Berlin Practical Philosophy International Forum, e. V. in collaboration with Finnland Institut in Berlin Philosophical Society of Finland and Nordic Pragmatism Network organizes An International Conference within the American and European Values-Berlin Edition series Pragmatist Kant July 11-13, 2017, Berlin, Germany (preceded by a Student Seminars Day on July 10) at Finnland Institut, Georgenstraße 24, 10117 Berlin We wish to thank Finnland Institut in Berlin for help and … [Read more...]
Pragmatist Bioethics in John Lachs’s Perspective: an Outline
Chris Skowroński, Opole University, Poland/Berlin Forum, Germany There have always been controversies over the practicality of philosophy even when given authors claimed in their books and lectures that philosophy and ethics are vitally important for the members of the public. Yet not always have they been convincing in their claims. For some audiences, academic philosophers seem to stay closed within the university rooms and heard by hardly anybody else than the students and other … [Read more...]
Letter From John Lachs
Below is a letter from John Lachs, our “Schirmherrschaft," to the members of Berlin Forum: John Lachs, Philosophy Department at Vanderbilt University Nashville, February 21, 2016 To Members of the Berlin Practical Philosophy International Forum e.V,: When philosophy moved into the modern knowledge-factory, it lost its way. Instead of offering visions of the whole of things and itself as a guide to life, it looked for fulfillment in abstractions. It seems to … [Read more...]
Phil Oliver, Immediacy and the Future
“Parents are betting on their children, and their children after them, and theirs… If you don’t believe in the future, unreservedly and dreamily… I don’t see how you can have children.” Michael Chabon “One thing that makes us unique as a species is that for the last five or ten thousand years we have been the beneficiaries of conscious planning by our parents and cultures. Today we are actively concerning ourselves with what the world is going to be like in the future. We have strong beliefs … [Read more...]
John Lachs: Meddling
MEDDLING John Lachs Vanderbilt University The great pleasures of life---try sex, food and money---are as nothing compared with the delight of running other people’s lives. Making others think and feel and do what we want affords a rush of satisfaction. People measure their significance by their power over others. … [Read more...]
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