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Desperation as a reconnection with the genuine conditions of existence. Thoughtful. Continue reading
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Originally posted on iamadam: Thanks to Adam Roberts @ Knowledge Ecology for posting this one: Continue reading
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Sartre and Camus in New York – NYTimes.com
At Vassar he [Camus] gave a lecture on “The Crisis of Mankind” and was dazzled by the spectacle of “an army of long-legged young starlets, lazing on the lawn.” But he was preoccupied by what he thought of as the… Continue reading
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I’ve been saying this. I am not a millionaire entrepreneur so I am glad to hear say it. Maybe if it is said by yet another member of the 1%, folks will go ahead and stop thinking wealthy people create… Continue reading
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Originally posted on coromandal: Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream. In the world of architecture and the built environment, wishful thinking is in the ascendent in direct proportion… Continue reading
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Response to lucymillsonlife
EuroAmerican Christianity has always suffered from this problem since it first sprang up in North Africa. It is called the Donatist heresy. While Donatism mostly concerned whether a priest needed to be pure of heart/deed in order to administer the… Continue reading
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Philosophy or Sophistry?
Romano’s newer (broader?) definition of philosophy fits my own definition of sophistry (click here to read). ‘America the Philosophical,’ by Carlin Romano – NYTimes.com. Continue reading
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The ‘Busy’ Trap – NYTimes.com
I have spoken a lot to folks over the years about how AKEDIA or Sloth is not “mere laziness” but “spiritual/mindful laziness.” This manifests in two ways: Either as allowing yourself to just sit around in a dulled idle doing nothing… Continue reading
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Originally posted on coromandal: http://youtu.be/bOJL7WkaadY It turns out there’s a long tradition in philosophy and spirituality that’s about embracing negativity, about easing up on all this positive thinking, and learning instead to bathe in insecurity and uncertainty and failure, to… Continue reading
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Turing’s three philosophical lessons and the philosophy of information
In this article, I outline the three main philosophical lessons that we may learn from Turing’s work, and how they lead to a new philosophy of information. After a brief introduction, I discuss his work on the method of levels… Continue reading
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Originally posted on What is it like to be a woman in philosophy?: This is not about what it’s like to be a woman in philosophy. I suspect it is about what it’s like to be a human in philosophy.… Continue reading
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Originally posted on The Phoenix and Olive Branch: Might as well quit now, kid. Your classmate is already doing Advanced Calculus. Dear Baby Boomers and Generation X, Quit telling us we’re not special. Believe us, we bloody well know. Earlier… Continue reading
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Originally posted on Drunks&Lampposts: A close up of ancient and medieval philosophy ending at Descartes and Leibniz If you are interested in this data set you might like my latest post where I use it to make book recommendations. This… Continue reading
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Originally posted on Speculative Heresy: Call for Participation – Committee To Discuss Project Joan of Art: Towards a Free Education System Hypothesis: Freedom in an unfree society can only be feigned. Such a feigning is by definition an artistic act. In… Continue reading
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Originally posted on iamadam: “The distinction between men and animals is in one sense only a difference in degree. But the extent of the degree makes all of the difference. The Rubicon has been crossed” (p. 27). via Philosophy of the… Continue reading
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The Power of Integrity | Critical Thought
The Power of Integrity | Critical Thought. Continue reading
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Interesting. Continue reading
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