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Inner Space Philosophy by James Tartaglia

Artur Szutta explores inner space with James Tartaglia.

There are books that captivate us: when we read them, hours pass like minutes. We immerse ourselves in them completely, and after reading them we’re different people. This is often the case with great literature, or even a good crime novel; but can it also happen when reading a contemporary philosophical text?

For James Tartaglia, Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Keele, and the author of Inner Space Philosophy: Why the Next Stage of Human Development Should Be Philosophical, Explained Radically (Suitable for Wolves) (iFF Books, 2024), the answer is generally ‘no’. He reminds us that the dominant style in philosophy today is one of dry, detailed analysis and argumentation, filled with technical terms that only specialists – and often very few of them – can get through. The author of a professional (that is, an academic) philosophical text is lucky if the number of readers extends beyond themselves, their reviewers, and the students who have to read their book to take their class.

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