Sofia Philosophical Review announces deadline extension for contributions to the special issue on “Even when one does not have to philosophize, one still philosophizes;” the new deadline is March 31, 2015.
Historical Background:
“If you ought to philosophize you ought to philosophize; and if you ought not to philosophize you ought to philosophize: therefore, in any case you ought to philosophize.” A fragment from Aristotle’s Protrepticus.
Jacques Derrida comments on the above passage from Aristotle in his essay on “Violence and Metaphysics, 1964 published in his Writing and Difference, 1967; ED 226/152: “It was a Greek who said, ‘If one has to philosophize, one has to philosophize; if one does not have to philosophize, one still has to philosophize (to say it and think it). One always has to philosophize.’” The essay is dedicated to Levinas who replies in “God and Philosophy” that “not to philosophize would not be “to philosophize still.””
These historical notes are just an outline of the main idea. Please feel free to write only you believe is relevant for the topic and even not refer to the above comments.