Lewis R. Gordon
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Philosopher, musician, chef

Lewis Ricardo Gordon is an American philosopher at the University of Connecticut who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race and racism, philosophies of liberation, aesthetics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of religion. He has written particularly extensively on Africana and black existentialism, postcolonial phenomenology, race and racism, and on the works and thought of W. E. B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon. His most recent book is titled: Fear of Black Consciousness. .. more

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#CriticalThinking. Although ignoring the 2000 years of critical thinking in Africa (e.g., in Kemet--see, e.g., the Sekhti-nefer-medu ["The Eloquent Peasant"] ) that preceded the Greeks , the basic insight of this PhiloNautica post is on point.

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How We Ended Up Raising the Stupidest Generation
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Sri Aurobindo, among other philosophers, argued this more than a century ago, Still, it's great to see the science coming to this realization. #HumanEvolutionaryTransition
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Humans Are In The Middle Of "A Great Evolutionary Transition", New Paper Claims
From above, we all look like ants.
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Worth listening. Addresses the cognitive and affective dangers--from delusional folly to tragedy from its sycophantry--of #ChatGPT and some of the legal implications unfolding.
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Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral
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LR Gordon, "From Crises of European Man to Humanity’s Crises, from Large-Scale Narcissism to Realities of Living on a Smaller Planet "
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From Crises of European Man to Humanity’s Crises, from Large-Scale Narcissism to Realities of Living on a Smaller Planet | Journal of World Philosophies
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Recent issue of JOURNAL OF WORLD PHILOSOPHIES features articles on African phenomenologies of existence and crises
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Journal of World Philosophies
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Frantz Maguerite Victor #Fanon was born on 20 July 2025. Today is the 100th anniversary of his birth. His aliases included IIbrahim (father of many or a nation) and Omar (flourishing or long-life). He died at age 36. His ideas live on.

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What Makes Trump & MAGA So Cruel? A Psychiatrist Explains
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#Fanon #FanonAt100
Fanon's chosen names were Ibrahim (father of many or a nation) and Omar (flourishing or long-life). He confessed to his brother Joby that he would die young. He died at age 36.

His legacy (many) and thought (brilliant) continue to flourish.

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#Fanon #FanonAt100
Frantz Marguerite Victor Fanon (his full name) amounts to "freedom pearl victory fair/just" or "a victorious pearl of freedom and justice"

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Frantz Marguerite Victor Fanon was born on the 25th of July 1925. "Frantz" means freedom; "Marguerite" means pearl; "victor" speaks for itself; and "Fanon" in Gaelic means "fair," and in Latin is "cloth" worn by the Pope.

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The Caribbean Philosophical Association's annual international conference will take place next week (July 15 - 20) in Martinique, the country of Frantz Fanon's birth.
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Fanon at One Hundred — The Caribbean Philosophical Association
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#UConnPhilosophy in the News: Mary Gregg (UConn PhD in Philosophy, 2022) is one of this year’s winners of the American Society for Aesthetics’ H. Chayes New Voices Award for her paper “Readings as Redemptive: The Use of Drag Readings to Combat Oppressive De-contextualization.” Brava, Mary!