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    Improv to improve: the importance of philosophy in the university

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    Stevenson, K. (2016) 'Improv to improve: the importance of philosophy in the university', Sociedad Española de Fenomenología, 13, 193-216, available: https://doi.org/10.5944/rif.13.2016.
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    2016
    Author
    Stevenson, Kevin
    Peer Reviewed
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    Stevenson, K. (2016) 'Improv to improve: the importance of philosophy in the university', Sociedad Española de Fenomenología, 13, 193-216, available: https://doi.org/10.5944/rif.13.2016.
    Abstract
    The status of philosophy is contingent upon the civilizations that embrace or undermine its importance. Such status is never fully understood, nor clear, due in part to its inutility. In a goal-oriented world, philosophizing is pointless if it does not produce material results. One point of philosophy though is not only to recognize, but promote activities which are uniquely human and which therefore artificial intelligence could not possibly simulate. Improvisation, as one such activity, can reveal the importance of philosophy as a discipline by maintaining the relevance of subjectivity. In order to justify the presence of philosophy in the university, one important way is to have philosophy maintain the notion that the mental cannot be reduced to the material or physical. Consequently, phenomenology in philosophy’s defense becomes more relevant the more we realize that philosophy is threatened by the interdependency of materialism, A.I. research, and the corporatization of the university.
    Keywords
    Improvisation
    Materialism
    Phenomenology
    Reductionism
    Language (ISO 639-3)
    eng
    Publisher
    Sociedad Española de Fenomenología
    Rights
    Open Access
    License URI
    https://revistas.uned.es/index.php/rif/issue/view/1451
    DOI
    10.5944/rif.13.2016
    URI
    https://dspace.mic.ul.ie/handle/10395/3314
    ISSN
    1885-1088
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