The court in which metaphysical proposals are judged is the community of philosophers, stretching through history and into the future.
"We individually cannot hope to attain the ultimate philosophy which we pursue; we can only seek it for the community of philosophers".
It is in the German speaking community of philosophers and sociologists of science that Fleck is considered to be a highly original epistemologist, who presents human knowledge in a quite peculiar and explorative way which significantly transcends Kuhn's theses.
Certainly, the passions (pathê) are close to the heart of Hellenistic ethical discussion and play an important role in one's ability both to lead a good, happy life and one's ability to profit from being in a community of philosophers.
This concern for authority in the interpretation, upholding, and teaching of Epicurean orthodoxy feeds into Philodemus' concern for the healthy conduct of his school, for its life as a community of philosophers, both students and teachers, studying Epicurean and other texts while trying to lead the kind of philosophical life commended by the school.
Although interest in the topic remained high among African American philosophers, the wider community of political philosophers preoccupied with Rawlsian ideal theory generally ignored it.
The revisionist approach has gained considerable support among contemporary just war theorists, but news of this shift has scarcely reached beyond the small community of academic philosophers and scholars who work on these issues.
Economists and philosophers, community organizers and labor negotiators, all see in the current crisis an opportunity to create change that reaches beyond the immediate boon of a cleaner environment.
Its purpose was to inform the philosophical community about the results achieved by German philosophers in the years before the Second World War.
The International Process Network, recently launched by Mark Dibben at the University of Tasmania, Australia, is a new web community of international process philosophers of all philosophical proveniences East and West.
