Originally posted on Andrew Taggart, Ph.D.: Your insistence begets your interlocutor’s (my) resistance, acquiescence, or consternation. You believe that P must be the right way of proceeding or Q is the right picture of the world and that we should act based… Continue reading

Originally posted on dr. p.l. (paul) thomas: I’m gonna cuss on the mic tonight. “Rockin’ the Suburbs,” Ben Folds My parents taught me that if you swear, it’s a sign of a poor vocabulary. If I expect my players to be… Continue reading

Originally posted on evocationcoffee: With the 2015 US Barista Championship in the books, I thought it would be a great time to share a project that I’ve been working on. Using the wonderful resource of sprudgelive.com, I compiled and arranged… Continue reading

How do we talk about the politics of cultural records? If we cannot preserve everything, who defines what is worth saving? Source: thenewinquiry.com Continue reading

Your brain isn’t so sure, according to Jeffrey M. Zacks’ new book Flicker. Source: www.psmag.com Continue reading

“Philosophers love to complain about bad reasoning. How can those other people commit such silly fallacies? Don’t they see how arbitrary and inconsistent their positions are? Aren’t the counter examples obvious? After complaining, philosophers often turn to humor. Can you… Continue reading

This is a dinner party in book form, although with topics such as torture, group agency, hate speech, and the afterlife, it’s not for the absent-minded. Source: www.popmatters.com Philosophizing via podcast, youtube, blogging, e-books, books… however philosophy can get beyond… Continue reading

While online smartphone games are all the rage, a new board game in designing a traditional Japanese-style rock garden is showing there is still a market for old-fashioned fun. Source: ajw.asahi.com Continue reading