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Ok, what I’m about to do may turn out to be a very poor decision but at this point I don’t have much to lose. Here’s the situation. I have one term paper left and for some reason I just cannot make any progress. I’m so confused by now that I can’t tell if the […]
Read More Stuck/Quine/Epistemology NatualizedUppdayt:What’s up friends…I apologize for the increasing duration of time between entries. I’m in the heart of term paper writing season and it’s hard enough just to get my reading and writing done. I’ve put work on hold until the semester’s over so I can dedicate myself to the work that will hopefully move me […]
Read More Update and T. Burge vs J. Campbell: The Limits of Vision ScienceUpddayt Ok, it’s crunch time for me. Semester’s end is in sight which means 1 thing: term papers. Honestly, I’m kind of freaking out. Guess I just need to divide everything into manageable tasks. Wait, that would make too much sense. I should do what most pop psychology/self-help books say. I should just […]
Read More Nutrition Rant: Simple vs Complex CarbsWell, you’d think by now I’d know better than to start writing a blog entry at 3:15am on a Monday…but I know that the 3 to 5 people that actually read my blog are wondering why it’s been over a week since my last post…Upddayt So, I did kind of an interesting party on […]
Read More Update and Introduction to Disjunctivism/McDowellA little update before we get into the philosophy…. Actually, I lied. There’s no update here cuz, every week pretty much follows the same pattern: going to class, fantasizing about what I’m going to eat on my “cheat” day, studying, more fantasizing about cheat day, more studying, going to the gym, entertaining […]
Read More Update and Tyler Burge/Vision Science Primer.Hello Friends,Today I’m going to wrap up the overview of Carnap, and in future posts I will go into more detail. On Tuesday I have to give a presentation on his paper “Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology” and I’ll be using you guys as a practice audience. I know! You can hardly wait! Before I begin, […]
Read More Carnap Part 3 and My Blog’s Identity CrisisOK, I’ve seriously got to socialize with other humans, I’m starting to get cabin fever. Oh, and what the crap am I doing at 3 am on a Friday night, drinking wine by myself and writing about R. Carnap? In the previous post I introduced R. Carnap, his overarching Enlightenment objectives, the forces confronting his […]
Read More Carnap Part 2I’ve been holding off on discussing R. Carnap for a while partly because it’s tough to know where to start and even more difficult is where to end. This guy was amazing. A giant in 20th Century philosophy. I studied him a bit in undergrad in my epistemology course. At ASU I’m taking a full […]
Read More Meet My New Friend R. Carnap: Part 1 of 3Ok, guys, I’m going to discuss one of the main areas of 20th Century philosophy, Epistemology, the study of knowledge. Don’t be scared, I’m going to do my best to break terms down so this little exposition doesn’t sound too technical/boring. Before we get all academic in this beezy, lets take a quick look at […]
Read More How we know we know nothing.Yay! I have my first question! Thank you to auntie katinka for submitting your question. I’ll do my best to answer (I hope it’s ok that i divulged your identity, I know how you like to keep things on the DL!) Here’s the question: oh! oh! you just caused me to have a question… so… […]
Read More My first attempt at answering a philosophy question (from the unwashed masses)
Wrestling with Philosophy 