A companion to public philosophy / edited by Lee McIntyre, Nancy McHugh, Ian Olasov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McHugh, Nancy Arden, editor.

Olasov, Ian, editor.

McIntyre, Lee C., editor.

Series:

Blackwell Companions to Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Social aspects.

Philosophy.

Ethics--Social aspects.

Ethics.

Applied ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, [2022]

Summary:

"Will have appeal to a very diverse range of philosophers, across all traditional branches of philosophy (nearly all major areas are covered). Combines substantive philosophical work on the various philosophical areas, with detailed methodological work, and introductory chapters exploring the nature of public philosophy per se"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Foreword

Part I Public Philosophy and Its Problems

Chapter 1 What Is Public Philosophy?

Notes

Chapter 2 The Professionalization of Philosophy: From Athens to the APA and Beyond

1 From Socrates to Kant: Pre-professional Public Philosophy

2 The Discipline and the Professionalization of Philosophy

3 The Rise of Public Philosophy within and against the Disciplinary Matrix

References

Chapter 3 Rekindling Public Philosophy

Chapter 4 The Case Against Public Philosophy

1 The Case Against Academic Philosophy

2 Amateur Philosophy as a Good in Itself

3 The Problem of Expertise

4 Public Philosophy as Professional Philosophy

5 Conclusion

Chapter 5 The Value of Public Philosophy

1 Why Public Philosophy?

2 The Value of Public Philosophy to the Public

2.1 Classification

2.2 Criticism

2.3 Translation

2.4 Expansion

2.5 Reflection

2.6 Normativity

3 The Value of Public Philosophy to Philosophers

4 The Value of Public Philosophy to Universities

Acknowledgments

Part II Locations and Impacts

Chapter 6 Feminist Bioethics as Public Practice1

1 The Emergence of Feminist Bioethics

2 Relational Autonomy

3 Standpoint Theory

4 Intersectionality

5 The Black Mamas Matter Alliance

6 Concluding Thoughts

Chapter 7 Disability, Bioethics, and the Duty to Do Public Philosophy During a Global Pandemic

1 Introduction

2 Disability, Illness, and Systemic Discrimination in Triage Protocols

3 Ethical Reasons

4 Epistemic Reasons

5 Prudential Reasons

6 Conclusion

Chapter 8 Philosophy in Public Life in the Latin American and Latinx Traditions: Mexico and Argentina

1 Introduction.

2 Public Philosophy in Mexico

3 Public Philosophy in Argentina

Conclusion

Chapter 9 Africana Public Philosophy and Its Critique of Anti-Black Propaganda

1 Anti-Black Propaganda in Slavery and the Historical Antecedents of Africana Public Philosophy

2 Contemporary Violence and the Public's Reaction to Africana Public Philosophy

Chapter 10 Earth - A Place for Indigenous Solutions1

It Is Time to Enact Indigenous Solutions

1. Hit'é: We Speak from a Place of Powerful Spirit

2. Nowe: Power Plus Place Equals Personality

3. NoKa: The Miseducative Nature vs. Culture Dichotomy

4. Tala: A Reconstruction of the Old Ways

5. Tc'wahe: We Live Among Relatives, Not Resources

6. Ichu: Promoting Systems of Life-Enhancement

7. Laxdju: Beauty Resides in the Difficult Work of Difference

Ôk'ajU TahA Ôk'âfâTA: (Together We Can Move It Forward!)

Chapter 11 Public Reasoning About the Good Life

1 What Is the Good Life?

2 Happiness: The Empirical Evidence

3 The Challenges of Public Philosophizing About the Good Life

4 Different Approaches to Public Philosophizing About the Good Life

Chapter 12 Public Philosophy, Sustainability, and Environmental Problems

1 Environmental Ethicists' Crisis of Conscience

2 Wellsprings of Public Environmental Philosophy

2.1 Environmental Problems as Wicked Problems

2.2 Philosophical Problems in the Field

2.3 Environmental Problems in an Unjust World

3 The Watershed of Public Environmental Philosophy

Note

Chapter 13 Philosophy of Protest and Epistemic Activism

1 Protest, Silencing, and Epistemic Injustice Against Social Groups

1.1 Protest as a Complex Communicative Act and the Silencing of Protest

1.2 Three Kinds of Collective Epistemic Injustice.

2 Epistemic Activism

Chapter 14 Public Philosophy and Deliberative Practices

Introduction

1 The Co-emergence of Philosophy and Politics

2 Definitions of Deliberation

3 Models and Goals of Deliberative Practice

3.1 Deliberation as Critical Thinking

3.2 Epistemic Conceptions of Deliberation

3.3 Preference-based Models

3.4 The Discourse-Theoretical Model of Deliberation

3.5 Decentered Participatory Models of Deliberation

4 From Public Will to Public Policy

5 Concluding Thoughts

Chapter 15 Peace Literacy, Public Philosophy, and Peace Activism

2 Peace Literacy

3 The Interdependence of Peace Activism and Public Philosophy

3.1 Anti-Slavery

3.2 Anti-war Activism

3.3 Civil Rights

3.4 Rising Liberatory Movements

4 Conclusion

Chapter 16 Public Philosophy and Fat Activism

2 Mainstream Philosophical Work

3 Master Narratives and Counterstories

4 Counter-Storytelling and Fat Activism

Chapter 17 Public Philosophy in Effective Altruism

1 Effective Altruism and Its Intellectual Roots

2 Public Philosophy, Outreach and Engagement, and the Growth of Effective Altruism

3 Effective Altruism in Public Philosophical Debate

Chapter 18 Public Philosophy and Food: Foodies, Ethics, and Activism

2 Philosophy's Bland History with Food

3 Emerging "Foodies" and "Foodie-ism"

4 The Politicization of Foodie Culture

5 Philosophy and Animal Consumption

6 A Shared Meal between Animal Rights' Decolonial, Anti-Racist, and Feminist Movements

7 Factory Farming and Sustainability

8 The Future of Food

Chapter 19 Public Philosophy and Trans Activism.

1 "Activism" as Public Philosophy

2 Hot Takes as "Public Philosophy"

3 Dangers of the "Trans Activism" vs. "Public Philosophy" Dichotomy

Part III Modalities

Chapter 20 Popular Ethics in The Good Place and Beyond

Chapter 21 Welcome to Voice Land: Public Philosophy on the Radio

Why Public Philosophy?

Why the Radio?

Navigating Voice Land

A Sampling of Contemporary Philosophy on the Radio

New Frontiers on the New Frontier

The State of Voice Land

Chapter 22 Public Philosophy Through Film

Scene 1: Detecting Semblances in Nolan's Memento

Scene 2: Avowed and Disavowed Beliefs in Behind the Curve, American History X, and American Psycho

Scene 3: Learning to Die So That One Can Live: Fight Club, The Ruins, and Malcolm X

Conclusion: A Cinematic Public Philosophy to Come

Chapter 23 Say What? Talking Philosophy with the Public

1 Getting Started

2 Writing Up Your Talk

3 Delivering Your Talk

4 Q &amp

A

5 The Exit

Chapter 24 Public Philosophy and Popular Culture

1 How and Why It Started

2 Different Approaches

3 Part of the Problem

4 Money

5 Getting Involved

6 Does It Count?

7 A Conclusion about the Future

Chapter 25 Public Philosophy Through Narrative

1 Storytelling and the Problem of Vagueness

2 The Design of Nonfiction

3 The Enlightenment of Alison Gopnik

4 Truth, Justification, and Narrative Storytelling

Chapter 26 Philosophy Podcasting

1 A Variety of Formats

2 Philosophy as Spoken Word

3 Diversity

4 Podcasting and Professional Philosophy

Chapter 27 Philosophical Spaces1

2 Clarifications

3 Facilitating Philosophy.

3.1 Domain-General Cognitive Facilitation

3.2 Domain-Specific Cognitive Facilitation

3.3 Affective Facilitation

3.4 Relational Facilitation

4 Opportunities

4.1 Participation

4.2 Scale

4.3 Interstitiality

4.4 The Discursive Norms of Philosophy

5 Challenges

5.1 The Problem of Rapport

5.2 The Problem of Urban Social Psychology

5.3 The Problem of the Outsider

Chapter 28 Philosophy in Nature as a Kind of Public Philosophy

2 My Path to Public Philosophy in Nature

3 The Tour

3.1 Setting the Scene

3.2 Dialogue

4 Challenges and Rewards

Chapter 29 Philosophical Counseling

1 Philosophical Counseling as a Mode of Philosophical Practice

2 What Philosophical Counselors Do

3 The Relationship between Philosophical Counseling and Psychotherapy

4 Guidance to Aspiring Philosophical Counselors

Chapter 30 The Transformative Power of Community Engaged Teaching

1 Domains and Dynamics

2 Remembering and Understanding

3 Lessons and Legacies

Chapter 31 Philosophy Through Memes

1 Philosophy. Through. Memes.

2 Bricolage

3 Ownership

Part IV Collaborators

Chapter 32 Philosophy for Children

1 History of Philosophy for Children

2 Methods for Doing Philosophy for Children

3 Philosophical Sensitivity and the Purposes of Philosophy for Children

4 Recognition by the Academy and by Schools

5 Epistemic Injustice and the Philosophical Recognition of Young People

6 Social Inequalities and Reaching All Young People

7 Philosophy of Childhood

8 Conclusion

Chapter 33 Public Philosophy in Prisons

2 Epistemic Injustice and Critical Pedagogy.

3 The Narratization of the Oppressed.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781119635253

111963525X

9781119635239

1119635233

OCLC:

1296691463