Ciaran Cummins
@ciarancummins.bsky.social
Engagement Lead, Involve. Writing a book on public philosophy and the space for reflection in our lives: https://www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/
In case of confusion, the author was not writing at the time of the current Labour government! neweconomics.org/2003/04/we-t...
March 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
In case of confusion, the author was not writing at the time of the current Labour government! neweconomics.org/2003/04/we-t...
Should say, thanks @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social !
January 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Should say, thanks @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social !
(10) Finally, if you're curious about placing some of these ideas about reflection in the workplace in relation to wider questions about employer/employee dialogue, Cressey et al offer a good overview (albeit without attention to philosophy in work): www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/ij...
January 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
(10) Finally, if you're curious about placing some of these ideas about reflection in the workplace in relation to wider questions about employer/employee dialogue, Cressey et al offer a good overview (albeit without attention to philosophy in work): www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/ij...
(9) For those wanting to go deeper on the above, this is a great collection on applied ontology more generally: philarchive.org/rec/MUNAOA-2
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January 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
(9) For those wanting to go deeper on the above, this is a great collection on applied ontology more generally: philarchive.org/rec/MUNAOA-2
(8) For an overlooked example of the above, I'd suggest the field of disease ontology, which played an interesting (and important) role in our understanding of Covid-19, see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM3e....
Infectious Disease Ontology and COVID-19
YouTube video by Barry Smith
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January 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
(8) For an overlooked example of the above, I'd suggest the field of disease ontology, which played an interesting (and important) role in our understanding of Covid-19, see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM3e....
(7) Frodeman and Briggle's 'Socrated Tenured' is a touchstone for thinking about public philosophy in general, but its potted history of bioethics is great for understanding how explicitly philosophical work establishes itself outside of academia: rowman.com/ISBN/9781783...
Socrates Tenured: The Institutions of 21st-Century Philosophy
This book diagnoses a crisis facing philosophy – and the humanities more broadly – and sketches a path toward institutionalizing socially engaged approaches to philosophical research.
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January 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
(7) Frodeman and Briggle's 'Socrated Tenured' is a touchstone for thinking about public philosophy in general, but its potted history of bioethics is great for understanding how explicitly philosophical work establishes itself outside of academia: rowman.com/ISBN/9781783...
(6) Political scientist Daniel Drezner's 'The Ideas Industry' analyses the world of public intellectuals and 'thought leaders'. If, like me, the latter term bugs you to no end, you will enjoy Drezner's book: www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
The Ideas Industry
The public intellectual, as a person and ideal, has a long and storied history. Writing in venues like the New Republic and Commentary, such intellectuals were always expected to opine on a broad arra...
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January 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
(6) Political scientist Daniel Drezner's 'The Ideas Industry' analyses the world of public intellectuals and 'thought leaders'. If, like me, the latter term bugs you to no end, you will enjoy Drezner's book: www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
(5) More widely, political philosopher and mechanic Matthew Crawford's book 'Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work' is brilliant. This essay takes from the book: www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...
Shop Class as Soulcraft
Our rejection of craftsmanship wrongly ignores the cognitive, social, and remunerative rewards of skilled manual work, and wrongly assumes that white-collar work always engages the mind. Matthew B. Cr...
www.thenewatlantis.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
(5) More widely, political philosopher and mechanic Matthew Crawford's book 'Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work' is brilliant. This essay takes from the book: www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...
(4) And the UK-based Brennan Jacoby who runs Philosophy at Work: www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/brennan-jacoby
Brennan Jacoby | publiclifeofthemind
Brennan Jacoby is based in the UK and runs Philosophy at Work, which helps organisations "think their best".
I spoke to Brennan to learn about his experience of consulting people on how to integrate...
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January 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
(4) And the UK-based Brennan Jacoby who runs Philosophy at Work: www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/brennan-jacoby
(3) Beyond these, some further suggestions if you are curious! On my site, you'll find two further interviewees discussing philosophy in work: www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/todd-altschu.... (Todd's observations on explaining critical theory to the US tech industry feel timely!)
Todd Altschuler | publiclifeofthemind
The Public Life of the Mind spoke to Todd Altschuler about his distinctly philosophical consultation work outside of academia.
www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk
January 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
(3) Beyond these, some further suggestions if you are curious! On my site, you'll find two further interviewees discussing philosophy in work: www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/todd-altschu.... (Todd's observations on explaining critical theory to the US tech industry feel timely!)
(3) We'll also be looking at 'The Refusal of Work', by the sociologist David Frayne: www.google.co.uk/books/editio.... His survey of how alienation has developed is a good basis for thinking about the ways opportunities for reflection at work have been and curtailed still.
The Refusal of Work
Paid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies, yet today's work-centred world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy, spontaneity and com...
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January 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
(3) We'll also be looking at 'The Refusal of Work', by the sociologist David Frayne: www.google.co.uk/books/editio.... His survey of how alienation has developed is a good basis for thinking about the ways opportunities for reflection at work have been and curtailed still.