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Part 2 of the Literature and Philosophy 15 Minute Insight series--this time, looking at the nature of storytelling media and their effects on our psychological faculties and habits. This evocation of thought by literature is something we perhaps seldom notice in the moment that we are reading the literature itself; that is, we do not …
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The latest 15 Minute Insight, first of a series of undetermined length: here, looking at the nature of literature as the principal storytelling medium in civilization and examining (briefly) its mimetic function as instructive. Jealousy, in particular among the emotions central to The End of the Affair, seems to me most easily misunderstood. For one, …
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Lots has been happening behind the scenes on the Continuum front (and a related project). The major development--to drop a little tease--is a new digital platform for philosophical engagement and habit-building. It's still a little ways away from launching officially, but I'm excited about the prospects. Aside from that, I have several other updates: First, …
As part of a forthcoming endeavor, I am launching a new program of Quaestiones disputatae. More details will be shared on this new program in the near future. Right now, however, I would like to draw attention explicitly to the public-facing part of this program, the quodlibetal question. Quodlibetal questions were a special form of disputation in …
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, …
On the Meaning of "Objective" and the fallout from loss of its original meaning
Another week, another 15 Minute Insight video; this time on modernism and postmodernism. Today’s topic is the first of four related videos I’ll be doing: following this, in two weeks, I’ll be posting a video on the meaning of “truth”; the week after, on the meaning of “objective”, and finally, the week after that, a …
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 …
