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Social Class & Dividends for the Educational Industrial Complex
Thanks to my ever vigilant colleague Carl Beck Sachs for pointing the article below out to me. I had seen it in my “topic alert:pedagogy” from the NYTimes, but did not know if I wanted to read it. I’m glad that… Continue reading
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MOOCs as capital-biased technological change
Last week my Twitter feed briefly turned into a kind of massively open online course about MOOCs, in response to this thoughtful critique by Aaron Bady of an earlier post by Clay Shirky advancing an optimistic view of the role that… Continue reading
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There is no fiscal crisis. And macroeconomics is not a morality play.
Nice overview of how things stand vis. the “fiscal cliff.” The Puritanism that surrounds how most people talk about debt–esp. government debt–really irritates and shows the lasting influence of Christian dogmatism on our sociocultural situation. Sometimes I cannot tell if… Continue reading
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Originally posted on sittinginthewoods: I just really like these pictures, and if I were a more astute naturalist, I’d be able to tell you what plant this is – but I’m not, and I can’t..though maybe Black Eyed Susan, or… Continue reading
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Meditatio
You can listen to a piece that I put together called Meditatio by clicking here. Continue reading
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On 3 moments of freedom « Andrew Taggart
Let’s examine a few different conceptions of freedom in hopes of arriving, in the end, at where we began. In his famous essay, “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person,” the contemporary philosopher Harry Frankfurt states, “According to… Continue reading
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Roman Ingarden (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
An important philosopher whose work should be read by anyone who has an interest in grasping the ontology of the work of art. This is especially true of his work on music & film. Roman Ingarden (1893 – 1970) was… Continue reading
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Something to keep in mind before you go see the Hobbit. I really enjoyed the movie and would prefer to see my friends & colleagues keep an open mind so they too can enjoy this particular film interpretation. Continue reading
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