Browsing: Philosophy

“If it comes, it comes; if it does not come, no process of reasoning can force it. Yet it transforms the value of the creature loved.

“A reanimated world is a world in which spirit and matter are not just equally valued but known to be mutually reliant.”

You are aware that life ends in death and love ends in loss. Still, you see the beautiful afternoon light shining on the face you love, knowing it will soon fade, and the beloved face will also fade someday. But still you love, because life is short but meaningful, and love connects the impossible and the eternal. I ponder this and a part from Louise Erdrich’s 2005 book The Painted Drum (public library) comes to mind: Life will break you. Nobody… read article

“Poetry is the cosmos awakened to itself.”

“It is when the experience of powerlessness is at its most acute, when history seems at its most bleak, that the determination to think like a human being, creatively, bravely, and complexly, matters the most.”

“At the end of my life, I know I won’t be wishing I’d held back more, been less expressive, stood on ceremony more often, forgiven less, spent more days ignorant of the secret desires and fears of the people around me.”

Meet the philosopher who revived anti-realism.

Two philosophers debate the ethics of performance enhancement.

Vulcan shows us science beyond the scientific method.

What the existence of zombies would do to our philosophy of mind.