialectics, Contradiction, and Modality by Nahum Brown

Research paper thumbnail of White Racial Literacy and Racial Dexterity

Educational Theory

This essay presents racial literacy and racial dexterity as educational desiderata, especially fo... more This essay presents racial literacy and racial dexterity as educational desiderata, especially for white students. Racial literacy is defined as the ability to recognize and interpret racial nuances in real social engagements. Racial dexterity is defined as the ability to engage successfully with diverse racial contexts. After defining racial literacy and racial dexterity, Kevin Harrelson analyzes these skills by contrasting them with racial naivety and racial anxiety. He argues that transitioning from naivety to literacy, and from anxiety to dexterity, requires treating cross-racial interactions as key learning events.

Research paper thumbnail of Ontological Argument

The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Paolo Diego Bubbio, God and the Self in Hegel: Beyond Subjectivism

Research paper thumbnail of Graham Oppy, editor: Ontological arguments

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

Research paper thumbnail of White Imagination in Search of a Canon

Research paper thumbnail of Intention and Empathy

Philosophical Psychology, 2020

This essay challenges some assumptions of prevalent theories of empathy. The empathizer, accordin... more This essay challenges some assumptions of prevalent theories of empathy. The empathizer, according to these theories, must have an emotion or a representation that matches the recipient’s emotion or representation. I argue that these conditions fail to account for important cases, namely surrogate and out-group empathy. In the course of this argument, I isolate some conceptual difficulties in extant models of cognitive empathy. In place of the matching theories,I propose an indexical model that (1) distinguishes virtual from real self-reference and (2) replaces self–other distinctions with an epistemic condition. According to this account, empathy occurs when we index an intention to another person about whom we have the relevant knowledge or understanding.

Research paper thumbnail of The Ontological Argument from Descartes to Hegel

Research paper thumbnail of Die Freiheit muss erst errungen werden

Berliner Zeitung, 2023

Februar ist Black History Month. Seit 1990 wird er auch in Deutschland begangen. Hier reichen die... more Februar ist Black History Month. Seit 1990 wird er auch in Deutschland begangen. Hier reichen die Wurzeln der afrodiasporischen Community bis ins 17. Jahrhundert zurück. Doch sowohl in öffentlichen als auch in akademischen Diskursen fehlt es oftmals an Bewusstsein darüber, wie und auf welch vielfältige Weise Schwarze Geschichte und die Geschichte der deutschen Mehrheitsgesellschaft verflochten sind. Dies wurde unter anderem in der Debatte über das Verhältnis des Holocaust-Gedenkens zur Erinnerung an die deutschen Kolonialverbrechen problematisiert, die die Berliner Zeitung in den vergangenen zwei Jahren begleitet hat. Dieser Essay versucht, einen Kernaspekt jener Thematik zu erhellen: das komplexe Verhältnis, in dem zahlreiche Schwarze Denker:innen zu einem der wichtigsten deutschen Philosophen stehen: G.W.F. Hegel.

Research paper thumbnail of Köppen, Friedrich (1775–1858)

The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers

Research paper thumbnail of Maass, Johann Gebhard Ehrenreich (1766–1823)

Research paper thumbnail of Timothy S. Yoder , Hume on God: Irony, Deism and Genuine Theism . Reviewed by

Philosophy in review, 2009

Timothy S. Yoder, Hume on God: Irony, Deism and Genuine Theism Reviewed by.

Research paper thumbnail of Mogens Laerke, Justin Smith, and Eric Schliesser, eds. , Philosophy and its History: Aims and Methods in the Study of Early Modern Philosophy . Reviewed by

Philosophy in review, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel's Defense of the Ontological Argument for the Existence of God

Research paper thumbnail of Abel, Jakob Friedrich von (1751–1829)

The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers

Research paper thumbnail of Zwanziger, Johann Christian (1723–1808)

Research paper thumbnail of The Ontological Argument from Descartes to Hegel

Introduction: An Episode in the History of an Argument Proof & Perception: The Context of the Arg... more Introduction: An Episode in the History of an Argument Proof & Perception: The Context of the Argumentum Cartesianum Refutations of Atheism: Ontological Arguments in English Philosophy, 1652-1705 Being & Intuition: Malebranche's Appropriation of the Argument An Adequate Conception: The Argument in Spinoza's Philosophy Ontological Arguments in Leibniz & the German Enlightenment Kant's Systematic Critique of the Ontological Argument Hegel's Reconstruction of the Argument Glossary of Terms, Arguments & Positions Index.

Research paper thumbnail of Fischhaber, Gottlob Christian Friedrich (1779–1829)

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel on the Proofs and Personhood of God: Studies in Hegel's Logic and Philosophy of Religion by Robert R. Williams (review)

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel in the Americas: Interpretive Assimilation and the Anticolonial Argument

This essay criticizes some strategies of Hegel scholarship, especially the non-metaphysical schoo... more This essay criticizes some strategies of Hegel scholarship, especially the non-metaphysical school and its recent metaphysical successor. My main claim is that these approaches are rhetorically opaque, and thus vulnerable to a certain anticolonial argument. In place of these strategies, I recommend and illustrate a more historically perspicuous approach that is sensitive to concerns about the role of European philosophy in the Americas.

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel on Possibility, Dialectics, Contradiction, and Modality by Nahum Brown

Research paper thumbnail of White Racial Literacy and Racial Dexterity

Educational Theory

This essay presents racial literacy and racial dexterity as educational desiderata, especially fo... more This essay presents racial literacy and racial dexterity as educational desiderata, especially for white students. Racial literacy is defined as the ability to recognize and interpret racial nuances in real social engagements. Racial dexterity is defined as the ability to engage successfully with diverse racial contexts. After defining racial literacy and racial dexterity, Kevin Harrelson analyzes these skills by contrasting them with racial naivety and racial anxiety. He argues that transitioning from naivety to literacy, and from anxiety to dexterity, requires treating cross-racial interactions as key learning events.

Research paper thumbnail of Ontological Argument

The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Paolo Diego Bubbio, God and the Self in Hegel: Beyond Subjectivism

Research paper thumbnail of Graham Oppy, editor: Ontological arguments

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

Research paper thumbnail of White Imagination in Search of a Canon

Research paper thumbnail of Intention and Empathy

Philosophical Psychology, 2020

This essay challenges some assumptions of prevalent theories of empathy. The empathizer, accordin... more This essay challenges some assumptions of prevalent theories of empathy. The empathizer, according to these theories, must have an emotion or a representation that matches the recipient’s emotion or representation. I argue that these conditions fail to account for important cases, namely surrogate and out-group empathy. In the course of this argument, I isolate some conceptual difficulties in extant models of cognitive empathy. In place of the matching theories,I propose an indexical model that (1) distinguishes virtual from real self-reference and (2) replaces self–other distinctions with an epistemic condition. According to this account, empathy occurs when we index an intention to another person about whom we have the relevant knowledge or understanding.

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel in the Americas: Interpretive Assimilation and the Anticolonial Argument

Hegel in the America, 2019

ABTRACT: This essay criticizes some strategies of Hegel scholarship, especially the non-metaphysi... more ABTRACT: This essay criticizes some strategies of Hegel scholarship, especially the non-metaphysical school and its recent metaphysical successor. My main claim is that these approaches are rhetorically opaque, and thus vulnerable to a certain anticolonial argument. In place of these strategies, I recommend and illustrate a more historically perspicuous approach that is sensitive to concerns about the role of European philosophy in the Americas.

Research paper thumbnail of Philosophy and Its History (ed.,Laerke, Schliesser, Smith)

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel's Critique of Kant (Review)

Research paper thumbnail of Ontological Proofs Today (Review)

Research paper thumbnail of Models of History (Review)

Research paper thumbnail of Kant and the Early Moderns (review

Journal of The History of Philosophy, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Hegel, Idealism, and Analytic Philosophy (review

Journal of The History of Philosophy, 2006