philosophy

11 12, 2016

Learning, language, and moral character

By |2016-12-11T08:07:29-05:00December 11th, 2016|2016, Academia, Debate / dialogue, December, education, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, Philosophy, Quotes, science|0 Comments

Learning, language, and moral character: to what degree does education, in humanities or the sciences, influence our moral progress? Their own weakness, however, is not the only factor which can make students of philosophy waver and double back. The earnest advice of friends and the mocking, bantering attacks of critics can also, on their occurrence, [...]

23 11, 2016

Medicine, morality, and suffering

By |2022-07-28T09:10:53-04:00November 23rd, 2016|2016, Debate / dialogue, Europe, health, Language, mathematics, Medicine, November, Philosophy, Quotes, Writing|0 Comments

Medicine, morality, and suffering: what can experience teach us about medical objectivity? “There is no real difference between a warm, snug study and this ward,” said Andrey Yefimitch. “A man's peace and contentment do not lie outside a man, but in himself.” “What do you mean?” “The ordinary man looks for good and evil [...]

13 11, 2016

Technology’s cost, humanity’s price

By |2016-11-17T10:43:32-05:00November 13th, 2016|2016, Debate / dialogue, Europe, History, Language, November, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, Quotes, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Technology's cost, humanity's price: whether we understand the ways technology asserts its influence even over our most basic self-understanding Modern science and the total state, as necessary consequences of the nature of technology, are also its attendants. The same holds true of the means and forms that are set up for the organization of public [...]

27 10, 2016

Adding to life, in physics or metaphysics

By |2016-10-27T07:01:52-04:00October 27th, 2016|2016, Academia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, October, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, science|0 Comments

Adding to life, in physics or metaphysics: does the number of years constitute our goal, or the vitality of the years? Physicist: ... without getting out my microscope, I judge that life is a finer thing than death, and I award the golden apple to life, seeing them both with their clothes on. Metaphysician: And I [...]

5 10, 2016

Is education useless?

By |2019-12-10T07:58:22-05:00October 5th, 2016|2016, Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Everything Else, Language, Literature, Observations, October, Philosophy, science, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Education is useless (or rather: is education useless?): a neighborly discussion about what’s worth learning, and where one should learn what's needed -- or useful -- for life. Crimpet: Hello, neighbor. Crumpet: Why are you so happy, Crimpet? You look like you won the office pool. Crimpet: Nothing as wonderful as that. But I’m glad to [...]

18 09, 2016

Civilization’s tricky situation

By |2016-11-02T11:52:05-04:00September 18th, 2016|2016, Europe, Everything Else, History, Philosophy, Politics, psychology, Quotes, Religion, September, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Civilization's tricky situation: as we enter the autumnal season, the shadow self would be heard, as the gateway to introspection. Here history and imagination are in play. The so-called civilized man has forgotten the trickster. He remembers him only figuratively and metaphorically, when, irritated by his own ineptitude, he speaks of fate playing tricks on him [...]

19 08, 2016

Forests of philosophy

By |2016-09-04T23:44:23-04:00August 19th, 2016|2016, August, education, Everything Else, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Forests of philosophy: how our trail-blazing only leads to passing points of rest. No one like the path-finder himself feels the immensity of the forest, or knows the accidentality of his own trails. Columbus, dreaming of the ancient East, is stopped by poor pristine simple America, and gets no farther on that day; and the poets [...]

31 07, 2016

The mission and meanderings of learning

By |2016-11-02T11:52:08-04:00July 31st, 2016|2016, Academia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, History, July, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes|0 Comments

The mission and meanderings of learning: thoughts on the purpose of education 2000 years ago. You have been wishing to know my views with regard to liberal studies. My answer is this: I respect no study, and deem no study good, which results in money-making. Such studies are profit-bringing occupations, useful only in so far [...]

7 07, 2016

Thought, language, and knowledge: does our use of language shape our view of things, and rationality?

By |2016-11-02T11:52:09-04:00July 7th, 2016|2016, Everything Else, July, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, Writing|0 Comments

Thought, language, and knowledge: does our use of language shape our view of things, and rationality? What could be more obvious than that people carry over the way they comprehend things through statements onto the structure of things themselves? Yet this opinion, seemingly critical but in reality rash, has first to explain how the carry-over of the [...]

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