December 2008
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Back from vacation
As has been perhaps obvious, my brain has been on vacation for the last month. Finished the Nz book, went to Disneyland, played Wii, drank the kool-aid, etc. Now I’m expecting my brain back any moment. I’ll need it, since as I finished writing the syllabi for my classes in the upcoming term, I realized… Continue reading
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Fuzzy philosophers
A gift from friends Pat and Glen. “Amazing thoughts and ideas. Impressive hair and whiskers.” Continue reading
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Edwards, The Plain Sense of Things
On Rob’s recommendation, I found and read this book. I truly admire it: this is a case where an author has taken his own path toward understanding a problem that concerns him deeply. The problem is, basically, the problem of nihilism. He wants to understand how to maintain the more general feelings of religiosity while… Continue reading
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