Tag Archives: Philosophy

Catching Criminals: Stopping Doing Philosophy

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

I had the great pleasure of attending Kelly Jolley’s final lecture in his intro course to philosophy today. In the last moments of the period he mentioned that the crux of the course as a whole had been the philosophical … Continue reading →

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Climacus to his Readers or: How Philosophy Is Like the Weather in Alabama

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

From “A Satisfaction to Note,” the opening preface to Kierkegaard’s Johannes Climacus, sometimes called De Omnibus Dubitandem Est: Someone who supposes that philosophy has never in the world been so near to solving its problems (to explaining all secrets) as now, … Continue reading →

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Of Interest

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

I neglected to note when I posted the Addendum to “Ornithology for Birds” that two of the other talks from the panel on Faith and Reason are available online. Many of those who might read this will have already seen … Continue reading →

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“Remember, Remember…”

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

Today is the fifth of November. Traditionally, this is a day marked by the lighting of bonfires, a day of kindle and match, of flint and tender, of flame and ash. It is a memorial characterized by burning. It certainly … Continue reading →

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Addendum to “Ornithology”

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

My last post, “Ornithology for Birds,” was my contribution to a talk on Faith and Reason held locally at the Gnu’s Room in Auburn, Al. The whole panel was excellent, the presentations were deeply impressive, and the discussion was, at … Continue reading →

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David Foster Wallace and the ‘Choice’

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

“And I submit that this is what the real, no bullshit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: how to keep from going through your comfortable, prosperous, respectable adult life dead, unconscious, a slave to your … Continue reading →

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