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“How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life!” 10 comments

Sigrun wrote 4 days ago: Proverb by Steve Reich (1995) Maggie Nelson’s Bluets is in part inspired by the writing of Lud … more →

Tags: A world of relative inaccessibility, Art, Literature, Maggie Nelson, Philosophy, Poetry, Reading to Write, writing, Magie Nelson Bluets

Zen, Tao, Sufism, Wittgenstein (and Lacan?)1 comment

sufiways 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 →

Tags: Classic Teaching, Modaser Shah, Original Essays, Bastami, Dogen, hakuin, Lacan, Lao Tzu, Tao and Sufism

Confessions of a Physics Teacher

aidanodonoghue wrote 4 days ago: I spend my days teaching Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and Pauli’s Exclusion Principle to kids … more →

Tags: Literature, memoir, Philosophy, Science, Society, writing, Science, Philosophy, Kayaking

The 'God' problem

Witty Ludwig 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 →

Tags: Agnosticism, Atheism, Belief, Christianity, existence of God, God, language, Psychology and Religious Belief, Religious belief

More Wittgenstein: On Rule-Following

rainbowmoonglow wrote 5 days ago: In section 201 of Philosophical Investigations W entertains the idea that all rules are open to inte … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Rule Following, interpretation, Hermeneutics

Beliefs About the Relative Land Speeds of Predators

Avery J. Wiscomb wrote 6 days ago: Once not long ago we tricked ourselves into thinking that certain knowledge must entail something sp … more →

Tags: History 2, language, Science, technology, Belief, Certainty, First Principles, Knowing, knowledge

A post concerning the problem with Language1 comment

tomdarlington 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 →

Tags: Advertising and Brands, Brands, Adverts, communications, language game theory, language, Consumers, Buzz words, Martin Weigel

Excerpt from "Ash"

filterthesnow wrote 1 week ago: 4. Two months earlier, Emma sits on Zeb’s kitchen’s black and green and white diamond-patterned floo … more →

Tags: Philosophy, lilith, God, Cambridge, Satan, Max Richter, Coca-Cola, John Milton, Rhetoric

A Transcendental Rendition of the Private Language Argument

antithesis314 wrote 1 week ago: I’ve been busy with moving down south as well as this paper I was finishing for an independent … more →

Tags: Critiques, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, transcendental arguments, Private Language Argument

The Battle of Lützen 2 May 18132 comments

Martin Gibson wrote 1 week ago: By April 1813 Napoleon had rebuilt his army, but was at war with Prussia and Russia. His field force … more →

Tags: War History, 1813 German Campaign, Blücher, bluecher, France, French Army, Lutzen, Luetzen, napoleon

evasion

m lewis redford wrote 1 week ago:                     … more →

Tags: Poem, 2011, being, Life, Living, Reading

Wittgenstein and Body-Language

rainbowmoonglow wrote 1 week ago: In my investigations of the post-humorous publishing of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investiga … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Body Language, seeing

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Witty Ludwig wrote 1 week ago: … more →

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Ten books for stimulating thoughts about science

neurotaylor wrote 1 week ago: ‘Which books did you find helpful for thinking about science?’ Here’s my answer, o … more →

Tags: Good Reads, Hacker and Bennett, Ideas!, Julien Benda, kraken wakes, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Midwich Cuckoos, Sade, sandra harding

Casting Lots

vancemorgan wrote 1 week ago: On the recommendation of one of my colleagues, I recently read Alexander Waugh’s The House of Wittge … more →

Tags: Bible, Certainty, Doubt, God, HOPE, Humor, Irreverence, Jesus, Literature

Scientific Explanations About Objects

Avery J. Wiscomb 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 →

Tags: Science, Philosophy, language, Hegel, Science, Scientific Method, Rhetoric of Science, Discourse, newton

The Limits of Language: Does Language Shape The Way We See The World?

profesorbaker wrote 2 weeks ago: Credit: VOA http://bit.ly/ZFkLi5 Do you see the bridge strong and sturdy, or sleek and elegant? That … more →

Tags: Desarrollo profesional, Educacion 2, Culture, English, language, limit, Shape, Teaching, The Limits of Language: Does Language Shape The Way We

The Limits of Language: Does Language Shape The Way We See The World?1 comment

profesorbaker wrote 2 weeks ago: Credit: VOA http://bit.ly/ZFkLi5 Do you see the bridge strong and sturdy, or sleek and elegant? That … more →

Tags: EFL, Education, Reflections, Connectivism, Culture 2, Writing #2, English, elt, Education

Bruce Lee and Ludwig Wittgenstein: "Just like it's raining out."

stractatus wrote 2 weeks ago: Bruce Lee uses the machine as symbol that Wittgenstein used. Bruce responded to how he reacts to peo … more →

Tags: Lee, united states, Bruce Lee, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bruce, Shopping, Business, tautology


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