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Category Archives: Philosophy
Existential Bummer
While he’s a bit over-animated, in a “Hey, I’m ready for Twitter-fied American television!” way, Jason Silva nonetheless gets to the heart of the matter in “Existential Bummer“. It’s about the entropy, baby.
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Russian Shot In Quarrel Over Kant’s Philosophy
An actual story from the AP. Was it a subterfuge for a deeper animosity, or was it literally due to a theoretical sparring? MOSCOW (AP) — An argument in southern Russia over philosopher Immanuel Kant, the author of “Critique of … Continue reading
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Wieseltier vs. Scientism
In “Crimes Against Humanities“, Leon Wieseltier critiques the crude scientism Steven Pinker recently put on display in a much-talked about article: A few weeks ago this magazine published a small masterpiece of scientizing apologetics by Steven Pinker, called “Science Is … Continue reading
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Bill Watterson
Bill Watterson, creator of the eternal Calvin and Hobbes, drew panels for key lines from his famous graduation speech to Kenyon College in 1990. It’s a wonderful strip on “creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul”.
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Stoicism
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Nagel on Mind and Cosmos
In the NYT, philosopher Thomas Nagel (one of my favorites) distills the argument in his controversial book Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False against scientism (that is, against the reductive materialism that … Continue reading
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Ted Cruz & Kant
From, off all places, a forum discussing the works of Cormac McCarthy, I learned some impressive info about Sen. Ted Cruz: If you are itching to get out more, go to the Iowa State Fair this weekend and talk with … Continue reading
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Musings De Botton
Twitter koans from Alain De Botton: #1: Life is like a party where guests try to ignore a concealed sniper who takes them out one by one. #2: One’s sense of failure a measure of one’s feeling of potential. #3: … Continue reading
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McGinn vs. Changeux
Colin McGinn (king of the New Mysterians and my favorite contemporary philosopher) takes on another determinist, this time Jean-Pierre Changeux. I have no objection to neuroscience as such: it is a fascinating and reputable scientific subject. My objection concerns the … Continue reading
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So Tense A Bow
“…a magnificent tension of the spirit such as has never existed on earth before: with so tense a bow one can shoot for the more distant targets.” — Nietzsche, Preface to Beyond Good and Evil
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C.S. Lewis
One need not be a Christian, nor need one become a Christian, in order to appreciate the power of C.S. Lewis’ arguments against naturalism. The rigidness of the latter leads to philosophical antinomies and a certain metaphysical naivety. In his … Continue reading
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