Wrestling with Philosophy

In this blog I present, in an informal way, core ideas in philosophy and their application to current events and everyday life. For critical thinking lessons and resources, please check out my free online course reasoningforthedigitalage.com

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

What is the Only Thing You Can Know For Certain?

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Descartes:  Second Meditation Recap      Lets very briefly recap the 1st meditation.  Descartes says that if we really think about it, pret...
Monday, August 29, 2011

If You Were Purely Rational, How Would You Behave?

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Chapter 2 How Can We Discover A Moral Law?      One of the overarching goals of Kant's Metaphysic of Morals is that there is a moral la...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Problems With The Golden Rule and Scantily Clad Women

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Unfinished Business (Sounds like a bad 80s action movie...)     Before I continue with Kant I realised I forgot to make an important point ...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Kant, Libertarians, and The Bible, Oh, My!

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KANT...Kant...kant...      There are several philosophers that are notoriously difficult to interpret--one of the guys that falls squarely i...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Descartes and the Origins of "The Matrix" and "Inception"

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Hey y'all, I thought I'd do my best to lure in the non-philosophy types in an attempt to help you get your Descartes on.  I'm ...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Ramblings From "Texas, Yeah Texas" to Carnap

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      Texas.  When this state is mentioned few people have neutral impressions.  For people that were born here I'm sure they imagine po...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

School: The End of the Beginning

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     I feel like an entry is overdue but I don't feel like doing a bunch of research for part 3 of the vaccine entries so instead I...
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