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Link: http://www.philosophyblog.com/2013/12/cfa-steve-jobs-and-philosophy-popular.html | |||||||||||
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CFA: Steve Jobs and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy Series)
Edited by Shawn E. Klein - Papers must focus on topics or ideas that are significantly connected to the life, work, and/or cultural impact of Steve Jobs. - Submit abstracts of no more than 300 words to: sklein@rockford.edu - Direct any questions about possible topics to: sklein@rockford.edu - Abstracts due: January 20, 2014 - Notification of accepted abstracts: February 24, 2014 - Completed paper due: May 9, 2014 - 3,000-word philosophy papers written in a conversational style for a lay audience Any relevant topic considered, but here are some possibilities: - Jobs’ leadership style and ethical considerations raised by it. The virtues of leadership and how these were (or were not) exemplified by Jobs. - Epistemological issues of creativity (related to how Jobs sought to inspire and cultivate creativity and innovation at Apple, NeXT, and Pixar) - Epistemological and ethical issues in being a “visionary”; the effects of the so-called “Reality Distortion Field” - The ethical, social, or corporate importance of creativity - Epistemological issues in intuitionism and its role in Jobs’ thinking. - Perfectionism: virtue or vice? - Technology and aesthetics (Form and function) - The originator vs. the integrator/popularizer. (e.g. Apple didn't invent the GUI or point and click, but integrated them with other systems and made them popular) - Philosophical lessons learned by failure and success (from the Newton to the Iphone; Jobs getting pushed out and then returning to lead Apple) - Buddhism and its role in Jobs’ life and career. - The juxtaposition of Jobs’ counter-culture attitude and his capitalistic success. - The virtue (or vice) of pride: moral ambitiousness or hubris? - Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates/Apple vs Microsoft - Jobs on philanthropy - Jobs’ political philosophy/outlook - Company creating and building as a moral enterprise. Steve Jobs and Philosophy will be a book in Open Court Publishing Company’s Popular Culture and Philosophy Series: http://www.opencourtbooks.com/categories/pcp.htm. Submit ideas for possible future PCP books to the series editor, George A. Reisch, at pcpideas@caruspub.com. |
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