Saturday, June 15, 2013

Barzun on William James

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I am reading some of Jacque Barzun on understanding and reading William James. I found this passage rather unique: [The real problem] in J...
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Caputo and the End of Ethics

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Caputo has a book, Against Ethics, that deals with the same thesis in the Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory; it's entitled End of Ethic...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

Threads of Power

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One central theme developed in pragmatism and nowhere else in philosophy is the power of an idea. For the pragmatist, the conce...
Friday, May 17, 2013

James and Scheler Comparative Paper Introduction

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The following is the beginning of an essay I am writing. I thought I would share it here.             Phenomenology is a nam...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Graduation and Current Wisdom.

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I have done it. I have burnt bridges, but damn it, I did it. In some sense, I should be screaming a triumphal tone. I should have many respo...
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Friday, April 19, 2013

HOW BEST TO TEACH INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS?

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I have been offered a job teaching Introduction to Ethics. I have been given full creative control in designing my course, and while I have ...

Le Guin on Libraries

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Ursula K. Le Guin has been my favorite writer for years. Before Hogwarts, there was Roke Knoll and Isle of the Wise. Before Raistlin, Ged ch...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Joe Rouse's Paper on Heidegger and Philosophy of Science

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Every once in a while, I find a paper that I really enjoy. Joe Rouse's paper on Heidegger and his philosophy of science is a good expa...