Category: Varia
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Portland Leftist Deplaned
Here
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University of Dayton Philosophy Department Circa 1980
Amazing what one can dredge up from the vasty deeps of cyberspace!
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I Kill a Bug
And when I do, I apologize to him: "Sorry, man, nothing personal; but just one of my thoughts is worth more than your entire life." But if the insect is no distraction and can be easily dispatched to the outdoors, that is where he goes, or is sent. Sentience as such, no matter how low…
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Who is Caius?
Robert Paul Wolff here replies with wit and lefty snark to a charming request by one Pamela N., a personal assistant, who wants to know who Immanuel Kant is referring to when he writes, "Caius is a man; man is mortal; therefore, Caius is mortal." Pamela confesses, I will admit, I have not read Kant's works.…
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My Ideal Reader
A lover of language, precise in its use, respectful of its mothership* of our thoughts, analytic but not conceptually myopic, out for the Sellarsian big picture, non-dogmatic and therefore skeptical in the best sense, which is to say, an inquirer, but not a worldling mesmerized by the sublunary, and therefore spiritually oriented. And his attitude…
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A Meditation on Four Senses of ‘Light’
Substack latest
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The Philosophy of Furniture
By Edgar Allan Poe. Enjoy!
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Logically, We are Poles Apart
What Lukasiewicz might have said to Lesniewski.
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Another ‘Too Late’ Story: Elizabeth Wolgast
Long-time reader Dave Bagwill wrote to tell me that he tried to contact his old professor at Cal State, Hayward, Elizabeth Wolgast, but was too late. "She was a very fine woman with a penetrating intellect and a warm heart," Dave recalls. From Wolgast's obituary: Elizabeth H. WolgastFeb 27, 1929 – Oct 13, 2020Elizabeth Wolgast,…
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My PhilPapers and PhilPeople Pages
I have been hard at work sprucing up these pages, adding content and links for the download of some of my papers, and correcting errors. I still have a lot of work to do. Take a gander if you care to. Most of my reviews are substantial review articles, not book reports. There are a…
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Do not go maskless . . .
. . . into that open air. Or leave your house at night. But rage, rage against the pusillanimity of your fright. Your soul's a pussy that cannot take a dare. So rage, rage against those who masklessly enjoy the open air. ……………………………….. Addendum (3/7). Is there an etymological connection between 'pussy and 'pusillanimous'? Here…
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My Latest at Substack
Enjoy!
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Substack
I opened an account yesterday. Only one entry so far, and less than ten subscribers. It's free. Go here and do a search on my name. If you are a good writer and impecunious, you can turn a buck on this site. On second thought, you can do so whether or not you are impecunious. …
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New Year’s Eve at the Oldies: ‘Last’ Songs for the Last Night of the Year
Happy New Year, everybody. Last Night, 1961, The Mar-Keys. Last Date, 1960, Floyd Cramer. It was bliss while it lasted. You were so in love with her you couldn't see straight. But she didn't feel the same. You shuffle home, enter your lonely apartment, pour yourself a stiff one, and put Floyd Cramer on…
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Merry Christmas to All Readers, Old and New . . .
. . . and best wishes for the New Year. This from a liberal reader: I've read your blog daily for six years now because I want a rational conservative voice in my life to challenge my own (very opposite) beliefs. You've provided that in spades, and I'm grateful for it. Would that all liberals…