Tag Archives: Neuro-Philosophy

A Neurophilosophy of Fake News, Disinformation and Digital Citizenship

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Giorgio Bertini

While early fears of misuse of the Internet centered around small-time theft and the ensnaring of minors into inappropriate or dangerous activities, recent years—particularly since 2016—have demonstrated the profound political capacities of the Internet to manipulate popular opinion and influence … Continue reading →

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A Neurophilosophy of Big Data & Civil Liberties, and the Need for a New Social Contract

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

This is post three in a short-term series by Prof Nayef Al-Rodhan titled “Neurophilosophy of Governance, Power and Transformative Innovations.” This series provides neurophilosophical perspectives and multi-disciplinary analyses on topics related to power and political institutions, as well as on … Continue reading →

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A Neurophilosophy of global trans-cultural understanding

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

Philosophy of culture has a long history of reifying culture(s) in opposition to nature. This goes a long way back to the Greek Sophists. Hippias, one of the most famous representatives of the Sophist movement described human institutions and customs … Continue reading →

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A Neurophilosophy of Power and Constitutionalism

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

With this post, the Blog of the APA is beginning a new short-term series by Prof Nayef Al-Rodhan titled “Neurophilosophy of Governance, Power and Transformative Innovations.” This series provides neurophilosophical perspectives and multi-disciplinary analyses on topics related to power and … Continue reading →

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A Neurophilosophy of Divisive Politics, Inequality and Disempowerment

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

If journalists, pundits, academics, and commentators of all stripes can agree on anything, it is that our current times are characterized by extraordinarily divisive politics. In the public domain, an entire vocabulary has been developed and elaborated in the service … Continue reading →

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A Neuro-Philosophy of History: “Sustainable History”; with Dignity, and without Directionality

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

Philosophies of history tend to assume one form or another of directionality. For an important number of philosophers, History has been understood to have a definite trajectory, moving forward to some specified end-state. These end-states have varied, from idealized conceptions … Continue reading →

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A Neuro-Philosophy of Dignity-Based Governance

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

The duality mind-body has ancient roots in philosophy, most notably with Plato, Descartes, and others. In dualism, the mind and body are contrasted as two are different realms. However, the interaction between them has been approached from different philosophical perspectives. … Continue reading →

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A Neuro-Philosophy of Human Nature: Emotional Amoral Egoism and the Five Motivators of Humankind

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

In 1893, at an event in Oxford, biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (and staunch supporter of Darwin’s ideas – support which earned him the nickname “Darwin’s bulldog”) laid out his theory of human nature and morality. His theory posited that the … Continue reading →