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91. If Moore says he knows…
91. If Moore says he knows the earth existed etc., most of us will grant him that it has existed all that time, and also believe him when he says he is convinced of it. But has he also got the right g… more →
Wittgenstein's On Certainty
“How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life!”
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wrote 4 days ago: Proverb by Steve Reich (1995) Maggie Nelson’s Bluets is in part inspired by the writing of Lud … more →
Zen, Tao, Sufism, Wittgenstein (and Lacan?)
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wrote 4 days ago: by Modaser Shah A big subject, indeed. I have been thinking about writing a post on it for some tim … more →
Confessions of a Physics Teacher
wrote 4 days ago: I spend my days teaching Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and Pauli’s Exclusion Principle to kids … more →
The 'God' problem
wrote 5 days ago: A large part of the problem is this: of what could proof or evidence of god’s not existing co … more →
More Wittgenstein: On Rule-Following
wrote 5 days ago: In section 201 of Philosophical Investigations W entertains the idea that all rules are open to inte … more →
Beliefs About the Relative Land Speeds of Predators
wrote 6 days ago: Once not long ago we tricked ourselves into thinking that certain knowledge must entail something sp … more →
A post concerning the problem with Language
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wrote 1 week ago: After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they sp … more →
Excerpt from "Ash"
wrote 1 week ago: 4. Two months earlier, Emma sits on Zeb’s kitchen’s black and green and white diamond-patterned floo … more →
A Transcendental Rendition of the Private Language Argument
wrote 1 week ago: I’ve been busy with moving down south as well as this paper I was finishing for an independent … more →
The Battle of Lützen 2 May 1813
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wrote 1 week ago: By April 1813 Napoleon had rebuilt his army, but was at war with Prussia and Russia. His field force … more →
Wittgenstein and Body-Language
wrote 1 week ago: In my investigations of the post-humorous publishing of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investiga … more →
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Ten books for stimulating thoughts about science
wrote 1 week ago: ‘Which books did you find helpful for thinking about science?’ Here’s my answer, o … more →
Casting Lots
wrote 1 week ago: On the recommendation of one of my colleagues, I recently read Alexander Waugh’s The House of Wittge … more →
Scientific Explanations About Objects
wrote 2 weeks ago: It is not the refraction of the ray but the ray itself whereby the truth is revealed to us. Refracti … more →
The Limits of Language: Does Language Shape The Way We See The World?
wrote 2 weeks ago: Credit: VOA http://bit.ly/ZFkLi5 Do you see the bridge strong and sturdy, or sleek and elegant? That … more →
The Limits of Language: Does Language Shape The Way We See The World?
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Credit: VOA http://bit.ly/ZFkLi5 Do you see the bridge strong and sturdy, or sleek and elegant? That … more →
Bruce Lee and Ludwig Wittgenstein: "Just like it's raining out."
wrote 2 weeks ago: Bruce Lee uses the machine as symbol that Wittgenstein used. Bruce responded to how he reacts to peo … more →
