tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35568916439076695542009-12-21T13:46:26.636-06:00http://www.mcneese.edu/philosophy/Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14199133448202637697noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-91346198113979299952009-12-16T12:49:00.004-06:002009-12-16T12:57:24.351-06:00

Since the subject of "knowledge" has been brought up, I thought I might ask whether anyone would be interested in me try to step through my dissertation week by week, section by section. In the dissertation I attempt to construct an analysis of empirical knowledge that matches our intuitions concerning knowledge, an analysis that also solves the Gettier Problem. Any interest?

9 Finger Willyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820318552568988168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-80926481662168462472009-11-25T13:43:00.002-06:002009-11-25T14:15:55.924-06:00

By Hanno, Lee and c.e.Lee: The difference between cockiness and confidence is that confidence does not depend on the opinion or view of others, it comes from self assurance through knowledge and experience, unlike cockiness no matter what someone else says confidence will not fade away because there is no need to show off or prove something, it is already known.Hanno: Hmm. I expect that

Hannonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-3448084860054556772009-11-17T09:32:00.002-06:002009-11-17T09:45:36.549-06:00

By HannoLast year we started doing a series of lectures using film as the background for questions in Philosophy, which we called 'filmosophy.' It is easy to use film to raise philosophical issues when you choose philosophically oriented films, such as the classic 'The Seventh Seal.' I, however, also wanted to explore philosophy in films that were not so obvious, and I wanted to do that for two

Hannonoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-13402821173334112052009-11-11T10:56:00.000-06:002009-11-11T10:56:16.597-06:00

Simon Critchley, a philosopher at the New School for Social Research, presents a fascinating and funny examination of how many of the great philosophers met their ultimate end. Critchley is the author of The Book of Dead Philosophers (2008), an examination of the philosophical concept of death.

Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048083252945921069noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-45218761880104136242009-11-11T07:27:00.002-06:002009-11-11T07:32:10.977-06:00

Dennett wrote this brief essay as the judge of the 3 quarks daily prize in philosophy. Worth a read.I wish philosophy blog postings were more like the best science blog postings: short, jargon-free, and lively (if wit is too much to hope for, as apparently it is). Philosophers emerge from a training in which their writing efforts are almost always addressed to a captive audience: the grader is

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14199133448202637697noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-71583297704064439472009-11-09T15:01:00.002-06:002009-11-09T15:03:42.809-06:00

For those of you who are still unconvinced of the beauty in librarianship, I give you this job posting that came across the wire today:UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZGrateful Dead ArchivistThe University Library of the University of California, Santa Cruz, seeks an enterprising, creative, and service-oriented archivist to join the staff of Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) as Archivist

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14199133448202637697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-38495868048138573132009-11-03T15:19:00.003-06:002009-11-03T15:56:42.012-06:00

By HannoI read an argument not so long ago that runs something like this: Movie studios are now owned by large corporations, and these corporations bought the studios when they realized the profits that could be made through blockbusters. These movies make millions and millions of dollars. So the corporate culture is geared now less to making good movies, and more to making the next

Hannonoreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-78915893539881473972009-10-30T09:18:00.002-05:002009-10-30T09:19:33.383-05:00

by HannoSomeone told me I have mined this Nietzsche vein for all its worth. I have more to say, but I have been on one topic way to long. Thoughts?

Hannonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-60523517490996121462009-10-22T09:38:00.004-05:002009-10-27T09:20:57.757-05:00

By HannoJust as a work of art or literature has many different meanings, just as we can learn from how others see a work of art, or read a work of literature, so we can do the same with life itself. But we do not need a notion of absolute truth in meaning for that to make sense. In fact, perhaps the opposite: when we demand that others read Shakespeare like we read Shakespeare, because we have

Hannonoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-18643773531387462042009-10-21T14:32:00.003-05:002009-10-21T15:24:16.570-05:00

by HannoI want to take a look at Nietzsche's "Attempt at Self-Criticism," his piece where he tries to explain his work "The Birth of Tragedy." He writes:Perhaps the depth of this antimoral propensity is best inferred from the careful and hostile silence with which Christianity is treated throughout the whole book -- Christianity as the most prodigal elaboration of the moral theme to which

Hannonoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-16283755682239868582009-10-20T08:11:00.002-05:002009-10-20T08:22:59.875-05:00

By HannoSo I am in Logic, and two students differ about a problem. One thinks the problem is valid, the other invalid. Then it hits me: Let them fight it out! Instead of trial by combat, we can have Logic by Combat! And the best part is that we know God will be on the side of right. In the beginning was the word, and the word was God. But the 'word' in Greek was 'logos' the root of the

Hannonoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-78333497299250713822009-10-16T09:37:00.004-05:002009-10-16T10:40:12.210-05:00

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that "Butler University has sued an undergraduate student for making libelous and defamatory statements about administrators on a blog he kept anonymously." [full story] Essentially, Jess Zimmerman, a student, didn't agree with an administrative decision that removed the chair of the Butler’s School of Music. In full disclosure, the chair of the music

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14199133448202637697noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-54844171445666452982009-10-13T09:06:00.002-05:002009-10-13T10:02:17.979-05:00

by HannoNietzsche's metaphor of the lamb and the bird of prey, and his critique of morality as a mere perspective, one which need not be shared by everyone, seems to suggest that some people are exempt from morality: they are apart from, distinct from the herd, and do not share its morality. And cruel. We are cruel, too, we lambs. Just look at how we use morality to sit in judgment of

Hannonoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-73307560082883935452009-10-06T09:08:00.003-05:002009-10-07T14:23:13.861-05:00

By HannoIn response to the FCC's decision to force bloggers to disclose all connections between blogger and corporations, I want to inform my readers that the series on Nietzsche has been underwritten by Random House in an effort to get people to buy more books. They gave me lots of money. Lots. L O T S.The next part will appear tomorrow, as I am snowed under with grading at the moment.And

Hannonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-29288678614044612402009-10-07T09:09:00.003-05:002009-10-07T12:25:16.799-05:00

by HannoAs I was thinking of how to structure this entry, I realized quickly that i was biting off more than I could chew: sometimes philosophy is not well suited to a blog. Be that as it may, and end of the excuses, here goes:Nietzsche's critique of morality is multifaceted. In the background of this critique, it may be useful to ask just what Nietzsche means (and hence just what do we mean)

Hannonoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-85987998442520694452009-03-30T12:05:00.005-05:002009-09-29T16:43:31.168-05:00

by HannoThe second dogma of Empiricism is the view that language is reducible to sense experiences. The original dogma was that the meaning of a term is the copy of a sense impression associated with that term. Thus, one sees a shoe. That is an impression. Then one remembers what they saw, calling it to mind. That is a copy of an impression. The word 'shoe' then means the image called to

Hannonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-16109544760797686962009-09-29T09:12:00.003-05:002009-09-29T09:51:24.088-05:00

By HannoNietzsche does not believe in truth. There is no 'way the world is,' discoverable by reason' or by any other method. Instead, there are perspectives, ways of viewing the world, or interpretations. And if there is no way the world is, then there is no sense in critiquing ways of understanding the world for not being 'truthful' or matching up with the way the world is. For Nietzsche,

Hannonoreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-22681425136571292312009-09-22T09:16:00.003-05:002009-09-22T09:45:23.642-05:00

by HannoWhen I first began my philosophical studies ages ago at the University of Texas (Hook Em!), three philosophers gripped my attention: Plato, Nietzsche and Parmenides. With any true love, an ember always remains long after the fire burns out. I never lost my love of Plato, nor Parmenides, and I will always be in the debt of Paul Woodruff, Professor of Philosophy and Classics at UT, for

Hannonoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-24577873036809869512009-09-14T16:18:00.007-05:002009-09-15T15:04:55.873-05:00

By HannoThere are two desires in man that lead to evil in the Harry Potter series. The first, obviously, is the fear of death, personified by you-know-who. But the other, perhaps less noted, is the abuse of power. In fact, power itself becomes a greater and greater concern as the series continues. This is exemplified in 5th book by the extremely evil Delores Umbridge, who will to do anything

Hannonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-67268124893419311082009-09-15T08:14:00.008-05:002009-09-15T08:55:34.984-05:00

When baked in a brick oven with some melted thought, given a few splashes of intertextual reading, this pizza makes a delicious and tantalizing meal. The Philo, which has a complex neo-platonic flavor to it, accentuates the Augustine and Aquinas nicely. The Augustine is pleasantly existential and retains its characteristically fresh, clean literalism. The important point in working with

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14199133448202637697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-58419522549662657322009-09-14T09:11:00.005-05:002009-09-14T13:18:19.849-05:00

Sometimes I'm interviewed by newspapers, and they ask me the meaning of my songs. And if the interviewers are French, they ask the meaning of meaning. This is my platform- Leonard CohenLately I have been listening to my Leonard Cohen collection and have become nostalgic for the darker decade of my childhood, the 1980s. The cynicism that oozes from the Leonard Cohen hit “Everybody Knows” is

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14199133448202637697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-714848122004432672009-09-08T09:06:00.006-05:002009-09-08T16:08:54.513-05:00

by HannoA while ago, I asked folks on Facebook what they would like me to blog about. I got this response from an old friend Alix from college:Is it important that we know about things that we do not see? I suppose this is a human version of the tree falling in the forest. The girls were interested to talk last night about what would have happened had we simply walked by the restaurant and not

Hannonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-64444805795603959052009-09-01T13:21:00.004-05:002009-09-01T14:42:56.344-05:00

Updating a previous posting, Jerome's blogpost, Idealism and Closure, has been nominated for the 3 Quarks Daily 2009 Philosophy Prize! Go vote for him to make the top 20. Results of the voting round (the top twenty most voted for posts) will be posted on the main page on September 8, 2009. Winners of the contest, as decided by Daniel C. Dennett, will be announced on September 22, 2009.VOTE HERE

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14199133448202637697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-42511053870378069062009-08-31T12:32:00.003-05:002009-09-01T14:42:26.061-05:00

By HannoThere are at least three conceptions of the common good. The first is the view of J.J. Rousseau, who is heavily influenced by the Greeks. On his view, there is a general will, which is the will of the community. This will is analogous to the private will, the will of each individual. Just as we want what is good for us as individuals, so the community wants what is good for the

Hannonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-85336187419639607042009-08-27T11:07:00.004-05:002009-08-27T11:18:45.496-05:00

Whether you have been reading or contributing to this blog over the last year, now is the time for you to start nominating your favorite blogsophical posts from the last year. Maybe you enjoyed the multi-part series on Johnny Rotten, the number of posts on copyright and music, or any of the most recent posts on Socialism...this is starting to sound like a PBS fundraising pitch. Anyway, use the

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