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Tag Archives: Philosophy
E-Philosophy: A Brief Manifesto
The word philosophy comes to us from two Greek words meaning the love of wisdom. What is wisdom? Knowledge, both theoretical and practical, used in ways both defining and helping to bring about what is good and beneficial in life … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged analysts, analytic philosophy, Babylon 5, Brian Eno, Delenn, E-Philosophy, E.F. Schumacher, Ervin Laszlo, Feyerabend, George Orwell, Harry Frankfurt, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Jurassic Park, Kierkegaard, Leopold Kohr, Local Futures, Localism, Marcus Aurelius, Morpheus, Nikola Tesla, On Bullshit, Philosophy, political economy, positivism, Remnant, Stoics, The Matrix, Thomas S. Kuhn, Wittgenstein
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What Is It Like to Be a Lost Generation Philosopher (Part 3)
[Continued from Parts One and Two] Given that you pursued a career in academic philosophy, any specific regrets? One big one from my early days. Not turning my MA thesis on Paul Feyerabend into my first book. The idea was … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Libertarianism, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged Adjunct, Adjuncts, anarchism, angry white male, Careers in academia, Careers in higher education, Careers in philosophy, Chile, Descartes, Donald Trump, Education in Chile, Ethics, Feyerabend, globalization, Leopold Kohr, libertarianism, Lost Generation, Moving to Chile, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, philosophy of science, political correctness, political economy, Political philosophy, Portraits of American Philosophy, racism, radical feminism, STEM education
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What Is It Like to Be a Lost Generation Philosopher (Part 2)
[Continued from here.] Getting back to personal stuff again if you don’t mind: what did your parents make of your decision to go into philosophy? My mom had always encouraged me to find out and pursue what I was really … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Christian Worldview, Higher Education Generally, Libertarianism, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged Adjunct, Feyerabend, incommensurability, Lost Generation, Nicholas Maxwell, Philosophy, philosophy of science, Thomas S. Kuhn
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What Is It Like To Be a Lost Generation Philosopher? (Part 1)
This is an “Imagined” interview. It is based on a proposal I made to the What Is It Like To Be a Philosopher website created by Clifford Sosis (Coastal Carolina University), not responded to for whatever reason, but it follows … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Worldview, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Libertarianism, Music, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Science Fiction, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged Adjunct, Brian Eno, Christianity, Foucault, Kierkegaard, libertarianism, Lost Generation, Man-made Climate Change, Modernity, Neoliberalism, OOPARTS, Philosophy, philosophy of science, Postmodernism, Progressive Rock, Scientific anomalies, Thomas S. Kuhn
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A comment on, “A philosophical interpretation of recent campus protests” by Huenemanniac
What follows is a lengthy comment on this blog entry. I also came over here from Brian Leiter’s blog, and may be something of a johnny-come-lately because due to work obligations only saw this essay last night. Disclaimer: despite my … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Higher Education Generally, Libertarianism, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Adam Smith, Black Lives Matter, capitalism, Carroll Quigley, David Hume, Huenemann, Ivy League privilege, Michael Perelman, Philosophy, primitive accumulation, slavery, The Enlightenment, the slave trade, white privilege
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The Age of Atheism and the Eight Veils.
Over the past month or so I’ve been reading Peter Watson’s The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God (2014). I’ve almost finished it. If you are a believer in any sense of … Continue reading
How Higher Education in the U.S. Has Slowly Self-Destructed
There can be little doubt that at one time, the U.S. had the best higher education system in the world — rivaled only by, perhaps, by institutions in Great Britain such as Oxford and Cambridge. It still lives on that … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education Generally, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged Adjunct, Brian Leiter, free market, Harry Frankfurt, Herbert Marcuse, higher education decline, Lost Generation, Marcusans, MOOCs, National Adjunct Walkout Day, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, political correctness, Powell Memorandum, student loan debt crisis
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Scholarship “In the Doldrums” as Elderly Generation Dies Out and Is Not Replaced
Our point of departure for this week’s article will be a remark by philosopher Harry Frankfurt, best known as having authored the colorful little tract On Bullshit (2005) which, significantly, may be the only work by a professional philosopher to … Continue reading
Welcome to this Blog
Hello. I’ve had this WordPress title for quite a while, but have only recently decided to use it. To those who have found their way here: welcome. What’s this all about? I am a Lost Generation Philosopher. What’s a Lost … Continue reading