Jake Sweet
PhD Student
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Jake Sweet
PhD Student
Philosophy
CUNY Graduate Center
I am a doctoral candidate in the Philosophy program at the City University of New York Graduate Center. My research explores the intersection of philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE), with particular attention to questions concerning feasibility, ideology, critical theory, and technology.
Most of my work involves two interlocking themes, one methodological and the other normative. First, I critically examine the concept of feasibility as it functions within the methodological paradigm of contemporary political philosophy, with an emphasis on the role of (in)feasibility arguments in excluding radical political proposals from deliberation. Second, I defend the normative significance of utopian imaginaries and argue for the desirability of a techno-utopian future governed by Marxian principles.
Additionally, I have interests in applied ethics, political economy, philosophy of technology, conceptual engineering and conceptual ethics, and philosophy of language.
Most of my work involves two interlocking themes, one methodological and the other normative. First, I critically examine the concept of feasibility as it functions within the methodological paradigm of contemporary political philosophy, with an emphasis on the role of (in)feasibility arguments in excluding radical political proposals from deliberation. Second, I defend the normative significance of utopian imaginaries and argue for the desirability of a techno-utopian future governed by Marxian principles.
Additionally, I have interests in applied ethics, political economy, philosophy of technology, conceptual engineering and conceptual ethics, and philosophy of language.