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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 …
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A short, fifteen minute audio recording on the problems with neuroreductive ("you are just your brain!") explanations of human experience. I'll probably do more of these "fifteen minute insights" in the future.
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 wait is over! At least, for the PDF--I have a few small tweaks to make to the paperback before I list it for sale, but that should be completed within the week. In the meanwhile, you can find the PDF available here, as well as a permanent page describing the book and maintaining a …
Continue reading "Release: Introduction to Philosophical Principles"
The text of this talk (given 19 March 2019 at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI) is now available here. I'll be recording a video of myself presenting it (audio recording did not work out during the initial presentation) sometime in the near future as well.
After drafting, revising, editing, revising again, taking some space, and revising one last time, I have completed the text of the Introduction to Philosophical Principles. I am still fine-tuning a few last things--the proverbial dotting of i's and crossing of t's--before I release the final, complete PDF, including figuring out what precisely I need to do …
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Aquinas—unlike some others of his time, before his time, and even after his time—did not always underestimate the potency of non-human animals’ estimative capacity by reducing it to “instinct”: that is, to an inborn, unchanging, “pre-programmed” routine of how to deal with environmental factors. As we know now, in an endeavor accelerated by the investigative …
Mention “logic” around the typical university today and you are likely to educe a variety of thoughts in your audience: perhaps something having to do with computer programming: loops, if, else, then statements, and so on; perhaps something to do with “postgenderist” ideology railing against the “illogic” of the political “right-wing”; maybe a very dry …
Continue reading "Scholastic Retrieve [2] – Philosophical Science: Necessity of Logic"
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