Tag: Gift Economy
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The trouble with deadlines: A conceptual analysis and alternative proposal
Dear Philosophical Friend, By means of philosophical inquiry, we determined what would be an appropriate deadline for the project you wish to complete. Specifically, we asked three questions that were based on the gift economy worksheet: 1.) Is it a generous deadline and will allow for surprises? 2.) Is it urgent enough to avoid squandering…
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Sustaining life is not the good life
I write this post after spending time this morning contemplating the nature of things. This post is not a ‘product’ of that contemplation. * In Sources of the Self, Charles Taylor has some remarkable things to say about the disappearance of the higher forms of the good life during the passage to modernity. He argues that…
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Invitation: 3 months, 3 small patrons, 1 life transformed
Invitation This post is an investigation of a perplexing case concerning how a young person and I can work together as well as an invitation to a young person who would like to. If the following scenario applies to you and you’d like to get in touch with me, you can do so through the…
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Fundraising in the Context of a Gift Economy
My friend Jonatan Spejlborg is currently raising funds for the artist residency and school he and his colleagues are creating. Specifically, they need to raise money in order to build the house where participants will live, work, and create. I offered a gift contribution earlier today, and I invite you to do the same. You can…
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Gift economy worksheet for philosophical practice
The following is the latest version of the gift economy worksheet I’ve begun going through with new conversation partners. It’s been quite illuminating to go through the process of inquiring with another with the common purpose of reaching mutual understanding. * Overview This worksheet is the result of about 2 years of thinking about how…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 