Caredroids and the Future of Growing Old Angela Roothaan Arts & Culture Recently, the online magazine, Good, suggested robots may be the future of elder care. But how will these caredroids change the way we understand what it means to “care”? And how will they change the way...
What Happens to Critical Thought in Today’s Market-driven Academia? Angela Roothaan Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture What happens to critical thought in today’s market-driven academia?
How Much Do We Really Know about Animal Consciousness? Angela Roothaan Philosophy, Politics, Politics & Economics, Science, Science & Medicine What defines the boundary between humans and animals? The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness states that “comparative research on this topic is naturally hampered by the inability of non-human animals,...
Plato Studied in Africa: The Case for Culturally Inclusive Philosophy Angela Roothaan Philosophy, Society & Culture I studied philosophy in the Netherlands in the 80s. Almost no one criticized the western-oriented curriculum. Recently, however, scholars have begun to question how philosophy can leave so many non-western traditions of thought aside.
