by Reinhard Mueller | Oct 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Today, on the day of our foundation’s third anniversary, we are excited to launch a new prize competition! The prize question for the years 2022-23 is: How to Orient Oneself in Time of Multiple Crises? FPO provides the following prize awards: 1st prize...
by PR@hfpo.com | Oct 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
We are expanding our seminar offerings! Over the coming months, we are offering new seminars. All these seminars are free of charge and most are virtual, so you can join these discussions from anywhere in the world. Here are the coming seminars: 1. Virtual...
by Reinhard Mueller | Sep 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
In this second video podcast between Olga Faccani and Reinhard G. Mueller, the two explore the various facets of the mysterious god Dionysus, including his depiction in Euripides’ tragedy The Bacchae, the myths surrounding his two births, as well as the philosophical...
by Reinhard Mueller | Aug 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Superior orientation skills qualify for leadership,” Werner Stegmaier writes in What is Orientation? A Philosophical Investigation (p. 242). Outstanding leaders orient themselves more successfully than others under the conditions of uncertainty and time pressure....
by Reinhard Mueller | Aug 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
After receiving 34 high-quality applications, the FPO engaged in a careful two-stage selection process, first by examining the application materials and second via a Zoom meeting with the four finalists, and we are now delighted to announce our next Hodges doctoral...
by PR@hfpo.com | Jun 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Orientations Press LLC is the official publishing house of the Hodges Foundation for Philosophical Orientation. It is dedicated to publishing texts concerning the philosophy of orientation and all issues that may belong to it. Orientations Press publishes free eBooks,...
by PR@hfpo.com | May 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Our new essay series investigates the history of the concept of ‘orientation’ as well as the phenomenon of orientation avant la lettre, i.e., before the term was coined. In the first essay, the Czech scholar Jiří Hoblík writes on “The Philosophical Concept of...
by Reinhard Mueller | May 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
On the day of our foundation’s inauguration, October 25, 2019, we launched our first essay prize competition concerning the question “How Does the Digitization of Our World Change Our Orientation?” Now, after a 2-stage review process, we have...
by Reinhard Mueller | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
To promote and support the genre of philosophical short films, the FPO is launching annual short film contests regarding themes and concepts relevant to the philosophy of orientation. The first competition is about the theme of “orientation and...
by Reinhard Mueller | Mar 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
“One of the greatest challenges of journalism is the need to pay attention, to keep up constantly on what’s happening in the world and one’s area—to orient oneself to what I call, in my title, the ever-changing now.” Carlin Romano, who teaches philosophy...
