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Philosophy as a Way of Life

  • Controlling for Cosmopolis

    Jose Ortega y Gasset points out that the term “emperor’ means “the one who goes to where the border begins”. The Latin word is related to the Spanish verb empezar (to begin). An Imperator was a general who kept whole the… Continue reading

    Controlling for Cosmopolis

  • Philosophy isn’t dead yet | Raymond Tallis

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions ‘…then there is the mishandling of time. The physicist Lee Smolin’s recent book, Time Reborn, links the crisis in physics with its failure to acknowledge the fundamental reality of time. Physics is predisposed to… Continue reading

    Philosophy isn’t dead yet | Raymond Tallis

  • Boon of Dandelions 9

    Dozing content on mid-may morning Cool pillow against my cheek Iced coffee just enough to keep me from going back into dreamland Birds squawking at the humid heat Sun bright, day brilliant Writing thinking planning ———————- My futon is tight… Continue reading

    Boon of Dandelions 9

  • It’s the actor in the interaction not the internet in the actor

    Nice experiment by a gent who left the internet behind for twelve months after being connected in some fashion for thirteen years. I am reminded of how often in a town like Denton or even New York, someone will begin… Continue reading

    It’s the actor in the interaction not the internet in the actor

  • Demostrophe

    I am playing at neologisms. That must mean I am reading Heidegger. Today’s entry in the Brown Book of Jargon… DEMOSTROPHE: the turning of the people as a group, the turning in the flow of power. I am coining this… Continue reading

    Demostrophe

  • Precautionary – Proactionary

    My colleagues J. Britt Holbrook and Adam Briggle have encouraged and helped to inaugurate a preprint service at the Review and Reply Collective for the journal Social Epistemiology. The first preprint to appear is their new collaborative piece which “explores… Continue reading

    Precautionary – Proactionary

  • Welcoming a Friend to WordPress

    My good colleague and friend J. Britt Holbrook has started up his new blog. I hope everyone will take a peek and give him some follows as well as some thoughtful feedback/commentary. While I have made my blog more of… Continue reading

    Welcoming a Friend to WordPress

  • Rolling Stone on how the Illuminati is maybe not so impossible

    Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your basic premise is… Continue reading

    Rolling Stone on how the Illuminati is maybe not so impossible

  • Daodejing 28

    #28* Knowing power, abiding in modesty; like a stream under Heaven. Like a stream under Heaven- never abandoning eternal virtue, returning at last to purity. Knowing white, abiding in black; like this order under Heaven. Like this order under Heaven-… Continue reading

    Daodejing 28

  • This Image Should NOT be Seen by the Whole World | How to be an Anthropologist

    I find the Facebook meme distressing, not because of the Belo Monte Dan Project, but because the author and all of the people who share it have fed into and bolstered (even if unknowingly) a narrative that depicts indigenous people… Continue reading

    This Image Should NOT be Seen by the Whole World | How to be an Anthropologist

  • Daodejing 27

    #27* The one who masters walking leaves no footprints. The one who masters speaking makes no slips of the tongue. The one who masters counting needs no tally tools to count. The one who masters shutting the door needs no… Continue reading

    Daodejing 27

  • Daodejing 26

    #26* Heaven is the root of lightness. Tranquility masters recklessness. Therefore the Sage travels all day careful to abandon nothing. Even in the face of luxury, like the swallow he flies undistracted. Why is the King with 10,000 chariots reckless… Continue reading

    Daodejing 26

  • Alan Watts on Waking Up

    My buddy-friend-guy of 9 years, Christopher, has been listening to this a lot in the last few days. I always love to hear the voice of Alan Watts. And this one kept grabbing my attention because of the ambient music… Continue reading

    Alan Watts on Waking Up

  • Daodejing 25

    #25* There is a thing born of Nature before Heaven & Earth. Soundless, formless Independent, unchanging Always turning, never stopping. Regard it: the Mother of All. I do not know its name, reluctantly I call it the Great Way (Dao).… Continue reading

    Daodejing 25

  • Meet your new professor: Transient, poorly paid

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions By Barbara Raab, Senior Producer, NBC News This is the time of year many high school seniors are getting their long-awaited, highly anticipated college acceptance letters. See on inplainsight.nbcnews.com Related articles Organizing Adjunct Faculty… Continue reading

    Meet your new professor: Transient, poorly paid

  • Radiant Living

    My good brother, Andrew J. Taggart, continues his series of meditations on Radiant Living. I highly recommend Andrew’s work. He is a diligent, insightful counselor who is committed to reinvigorating the notion of philosophy as a way of life. Related… Continue reading

    Radiant Living

  • Can We Rethink the World?

    I know that we can rethink the world; moreover, I believe that we should. Henry Giroux and Brad Evans are both public intellectuals very well worth engaging. Please let me know what you think. I also recommend learning about the… Continue reading

    Can We Rethink the World?