Serving ‘a Male Philosophy’? *Elizabeth Costello*’s Feminism and Coetzee’s Dialogues with Joyce

Feminism, ecology and the philosophy of economics

The contemporary discipline of economics pays little heed to either the natural environment or to the work of women. A review of the literature on the historical development of western concepts of self and science shows that this is not coincidental. Rather than suggesting that ecological economics reinforce the identification of women with nature, however, feminist thought suggests that dualis...

Democratizing Taste: Scottish Common Sense Philosophy and Elizabeth Hamilton

a comparison of teachers and supervisors, with respect to teacher efficacy and reflection

supervisors play an undeniable role in training teachers, before starting their professional experience by preparing them, at the initial years of their teaching by checking their work within the proper framework, and later on during their teaching by assessing their progress. but surprisingly, exploring their attributes, professional demands, and qualifications has remained a neglected theme i...

Philosophy, Art and Critique: A (short) conversation with the “other”

The article sketches a nexus between philosophy, art (poetry) and critique with a particular emphasis on the contribution of classical Muslim philosophers. At the same time, it demonstrates how luminaries such as Omar Khayyam and Ibn Sina, contributed to the renewal of philosophy as a freedom seeking exercise and as a means to pursue happiness through knowledge. In the second&nbs...

[Forthcoming in R. Joyce (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Evolution and Philosophy] Evolution and information: An overview

Many biological processes appear to involve the storing, transmission, and processing of information. Heredity is often conceptualized as the transfer of information from parents to offspring and development as the expression of that information. Information also figures at higher levels of the biological hierarchy, e.g., in animal communication and individual decision-making. Evolutionary biol...