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Philosophy as a Way of Life

  • Luciano Floridi visiting Denton

    I am very pleased that CSID has brought over this very interesting thinker, Luciano Floridi:  http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/Introduction.html He will be giving a couple of public lectures while here and also addressing a few classes. Here is a link for the two… Continue reading

  • Whatever, etc… An AnarchoCynic V-Log

    I do not want to be one of those who talks about what he is going to do only to never do it or only do it half-ass for a bit until I get bored. The world of education–both compulsory… Continue reading

  • Philosophizing as a Way of LIfe

    I do not believe that philosophizing is synonomous with what goes by the name of “philosophy” in the schools. The professions of scholarship, research, and instruction are outcroppings of critical philosophizing but hardly the ultimate expression. (See my Four Kinds… Continue reading

  • eDialog 20120225

    AJ: How can awareness come out of unity? KWB: When does the babe learn to speak? AJ: How did the language develop? KWB: Interesting problem because while it is generally by nature that we speak, no language in particular is more natural than… Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120224

    “Poetry is produced not by the mere caprice of pleasure but by natural necessity.” ~Benedetto Croce on the Aesthetic Philosophy of Giambatista Vico Continue reading

  • 4 Kinds of Sophists and the Hope of Philosophizing

    Philosophy is a way of life. It is not a trade nor is it a profession. The closest term would be vocation, a calling to live a certain way via profound commitment to an open (free) discovery of the world.… Continue reading

    4 Kinds of Sophists and the Hope of Philosophizing

  • Mentorship

    The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in the love and pursuit of knowledge. To know how to suggest is the art of teaching. Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and… Continue reading

  • All and None

    Get-over unnecessary bias. Esteem one: hate the rest. Esteem NONE: esteem ALL. No human position is so absolute that there is no counter-position available. With ALL, certainty melts into insecurity. With NONE, security slips into uncertainty. Let go one: gain… Continue reading

    All and None

  • Serving the Masses

    When the titanic apparatus of the mass-order has been consolidated, the individual has to serve it, and must from time to time combine with his fellows in order to renovate it. If he wants to make his livelihood by intellectual… Continue reading