Dec 4, 20189 minOn the meaning of 'knowledge'[Philosophical notes from 2005.] Reading a collection called Contemporary Debates in Epistemology (eds. Steup and Sosa) for class. I'm...
Jul 22, 20182 minMarxism and MeadismAugust, 2007.— Here’s one of the many parallels between Marxism and 'Meadism' [i.e., George Herbert Mead's system of thought]: “Human...
May 26, 20183 minExistentialist thoughts on David Foster Wallace[From 2008. Copied here, somewhat irrelevantly, in recognition of the recent suicides that have been in the news.] Read an article in...
May 20, 201810 minD. W. Winnicott on playingHere are some old disjointed notes on a classic book by the psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott. I happen to be skeptical of psychoanalysis,...
May 16, 20183 minRandom thoughts on the selfPhenomenological explorations of consciousness and the self have always fascinated me, and over the years I've taken reams of notes on...