Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology,hermeneutics,and existentialism. He is often considered to be among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th century.
Charles Margrave Taylor is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal,Quebec,and professor emeritus at McGill University best known for his contributions to political philosophy,the philosophy of social science,the history of philosophy,and intellectual history. His work has earned him the Kyoto Prize,the Templeton Prize,the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy,and the John W. Kluge Prize.
Hans Jonas was a German-born American Jewish philosopher. From 1955 to 1976 he was the Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
John David Caputo is an American philosopher who is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. Caputo is a major figure associated with postmodern Christianity and continental philosophy of religion,as well as the founder of the theological movement known as weak theology. Much of Caputo's work focuses on hermeneutics,phenomenology,deconstruction,and theology.
George Parkin Grant was a Canadian philosopher,university professor and social critic. He is known for his Canadian nationalism,a political conservatism that affirms the values of community,equality and justice and his critical,philosophical analysis of the social and political effects of limitless technological progress. As a practising Christian,Grant conceived of time as the moving image of an eternal order illuminated by love.
Neo-Luddism or new Luddism is a philosophy opposing many forms of modern technology. The term Luddite is generally used as a pejorative applied to people showing technophobic leanings. The name is based on the historical legacy of the English Luddites,who were active between 1811 and 1817. While the original Luddites were mostly concerned with the economic implications of improving technology in regards to industrialization,neo-Luddites tend to have a broader and more holistic distrust of technological improvement.
Environmental philosophy is the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the natural environment and humans' place within it. It asks crucial questions about human environmental relations such as "What do we mean when we talk about nature?" "What is the value of the natural,that is non-human environment to us,or in itself?" "How should we respond to environmental challenges such as environmental degradation,pollution and climate change?" "How can we best understand the relationship between the natural world and human technology and development?" and "What is our place in the natural world?" Environmental philosophy includes environmental ethics,environmental aesthetics,ecofeminism,environmental hermeneutics,and environmental theology. Some of the main areas of interest for environmental philosophers are:
Ontotheology means the ontology of God and/or the theology of being. While the term was first used by Immanuel Kant,it has only come into broader philosophical parlance with the significance it took for Martin Heidegger's later thought. While,for Heidegger,the term is used to critique the whole tradition of 'Western metaphysics',much recent scholarship has sought to question whether 'ontotheology' developed at a certain point in the metaphysical tradition,with many seeking to equate the development of 'ontotheological' thinking with the development of modernity,and Duns Scotus often being cited as the first 'ontotheologian'.
David Robert Loy is an American scholar and author,and teacher in the Sanbo Zen lineage of Japanese Zen Buddhism.
Douglas Kellner is an American academic who works at the intersection of "third-generation" critical theory in the tradition of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research,or Frankfurt School,and in cultural studies in the tradition of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies,or the "Birmingham School". He has argued that these two conflicting philosophies are in fact compatible. He is currently the George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California,Los Angeles.
Criticism of technology is an analysis of adverse impacts of industrial and digital technologies. It is argued that,in all advanced industrial societies,technology becomes a means of domination,control,and exploitation,or more generally something which threatens the survival of humanity. Some of the technology opposed by the most radical critics may include everyday household products,such as refrigerators,computers,and medication. However,criticism of technology comes in many shades.
David Edward Cooper is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Durham University.
Deep ecology is an environmental philosophy that promotes the inherent worth of all living beings regardless of their instrumental utility to human needs,and the restructuring of modern human societies in accordance with such ideas.
Integral theory as developed by Ken Wilber is a synthetic metatheory aiming to unify a broad spectrum of Western theories and models and Eastern meditative traditions within a singular conceptual framework. The basis is the concept of a 'spectrum of consciousness' that ranges from archaic consciousness to the highest form of spiritual consciousness,depicting it as an evolutionary developmental model. This model incorporates stages of development as described in structural developmental stage theories,encompassing a variety of psychic and supernatural experiences,as well as models of spiritual growth.
Michael Adrian Peters is a New Zealand education academic. He is currently a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University and Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Fred Reinhard Dallmayr is an American philosopher and political theorist. He is Packey J. Dee Professor Emeritus in Political Science with a joint appointment in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (US). He holds a Doctor of Law from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich,and a PhD in political science from Duke University. He is the author of some 40 books and the editor of 20 other books. He has served as president of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP);an advisory member of the scientific committee of RESET –Dialogue on Civilizations (Rome);the executive co-chair of World Public Forum –Dialogue of Civilizations (Vienna),and a member of the supervisory board of the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute (Berlin).
The following is a bibliography of John D. Caputo's works. Caputo is an American philosopher closely associated with postmodern Christianity.
Ian Henderson Angus is an interdisciplinary philosopher and social critic who writes on continental philosophy,Canadian studies,communication theory,social movements,ecological thought,and the university.
Iain D. Thomson is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico (UNM). He is a well-known expert on Martin Heidegger.
David Kleinberg-Levin is an American philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. He is known for his works on 19th and 20th century continental European philosophy. His primary focus,influenced in part by Friedrich Schiller,is the formation of an approach to morality and ethical life with an emphasis on perception and sensibility. In 2005,he retired as Professor Emeritus from Northwestern University.
