This is a cool article from Aeon Magazine about how modern mathematics is influencing Western philosophy in the direction of accepting contradictions – an influence of Buddhist thought that is finally getting traction in the West. Graham Priest is a distinguished professor of philosophy at CUNY and professor emeritus at the University of Melbourne. He … Read more
When it comes to the question of the importance and relevance of philosophy, I’m not sure whether Lawrence Krauss just loves the attention of being polemic, doesn’t get just how narrow-minded and simplistic his beliefs are, doesn’t realize he’s committing some major category mistakes and some basic logical fallacies that a first-year philosophy student would … Read more
One of the things I despise about politics is the hypocrisy and the double standards: it’s okay for our group to do something, but if those from the other side of the isle do the same thing, then that very same thing is evil; or conversely, it’s so wrong for those on the other side … Read more
Every now and then a cartoon comes along that, through the use of a hilarious reductio ad absurdum, so clearly and succinctly demolishes creationism as a viable alternative hypothesis to explain the complexity and diversity of life, exposes its inherent irrationality, and makes clear its ulterior motivation and the double standards on which it is … Read more
When scholars refer to you as “the philosopher” for about two thousand years, and everyone understands what that means, you’re kind of a big deal. That’s exactly what happened to Aristotle because, let’s face it, the man’s depth and breath of intellectual sophistication simply blew everyone out of the water for two millennia. If you want … Read more
If you are a Republican, you’re probably not all that thrilled with your presidential candidate Mitt Romney, what with more flip-flopping on political issues than a patient with multiple-personality disorder on meth. It looks like this guy will say anything for votes. But if you’re concerned about all the inconsistencies, fear not. The Onion reports … Read more