The Value of Public Philosophy to Philosophers

Perfekcjonizująca rola prawa w teorii Roberta P. George’a

“…Dlatego też właśnie filozofia publiczna pozwala zapoznawać obywatela z konkretnymi propozycjami teoretycznymi, przy użyciu środków i języka dla tychże obywateli zrozumiałych. Zatem, by całościowo potraktować twórczość wielu współczesnych filozofów anglosaskich, w tym także -a może przede wszystkim -filozofów prawa i polityki, należy brać pod uwagę nie tylko ich prace akademickie, ale także całe spektrum ich działalności pozaakademickiej, której istotą jest wyjście do znacznie większej rzeszy czytelników czy słuchaczy 29 .…”

Science communication and the public intellectual: a view from philosophy

“…While admitting the distinction is not a hard and fast one, Huss argues for an applied philosophy approach as better promoting philosophical competence, not merely familiarity with names and jargon, among the readership. Pugliucci and Finkelman [2014] also claim that the boundaries between teaching philosophy and performing philosophy are ambiguous, whereas Jack Russell Weinstein insists that "teaching people to do philosophy and doing it with them are two entirely different projects" [Weinstein, 2010, p. 5]. I've found in my own practice that this distinction, if blurry, does capture the different approaches required for different outlets and tasks.…”

“…The science communicator's task is primarily pedagogical, even if commentators differ on the precise aim and scope of that pedagogy. Doing science with the public, in a way that discloses something new to the scientist as well as their audience, is far less common; as Pugliucci and Finkelman [2014] note, even 'citizen science' initiatives largely restrict the 'citizen' participants to the grunt work of data collection. Public priorities can of course be reflected in which research programs are funded or pursued, but strictly speaking that doesn't of itself amount to the public taking part in the knowledge-generating activities of science itself.…”