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It took me a little while to accept the fact that most people don’t get this joke.
(If you want it explained, just post below; I’ll do my best not to kill it…)
Humor aside, though, something important occurred to me in an argument today. It struck me suddenly when Jordan used the phrase, “That’s why utilitarianism [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jordan’
Self-Reference and This Sentence
Posted in Math and Science, Philosophy in General, tagged a priori, Bertrand Russell, categorical imperative, Gödel, Jordan, Satre, self-reference, sexual fetishes, true by definition, utilitarianism, Whitehead, xkcd on 22 September, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Those Timesless Hours
Posted in Autobiographical, Existentialism and Authenticity, tagged Adagio sostenuto, Alexander Pope, Allegretto, Caitlin, can't sleep, Jordan, Moonlight, Moonlight Sonata, Presto agitato, restlessness, sleepless, Sonata on 17 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I should be asleep. Barring that, I should at least be doing something productive. Homework perhaps.
Instead I mixed a fair portion of the Bacardi into orange juice and put on the Moonlight sonata.
Adagio sostenuto
I wonder, right now, if there is anyone who also should be asleep, who has things to do tomorrow, but who might [...]
Starting Points
Posted in God and Theology, Philosophy in General, tagged a priori, absolute, Anselm, Argument, axioms, Descartes, disprovable, existence, God, Jordan, Meditations on First Philosophy, of, ontological, ontology, provable, reason, self on 4 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was a gloomy day sometime in 1640, or at least, I like to imagine it was a gloomy, quiet day in Europe when Descartes, dressed still in his nightgown, sat down in front of his softly cackling fireplace and drew his ink bottle and paper towards him to compose the Meditations on First Philosophy.
It [...]
And So Forth…
Posted in Autobiographical, Existentialism and Authenticity, tagged Kierkegaard, Sartre, existentialism, Existential, Existential crisis, Camus, absurd, absurdity, Earnest Becker, Denial of Death, Otto Rank, Jordan, Caitlin, Zac on 7 January, 2008 | 1 Comment »
All is in vain.
I realize that I set this up to be a more or less “serious” blog with entries to be carefully crafted articles or essays, but consistency by damned!
All is in vain.
Existential metaphysics is terrible. Absurdity is absurd. It is all so beautifully terrible. It PAINS.
And no one who has not felt [...]
