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Does language reflect the values of the culture and time it was written in? Therefore, does the current state of language, literature,...
William James theory of emotion strikes me as quite interesting and worthy of discussion. What is first: :the physical effects of the emotion?--...
I am posting a link to a very enlightening article on the transformations of Foucault's ideas on power below. The author of a new book on...
I read this article online this week, and thought it a very fair presentation of many of Nietzsche's core ideas:...
Thoughts on the candidates? Who will win? The primary process? The future?
Here's a very interesting academic article on the meaning of authenticity, that I hope will spur some discussion. It gives an interesting...
Another interesting article on understanding history poetically:...
Interesting article on Thoreau's ideas regarding time, and how they differ from Derrida's. http://http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/2305
This is terribly self-serving, but anyway… I am in the midst of a full-blown existential crisis. I know, I know, how pointless: another...
Evil, you've said more than once, is growing in power especially in the last hundred years. Do you think there was ever a golden age, when good...
Descartes' "I think therefore I am," statement fascinates me. As does Cartesian dualism. I dont know of a more contentious, debated, or...
Really, Philosophy seems like a very self-important genre. Is it? Has it perhaps carved out a niche of inflated importance, when in fact, its not...
Is liberty valuable because it promotes virtuous behavior? Or is liberty merely necessary because, given that there are deep disagreements about...
A philosophical great died this weekend. A man influenced by pragmatism and analytical philosophy; a man who like his influences (Nietszche,...
What bands are philosophical? Which bands write particularly philosophical and thought provoking lyrics? Are there any bands that evoke a...
Are men becoming more like women, and women more like men? Metrosexual male behavior is off the charts--example, male cosmetics have doubled...
Does Psychology/Psychiatry work? Has either discipline made important advances in how the brain works? In understanding behavior and...
One highly interesting but obscure school of ancient philosophy that I believe is relevant today is that of the Cyrenaics. The Cyrenaics were one...
A passage concerning whether terror is more powerful than art in todays society (and even dialogue--political, philosophical, personal, etc) from...
I came across this new book excerpt today by Barbara Ehrenreich, and found it most fascinating. It ties depression to the rise of the individual...
