“We think philosophy is due an ethos change; one where the myth of the ‘lone genius’ is dispelled and where co-authoring is both encouraged and acknowledged.”
@ninokadic@philosophy@academicchatter i wonder how much of the co-authorship has to do with necessity of co-authorship (rather than choice) 1. less positions available for philosophers 2. increase in breadth/depth of fields of study 3. increase in education i.e. as higher number of postdocs, where, 60 years ago a postdoc was not as common to secure a faculty position.
i feel like looking at potential confounding factors would be best to get a good idea
@ninokadic@philosophy@academicchatter Oh maybe an (in)dependent or another factor to look at would be the number of people thanked in like a published work? like in the acknowledgement section, if say for major works of philosophers, the number of people acknowledged increased (say the geographic/institutions were different)
Piero Sraffa, he Wittgenstein, Keynes, etc. were part of the cafeteria group it was proximate, how would the modern equivalent look?
The English translation of Alexandre Kojève’s posthumously published book on Kant was due to appear with Verso in May 2024. Now the order page for the English version of the book has disappeared from the Penguin Random House website, and Amazon lists January 2026 as publication date for the translation. Does anyone know what has happened? @philosophy@intellectualhistory@histodons
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"This argument has three independent layers or sub-arguments. The first is that slavery violates natural rights. The second is that moral laws such as the principles of equity and piety oppose slavery, or at least severely limit the permissible actions toward slaves. The third and final layer is that slavery can at most be justified if the slave is permanently incapable of conducting herself well."