A scene from Philosophy Club:

Girl (name withheld since we're not on especially good terms and I don't want to be a total jerk to her over the Internet): *says something about Kannazuki no Miko*

Me: Oh, hey, I just finished rewatching that show! It's not really very good, but I have a bit of affection for it for reasons unrelated to its objective ( Read more... )

I DISCOVERED HANS-GEORG GADAMER

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MY FAITH IN PHILOSOPHY IS RENEWED FOR AT LEAST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

...THIS IS SERIOUSLY MAJOR FOR ME GUYS.

OH GOD HANNAH ARENDT IS HOT

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The March/April issue of Social Science and Modern Society has a very good set of articles on the good and bad points of neo-Darwinist triumphalism. It's well worth seeking out.

Check out this idiot.

Well. As somebody whose best friends in real life and on teh el jay are both agnostic, I can't  really agree with the categorisation of all agnostics as 'wimps.' I think it's inaccurate, offensive, uncalled-for, and puerile, on the same level as calling all atheists 'jackasses' just because some of the more vocal ones are.

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The lunatic is all idee fixe, and whatever he comes across confirms his lunacy. You can tell him by the liberties he takes with common sense, by his flashes of inspiration, and by the fact that sooner or later he brings up the Templars.

Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum.

Poll My future doctoral thesis

Is there any particular reason why the Vienna Circle enjoys such a great reputation among modern philosophers? The only philosophers of distinction who participated were Schlick, who didn't really say anything; Gödel, who dissented; and Carnap, who was an idiot (this is a man who said that art was 'unsatisfactory and inadequate' and that philosophy ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm aware that the icons in question are not very good and don't have a proper template. I'm new at this. Use with credit.

1 Haruhi Suzumiya no Yuutsu (with Doctor Who quote)
1 Neon Genesis Evangelion (fairly rudimentary)
1 Mary Midgley (also fairly rudimentary)
And a Midgley motivational poster.


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