PinnedWhat is The Absurd?A thing is absurd if there are two — and only two — responses to it, with both being equally proper:Aug 5, 2021Aug 5, 2021
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If you look at the numbers I don't think its possible this can be about entitlement culture.This is not just a problem in the writing game. Pretty much all sectors of the economy have been experiencing this weird trend where the…Aug 14, 2021Aug 14, 2021
Engineering doesn't need philosophers, but only to the degree that science has already had its…These incorrect and confusing uses of the term "critical thinking" within STEM education is really only a problem for philosophy not for…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
'The Machiavellian' shapes Machiavelli, and not falsely.Perhaps if Machiavelli had written the Prince for himself --merely to clarify his own thinking, as Marcus Aurelius claimed of The…Aug 4, 20211Aug 4, 20211
What the Rent Moratorium Meant for the Oct. 15th General StrikeOn Sunday the federal moratorium on evictions was allowed to expire. Monday morning, some 10 million tenants and 2 million mortgaged…Aug 3, 2021Aug 3, 2021
Language may be purely self referential, it may speak through us, there may be no meaning outside…Asserting "I am not that person" is part of the same fantasy of truth. It is equally an assertion of identity, only the error is projected…Aug 3, 20211Aug 3, 20211
What people think they are going to get by starting with the classical philosophers is not…"Philosophy must have at its basis not only a reciprocal proof but also a reciprocal concept. In the case of every concept, as in the case…Aug 1, 2021Aug 1, 2021
Three Aphorism, Three Arrows, 3 MinutesI am because there is a difference between a coffee without cold milk and a coffee without hot cream.Jul 31, 2021Jul 31, 2021