philosophy

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 631

By Erik Loomis

In General

On February 9, 2020

This is the grave of Charles Peirce. Born in 1839 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Peirce grew up in the Harvard elite. His father was an astronomy and mathematics professor there. He went to Harvard himself and graduated in 1862, though a mediocre student. He made a...

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Wittgenstein And The Biscuit Monster: A Philosophy of Language

By Christa Blackmon

On May 31, 2017

Over the bank holiday, or what you Yanks celebrate as Memorial Day, it was National Biscuit Day. It was on this day that I made an important discovery. Cookie Monster.

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Chinese Pollution, Chinese Philosophy

By Erik Loomis

On May 26, 2016

You owe it to yourself to read this interesting essay the intersection of Chinese philosophy and contemporary Chinese air pollution. Just a quick excerpt: According to professor Liu, the Chinese.

It is entirely appropriate to post photographs of scantily clad women on your website.

By SEK

In General

On February 23, 2012

You probably thought this was about some other sexist academic, but it's actually about Vincent Hendricks, a philosopher who posted this on his website. Unlike that other sexist academic, Hendricks at least had the decency to retract the fruit of his poor judgment and issue...