PHILOSOPHY PATHWAYS                                     ISSN 2043-0728
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Issue No. 230
28th February 2019

CONTENTS

From the List Manager

I. 'Torture With Consent' by Terence Rajivan Edward

II. 'Schopenhauer On Free Will and Fatalism' by Agustin Moreno

III. Review by Aleks Andrzejewski of The Possible World Machine

IV. Philosophizer's Bible on YouTube

V. Call For Papers: Philosophy Pathways Issue 231 Edited by Lorena
Morales

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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

In the process of putting together another List Manager's issue, I
have taken the decision to prune the submissions folder for
Philosophy Pathways, removing all articles submitted before 2017.
These older articles have had numerous opportunities to be selected
by the Pathways Editors but unfortunately remained unselected. That
does not necessarily reflect in any way on their quality.

For this issue I have chosen articles by Terence Edward and Agustin
Moreno. Terence Edward argues against including the condition of
'non-consent' in the definition of 'torture'. Torture is really
torture, even if the circumstances are such that we would say that it
was consented to. Agustin Moreno considers Schopenhauer's view that
Free Will is an illusion, arguing that Quantum Mechanics provides
sufficient wriggle room for a libertarian view of human action,
contrary to Schopenhauer's gloomy deterministic picture.

I was delighted to learn that one of my latest Pathways to Philosophy
students, Aleks Andrzejewski, a retired aerospace engineer from New
York, has reviewed The Possible World Machine on Amazon.com, where it
is now available alongside the other five Pathways programs as a stand
alone text. Although Aleks purchased my book prior to joining
Pathways, it is a little-known fact that Amazon accepts book reviews
from any Amazon customer. It is not necessary to have purchased the
book in question.

Prods and comments from viewers of my YouTube videos have prompted me
to start up again after an 11 month gap. This time around, I intend to
read chapters from my new book Philosophizer's Bible. The chapters are
not very long. Provided there are sufficient views and 'likes', I
intend to keep going right up to the last chapter. In my videos, will
also be responding to questions and comments.

The next issue 231 of Philosophy Pathways will be edited by PhD
candidate Lorena Morales. I have included Lorena's call for papers,
in case any readers may be interested.

(c) Geoffrey Klempner 2019

Email: klempner@fastmail.net

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I. 'TORTURE WITH CONSENT' BY TERENCE RAJIVAN EDWARD

There are attempts to define torture which say that a person is only
being tortured if the pain inflicted upon them is pain that they have
not consented to. I recommend that we define torture without this
condition [...]

Read more...

https://philosophypathways.com/articles/Terence_Rajivan_Edward_
Torture_With_Consent.pdf

(c) Terence Rajivan Edward 2019

Email: T.R.Edward@manchester.ac.uk

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II. 'SCHOPENHAUER ON FREE WILL AND FATALISM' BY AGUSTIN MORENO

Arthur Schopenhauer was a firm believer in and defender of fatalism.
He argued that everything that happens happens necessarily. By
"necessary", Schopenhauer understood whatever is the consequence of
some sufficient reason [...]

Read more...

https://philosophypathways.com/articles/Agustin_Moreno_Schopenhauer_
on_Free_Will_and_Fatalism.pdf

(c) Agustin Moreno 2019

Email: philojuris@gmail.com

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III. REVIEW BY ALEKS ANDRZEJEWSKI OF THE POSSIBLE WORLD MACHINE

Sir,

Below is the review I posted of your The Possible World Machine book
on Amazon (US). Hopefully, more students will purchase your book as
it is wonderful!

--

Plato Would be Proud

February 18, 2019
Format: Paperback
Verified Purchase
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1793364575/

I have been searching for a way to learn Philosophy in a manner that
is not boring but engaging. I found this via the Pathways to
Philosophy program (philosophypathways.com).

Dr Klempner established a Philosophical education program that uses
the dialectic method via Science Fiction stories. It involves reading
not only the stories but also recommended texts. After completing
three units, you write an essay selected from six presented. You
spend approximately a week on each unit in order to firmly learn the
presented lesson. You are expected to write a total of five essays
(one per three units).

This book is a distillation of the first Program (there are six) in a
single volume. The volume is broken down into fifteen units. Each unit
has an introduction to the topic with dialogues and readings to
follow. After every three units, a list of topics for essays are
provided. In general, there are two essays per unit. The stories are
indeed engaging and entertaining. You place yourself in the position
of the characters, living their quandary thus learning philosophy.
Although it is standalone, I would recommend engaging with the
website for the program in order to fully benefit. It provides,
resources and insight that are helpful to the budding student.

This book does not assume any philosophical knowledge upon the part
of the student. You start at the beginning and work your way through
the book with the end goal being a firm introduction to philosophy
implanted in your brain. This is knowledge is established by reading
and, in my opinion, most importantly by writing essays.

Aleks Andrzejewski

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IV. PHILOSOPHIZER'S BIBLE ON YOUTUBE

Following the recent publication in Amazon Kindle and paperback of my
new book Philosophizer's Bible, I have to date posted two new videos
on YouTube. Here are the URLs:

Philosophizer's Bible 1: A new leaf

https://youtu.be/XjkSR0LczvU

Philosophizer's Bible 2: Fairground ride

https://youtu.be/rPuH4ouvzdQ

Depending on how much interest these videos generate, I plan to post
more videos on a regular basis. I am enjoying doing this. So often
after completing an article or book, I've not wanted to go near it
for months. For some reason, this is different. It is as if the
thoughts expressed in my new book have not yet had the time to
thoroughly sink in and I need the chance to mull them over.

As well as responding to all questions and comments on the content of
my YouTube videos, I am always interested to hear suggestions on how
they can be improved in other ways -- as I am sure they can.

Currently, my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/GVKlempner
has 33,094 views and 390 subscribers, which makes it, not exactly tiny
but rather small in comparison with other channels.

As a chess fan, I regularly watch videos from a number of chess
experts but my favourite is 'agadmator' (real name Antonio Radic, from
Croatia). Agadmator's channel https://www.youtube.com/user/agadmator
currently has a staggering 115,854,295 views and 379,729 subscribers.
How does he do it?!

-- Meanwhile, I soldier on :)

(c) Geoffrey Klempner 2019

Email: klempner@fastmail.net

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V. CALL FOR PAPERS: PHILOSOPHY PATHWAYS ISSUE 231

Dear Colleagues:

This is a Call For Papers for the Philosophy Pathways Journal Issue
231.

As the Issue editor I'm welcoming articles questioning the following
areas of research:

Artworks by Wo/men and

-- phenomenological ontology (Martin Heidegger)

-- the dualities written by Friedrich Nietzsche

-- the tripartite Zeitgeist (Georg Hegel)

The deadline for submissions is March 22, 2019 by the academic
end-of-day.

Please email your essay using the Modern Language Association style
in both .doc and .pdf formats to: kulturbegriffes@icloud.com

Questions are welcome and this issue will contain five (5) essays.

(c) Lorena Morales 2019

Email: kulturbegriffes@icloud.com

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