Continuum Philosophical Insight
Philosophical Consulting and Education
We're four weeks into the pilot seminars and results, so far, feel mixed. Immediate attrition hit and several people, clearly not enthused, dropped out and away. This is to be expected; I am not trying to appeal to everyone, but to the persons for whom this kind of education will be most fruitful. That said, …
This week's 15 Minute Insight (the 4th and final in the series), on semiotics as a discipline and as the normative science of truth. But now, let us ask—since we’re talking about the study of the action of signs and this questions seems pretty important for that discussion—let us ask, what is a sign? In …
The following came from notes initially prepared for the "On Semiotics" 15 Minute Insight, which has since moved in a new direction (and will, I hope, be released this Monday or Tuesday [6/24 or 25]). To talk about semiotics, the doctrine of signs, I think it’s prudent to summarize the peculiar philosophical history which has …
Continue reading "On Semiotics – Supplemental Considerations"
On the Meaning of "Objective" and the fallout from loss of its original meaning
Another week, another 15 Minute Insight video; this time on the meaning of "truth". Today, speaking very broadly, most theories of truth fall into one of two camps. The first, the more traditional camp, sees truth as somehow revelatory of or correspondent with reality as independent of our cognitive activity. The most well-known such theory …
Another 15 Minute Insight video, worked out with considerable angst, on how we use the word "meaning" and how we might use other words meaningfully. Now, it is a widespread problem today, I believe—more widespread probably than any time in recent memory—that we human beings, especially in the Western world, take it for granted that …
The Sophist takes refuge in the darkness of not-being, where is at home and has the knack of feeling his way, and it is the darkness of the place that makes him so hard to perceive… Whereas the philosopher, whose thoughts constantly dwell upon the nature of reality, is difficult to see because his region …
The paperback of the Introduction to Philosophical Principles: Logic, Physics, and the Human Person is now available from Amazon. You can still download the complete PDF here for free (donations appreciated), but if like me, you prefer a physical copy, the paperback has been priced at a very affordable $11.75--and for something that is print-on-demand, the …
