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Monday, July 8, 2019

Philosophy without borders: our latest posts, 8-15 july 2019.

PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS, which is home-based on Patreon, here—  
www.patreon.com/philosophywithoutborders
is an open-source, open-minded forum for sharing original philosophy,  
produced by critically thoughtful, insightful, reflective people for  
other critically thoughtful, insightful, reflective people, with no  
restraints on what form the philosophy may take; and with no  
restriction by borders or boundaries of any kind, be they restrictions  
inherent in schools of thought, educational institutions, states or  
national boundaries, or legal or moral systems.

Here’s our blog, AGAINST PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY—
https://againstprofphil.org/

Here are the latest posts on our blog—

Why The Leiter Report’s Professional Academic Philosophy Rankings Are  
Misguided, Misleading, And Mistaken.
https://againstprofphil.org/2019/07/08/why-the-leiter-reports-professional-academic-philosophy-rankings-are-misguided-misleading-and-mistaken/

The Mind-Body Politic: Born On The Fourth Of July.
https://againstprofphil.org/2019/07/04/the-mind-body-politic-born-on-the-fourth-of-july/

On Reading Philosophy: The Musical.
https://againstprofphil.org/2019/07/03/on-reading-philosophy-the-musical/

On Reading Philosophy: The Essay.
https://againstprofphil.org/2019/07/01/on-reading-philosophy-the-essay/

And here are our two journals—

BORDERLESS PHILOSOPHY
https://www.cckp.space/

CONTEMPORARY STUDIES IN KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY
https://www.cckp.space/

PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS assumes universal enfranchisement and  
emancipation as a goal, so that all people may participate in the  
generation and discussion of philosophy. Its only requirement is that  
the cultural products shared, whether they may be philosophy in the  
strict sense, being the continuation world’s history of philosophy  
from all parts, including western and eastern or any other philosophy;  
or whether they be other thought provoking cultural products including  
conversations, serious or humorous writing, the visual arts, crafts,  
multimedia, and future art, so long as they contain real philosophical  
thinking.

By “real philosophical thinking,” we mean thinking that is unhindered  
and not self-censored by subservience to any so-called philosophical  
authority or canon, aimed at least in some way at generating,  
elucidating or commenting on philosophical ideas; and respectful of  
the assumed universal enfranchisement and emancipation of all people  
and therefore communicating in a spirit of love, peace, and  
understanding – not hate, conflict, or vilification.

PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS belongs to a radical phase in the  
philosophical project that flowered in the period of western culture  
which has become known  as the Age of Enlightenment,  occurring mostly  
in Europe during the 18th century. The ideas of the Enlightenment  
undermined the authority of the monarchy, church, and state, paving  
the way for subsequent emancipatory political revolutions in the cause  
of freedom from oppression of any kind. Radically enlightened  
philosophers have existed in all cultures and all ages, readily  
recognised by their support of unrestricted reason and universal  
respect for human dignity as the two primary vehicles for creating  
understanding real and imagined worlds, and for disseminating the idea  
that disputes and conflicts can be resolved or avoided by means of the  
search for logically-guided, evidence-based truth rather than personal  
beliefs, creeds, mysticisms, or other oppressive, mind-enslaving  
ideological constructs.

PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS is a safe haven for thinkers to explore and  
warn against the incursions against radical enlightenment by abuses of  
greed, power, control, oppression, obedience, censorship, hate,  
derision, bullying, xenophobia, nationalism, feudalism, group-think,  
enforced zeitgeists, and other crimes against and limitations of  
humanity. PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS in this sense can be thought of  
Enlightenment Redux, not just a passing phase, but the underlying  
principles of all humane activity. Radical enlightenment opposes  
oppression by complacency, stupidity, and evil, which persist all  
around the world, not only in despotic regimes, but also in supposedly  
enlightened ones, mostly as a result of an obsession with  
self-interested competition and the possession of coercive power,  
rather than on mutual aid and constructive cooperation as the bases  
for rational human activity.

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Again, PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS is home-based on Patreon, here—
https://www.patreon.com/philosophywithoutborders

Please consider becoming a patron!
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Sunday, July 7, 2019

NAKS business meeting at Oslo Kant Kongress.



North American Kant Society 

Dear David McDonald,




A member alerted me to the fact that the last newsletter did not include an official announcement of the upcoming International Kant Kongress, to be held in Oslo August 6-9, hosted by the Norwegian Kant Society. Most who are participating in the conference -- and we have great representation on the program! -- will have received the program. But in case you have not so far seen it, please see here:

Please note also that included in the program is a business meeting for NAKS, on Thursday August 8 during the lunch break. I will circulate an agenda for that meeting, together with supporting documents, closer to the time of the Kongress. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wish to suggest a topic to be discussed. I hope to see everyone there.
Best wishes, 

Rachel Zuckert
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Saturday, July 6, 2019

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We just won the largest state consumer protection trial award in history. BOB FERGUSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF WASHINGTON.

David,

Washingtonians have entrusted me with the responsibility to protect their rights as the people’s lawyer -- which is why I stand up to powerful corporations, like Comcast, when their actions cheat the people of our state.

We recently secured the largest ever trial judgment in a state consumer protection case after a judge ruled that Comcast violated Washington’s Consumer Protection Act more than 445,000 times.

In 2016, I became the first Attorney General in the country to challenge Comcast for charging deceptive fees. We listened to the Washingtonians who told us they’d been signed up to Comcast’s Service Protection Plan without their consent, and were being billed $5 per month for a service they never ordered.

Ultimately, we learned that tens of thousands of Washingtonians did not consent to the additional fees. Money was going directly out of their accounts and into Comcast’s deep pockets.

At every turn, Comcast and its army of corporate lawyers attempted to evade responsibility for their actions. I'm proud of the hard work my team put into winning this case on behalf of the people of Washington State. This is why I more than doubled the size of Washington’s Consumer Protection Unit -- to protect every dollar earned by hardworking Washingtonians.

Comcast will pay a $9.1 million penalty plus full restitution (including interest) to affected Washingtonians in the largest ever trial award in a state consumer protection case.

Through this victory, we have once again demonstrated that when we stand up to the world’s largest corporations in court for harming the people of our state, we win.

Bob



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