Open Philosophy

ISSNs: 2543-8875, 2543-8875

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    What Do Science and Historical Denialists Deny – If Any – When Addressing Certainties in Wittgenstein’s Sense?Jose Maria Ariso - 2025 - Open Philosophy 8 (1):386-97.
    In this article, I show that, when denialists attempt to deny a certainty in Wittgenstein’s sense, they do not even deny anything at all because they are articulating mere nonsense. To clarify this point, I start by providing a brief introduction to Wittgenstein’s conception of “certainty,” paying particular attention not only to the distinction between seeming and genuine doubt, but also to the nonsense generated when violating a certainty. Then, I analyze why we cannot even understand denialists when they try (...)
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    Being Is a Being.Maciej Czerkawski - 2025 - Open Philosophy 8 (1):84-99.
    Heidegger claims that “the Being of beings ‘is’ not itself a being.” While he does not seem to argue for this claim (usually referred to as the “ontological difference”), there is now a very substantial literature that fills this gap. In this article, I subject this literature to philosophical scrutiny. My conclusion is that none of the extant arguments for the ontological difference is sound. Since, by contrast, we have at least two good reasons to think that Being is a (...)
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    Technically Getting Off: On the Hope, Disgust, and Time of Robo-Erotics.Rachel McNealis - 2025 - Open Philosophy 8 (1).
    As robots evolve from functional machines to potential sexual companions, they embody both utopian hopes and dystopian fears. This article explores the ethical implications of sex robots, focusing on power dynamics, objectification, and gender performance. Through Ann Cahill’s concept of derivatization, the article argues for a nuanced understanding of sexual objectification in the context of robo-erotics. While sex robots offer new possibilities for intimacy and desire, they also risk reinforcing problematic gender norms and power structures. The article introduces a queer (...)
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    Sensual Environmental Robots: Entanglements of Speculative Realist Ideas with Design Theory and Practice.Steven C. Santer - 2025 - Open Philosophy 8 (1):351-64.
    In response to this issue’s theme of Can robots be sensual? two propositions are discussed from a design researcher’s perspective. Four devices across two speculative projects Habitat Robots and Soil Protector Robots are presented. Speculative Realist ideas provide reasoning for design approaches to metaphorise sensed environmental data into multi-sensorial performances that the devices embody. Facilitated through the projects are philosophy of design concerns, such as asymmetrical relations, the nature of data, and language about the devices prefiguring sensorial expectations. The performative (...)
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    The Power of Predication and Quantification.Edward N. Zalta - 2025 - Open Philosophy 8 (1):1-16.
    In this article, I show how two modes of predication and quantification in a modal context allow one to (a) define what it is for an individual or relation to exist, (b) define identity conditions for properties and relations conceived hyperintensionally, (c) define identity conditions for individuals and prove the necessity of identity for both individuals and relations, (d) derive the central definition of free logic as a theorem, (e) define the essential properties of abstract objects and provide a framework (...)
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