What is Stoic Pragmatism? Stoic pragmatism, a term coined and promoted by John Lachs, is a theory and practice of the good life both in social and individual contexts. It uses, as its two main sources for inspiration, American pragmatism (including Santayana, whose links with pragmatism are detectable at some points) and the ethics of Stoicism in conviction that such a combination "provides a better attitude to life than either of the two views alone" (Lachs 2012, 42). Stoic pragmatism … [Read more...]
Berlin Forum’s Members’ New Book
We are happy to announce that the prestigious publishing house, Brill (Leiden-Boston), has just published The Life of Reason in an Age of Terrorism, co- edited by the members of Berlin Forum (Charles Padrón and Chris Skowoński). The idea of the book was born during the international conference organized by Berlin Forum in 2016 (special thanks for organizing the event should go to the chair, Maja Niestroj, to the event manager, Karolina Knopik, and to Berlin Forum's Schirmherr John Lachs … [Read more...]
Santayana: Platonism and the Spiritual Life
[[[00i]]] [cf2]BY THE SAME AUTHOR[cf1][ep [ep LITTLE ESSAYS THE LIFE OF REASON INTERPRETATIONS OF POETRY AND RELIGION THE SENSE OF BEAUTY CHARACTER AND OPINION IN THE UNITED STATES SOLILOQUIES IN ENGLAND AND LATER SOLILOQUIES SCEPTICISM AND ANIMAL FAITH DIALOGUES IN LIMBO POEMS [[[0ii]]] PLATONISM AND THE SPIRITUAL LIFE BY GEORGE SANTAYANA NEW … [Read more...]
Berlin Pragmatist Kant Conference
Above and below: Pragmatist Kant at Berlin Finnish Institute. An International conference (within the series of American and European Values-Berlin Edition) that took place on July 10-13, 2017. 30 speakers from the US and Europe discussed on various topics related to the future developments of the Kantian philosophical tradition and the pragmatist philosophical tradition. … [Read more...]
Skowroński and Marchetti on Pragmatist Kant
Chris Skowroński (Opole University/Berlin Practical Philosophy International Forum) talks to Sarin Marchetti (University of Sapienza, Rome, Italy) on the occasion of the Berlin Forum’s international conference they both co-organize at the Finnland Institut in Berlin (July 10-13, 2017). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzyPaHndkmQ&feature=youtu.be Professor Marchetti talks about his contribution to the Pragmatist Kant conference in Berlin. The title of his project is:“Kant, James, and … [Read more...]
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