Tag: philosophy
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Meditations on Hunting
Can’t remember how I came upon it, but I recently read Meditations on Hunting by philosopher José Ortega y Gasset, published in 1972 and apparently considered a classic in hunting literature. It isn’t really about hunting itself, but the philosophies that undergird it and the meaning it can provide. I found great wisdom in these…
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DDC 190-199: Go west, young philosopher
A Teach Me How To Dewey production This Is How We Dewey: 190 Modern Western philosophy 191 Modern Western philosophy of the United States and Canada 192 Modern Western philosophy of the British Isles 193 Modern Western philosophy of Germany and Austria 194 Modern Western philosophy of France 195 Modern Western philosophy of Italy 196…
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DDC 180-189: Questions, questions
A Teach Me How To Dewey production This Is How We Dewey: I admit that I haven’t been exposed much to ancient philosophy, outside of that college philosophy class I’ve mentioned. I remember being especially taken by Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and its take on friendship. I love learning about different taxonomies and ways of looking…
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DDC 140-149: The sexiest of all -isms
A Teach Me How To Dewey production This Is How We Dewey: 140 Philosophical schools of thought 141 Idealism and related systems 142 Critical philosophy 143 Bergsonism and intuitionism 144 Humanism and related systems 145 Sensationalism 146 Naturalism and related systems 147 Pantheism and related systems 148 Liberalism, eclecticism, and traditionalism 149 Other philosophical systems…
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DDC 100-109: Don’t know much philosophy
A Teach Me How To Dewey production The Rundown: Ahhhhhh… Sam Cooke. Melodically justifying ignorance since 1960. But those of us who don’t know much about philosophy are in luck: Dewey’s got us covered. Having conquered the first 100 Dewey points, we now enter the mind-melting glass case of cognition dedicated to Philosophy and Psychology.…
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it made sense in my head
The issue of predestination v. free will is inexplicably tied to the issue of evolution v. creationism. Are we here just because we are? Or has our existence been thoroughly planned? A Calvinist would say that we are entirely “on purpose” while an Arminianist would say that we’re completely free from God’s control. In reality,…
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Right you are, Aristotle
We’re reading Nicomachaen Ethics in my Philosophy 100 class. In Book IX Aristotle talks about friendship and what it requires. The three kinds of friendship he describes are: 1. utility: where each party finds something of use in the other 2. pleasure: whether it be simply enjoying each others company or sharing a common interest…