philosophizing
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The duty of being friends
M-W-F @ 1:00pm, lecture for 8/31/2016. The relationship of philosophizing (caring as skillfulness of mind) to freedom (the duty-to-be-friends) by way of mindful lineage. Continue reading
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Whatification
First Monday evening class for Fall 2016, Intro to Philosophy. I am treating the afternoon class and the evening class as two very distinct iterations of the same material. For the evening class, like the earlier one, I started with… Continue reading
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Getting under way
First class for my 1:00pm iteration of Introduction to Philosophy on M – W – F. Continue reading
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Philosophical Espresso
If you have not had a chance to watch Jason Silva do his philosophizing flow on his vlog, here are a few examples. Good stuff. Continue reading
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Los Angeles Review of Books – Philosophy As An Art Of Living
A really nice set of book reviews for some texts I would recommend myself. Along with Pierre Hadot’s Philosohpy as a Way of Life, these are the kinds of texts people should be looking into for changing themselves. As the reviewer… Continue reading
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Review for new book: “What Can You Really Know?”
A tad meandering for a book review, but the conclusion is of interest. When and why did philosophy lose its bite? How did it become a toothless relic of past glories? These are the ugly questions that Jim Holt’s book… Continue reading
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Soul Spelunker: Dostoevsky And Existentialism
Existentialism was a movement that took place in philosophy after the Second World War, but its roots go back many centuries. It was a break with the Enlightenment mindset which attempted to bring mankind to a state of perfection… via… Continue reading
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Textimony 20120505
Our highest adaptation is that we need not be merely adaptive. Vital reason can detach from the drive to exist & we can flourish in LIBERTY. Continue reading
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Textimony 20120501
Philosophizing requires a SINGULAR RESOLVE that awakens the contemplator to originary self-causation. No philosophizing is accidental. Continue reading
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