Philosophy is an activity that every human being partakes in countless times a day. Without philosophy, one could not function in reality and would soon perish. When people think of philosophy, they tend to get a picture in their mind of old men with long white beards, living in ivory towers, pouring over hairsplitting...
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
The Value of Philosophy
Theo-con Update: "Bring Back The Holy Bible and Christian Prayer in Schools Month"
“Bring Back The Holy Bible and Christian Prayer in Schools Month” Here’s an example why Theo-cons such as Pastor Steven Andrew should not be giving advice on what children learn in public schools. Theo-cons have a real hard time with basic history. “American blessings will come by obeying God. We have seen the difference...
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Some Emerson in the morning
“These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each...
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Christopher Hitchens vs Ken Blackwell on the US Being a Christian Nation
“The Presbyterian clergy are the loudest; the most intolerant of all sects, the most tyrannical and ambitious; ready at the word of the lawgiver, if such a word could be now obtained, to put the torch to the pile.” -Jefferson to W. Short, 1820 Here’s Ken Blackwell making the common categorical error in equating...
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Some Emerson with your coffee?
Good morning world! Hope all is well. Here’s some Emerson to go along with morning coffee. “To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men – that is genius. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for...
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Eric Voegelin on the Western Crisis
In my opinion, Eric Voegelin conducted the most thorough investigation into what we call the “Western crisis.” Voegelin drew heavily from both Plato and Aristotle, and made the greatest contribution to awakening us to the reality that, in a democracy, the government is only a reflection of the population. As Voegelin stated in his...
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Musical Interlude: Money – Pink Floyd
Musical Interlude I’m doing some research on the evolution of how net-worth mutated into self-worth within American culture. I’m currently reading Max Weber’s case for a nexus between Puritan Calvinistic theology and capitalism. “The doctrine of predestination; that only some human beings are chosen to be saved from damnation…Calvin himself may have been sure...
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Quote of the Day: David J. Chalmers
Quote of the Day: David J. Chalmers – Taking Consciousness Seriously “Consciousnesses is the biggest mystery. It may be the largest outstanding obstacle in our quest for a scientific understanding of the universe. The science of physics is not yet complete, but it is well understood;; the science of biology has removed many ancient...
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Florida’s Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll Calls For Christian Theocracy
Jennifer Carroll Calls For Christian Theocracy Yesterday before the GOP debate, Ralph Reed’s “Faith and Freedom Coalition” (you can’t have freedom with faith at the political helm) held an event at which Florida’s Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll openly expressed her support for the Christian Nationalist theocratic agenda. Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Herman Cain...
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Quote of the Day: David Chalmers
“Consciousness is the biggest mystery. It may be the largest outstanding obstacle in our quest for a scientific understanding of the universe. Physics is not yet complete, but it is well understood. Consciousness, however, is as perplexing as it ever was. We have good reason to believe that consciousness arises from physical systems such...
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