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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Free will, Religion without God, Dennett’s Compatibilism…
I recently finished reading Daniel Dennett’s Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life. The book “argues that Darwinian processes are the central organizing force that gives rise to complexity. Dennett asserts that natural selection is a blind and algorithmic process which … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science, Thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged active, agent, algorithm, atheism, compatibilism, complexity, Consciousness, Darwin, Dennett, dilbert, evolution, evolves, Free Will, freedom, george santayana, god, human, meaning, mind, natural selection, Nietzsche, nihilism, passive, Religion, santayana, society, soul, william james
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Suicide
I was reading an article by Zadie Smith (author of White Teeth) in Harper’s. It was a review of two books: Edouard Leve’s Suicide and Peter Stamm’s Seven Years. I had never heard of either author, but Smith’s description of Leve’s Suicide convinced … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ethics, Fiction, Mental Health, Philosophy, Thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged Autoportrait, Edouard Leve, Harper's, Leve, Paris Review, Pornographie, Pornography, Rugby, Suicide, Zadie Smith
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Conviction OR Why Do People Hold On To Ridiculous Beliefs with Such Gusto?
I was actually upset about this topic a while ago, but was reminded about it for reasons I can’t now remember (put that in your brain and make sense of it). I think my biggest pet peeve is when I get into … Continue reading
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