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PreambleHappy new year, everyone! Now is the time of year when gyms make all their money from people signing 1 and 2 year contracts and only showing up for the first 2 or 3 weeks. Don’t become a statistic! I’m here to help you avoid this fate and to help share some ideas on how […]
Read More No Nonsense Fitness GuidePreamble (Warning: I haven’t proof read this entry yet) For those of you who haven’t been following or have forgotten what I’ve written about Kant here are some technical terms that will allow you to understand what I’ve written here. This is a section of my paper that I’m working on. For some reason […]
Read More Can I Reason My Way To Moral Principles? Or Do I Need Some Other Kind of Knowledge?Locke’s Complex Ideas Most of what we’ve talked about so far (in relation to ideas) concerns ideas, generally considered, and simple ideas. Recall that all ideas have as their source either perception or reflection on the operations of the mind; and in the case of simple ideas the mind is always passive (II. xii. […]
Read More Why Are Locke’s ‘Complex Ideas’ Easier to Comprehend than his ‘Simple Ideas’?Wrestling vs Brazilian Jiu Jitsu I’ve had a couple of glasses of wine so I apologize in advance for any incoherence beyond the usual. My whole life (20 years of it, anyway) I’ve been a wrestler but in the last 2 weeks I’ve finally started to understand what it means to be a Brazilian […]
Read More The Psychology of Grappling: Wrestling vs BJJThe Prolem: Are All Locke’s Ideas Necessarily Imagistic? Those of you who are facebook friends know I that I recently posted about a little issue I’m having wif my Locke paper. Here’s the prolem: most of my analysis and criticisms of Locke’s epistemology rest on the premise that, for Locke, all ideas are images […]
Read More What Does "Bigger Than" Look Like in the Mind? Part 1 Locke’s Ideasp.sdfootnote { margin-left: 0.5cm; text-indent: -0.5cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; }p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }a.sdfootnoteanc { font-size: 57%; } Having Ideas What does it mean to have an idea? Does it require we have some image in the theatre of our mind? Where do ideas come from? Can we make our own or do […]
Read More A Bird Is a Word: Having Locke’s IdeasOverview For the research paper for my 17th century philosophy class I’ve chosen for my topic Locke’s notion of simple ideas and their role in his epistemology. So, what’s all this mumbo jumbo about? And who is John Locke? As most of you may know, John Locke was trapped on a strange island with […]
Read More Mommy…Where Does Knowledge Come From? Locke’s EmpiricismThe Principle of Autonomy One of my favorite aspects of Kant’s moral philosophy is the principle of autonomy; however, as with any prima facia appealing idea there are usually problems lurking below the shiny surface. I think I wrote about the principle of autonomy (PA) in an earlier post but for my own good […]
Read More Do You Trust People Who Watch Jersey Shore? Kant and the Principle of AutonomyA couple of weeks ago I was coming home from work on a Saturday night (I don’t work often lately because of school but they called me in) and decided it’d be easier to pick something up than to cook a meal at 3am. For late-night food I like this place called “Taco Cabana”. […]
Read More Jesus and BurritosPreamble I loves me my preambles… First a few autobiographical notes: today I wrote my first midterm in 11 years. I don’t recall being so stressed about exams in undergrad but for some reason I was really worried about this one; maybe it’s just a novelty effect and after a few more exams my […]
Read More I Like Money, Wanna Hang Out? Kantian Ethics: Acting From Reason vs For Reasons
Wrestling with Philosophy 