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Feminism is Dead

Before I get to my point, I want to add a caveat here: ‘Feminism is dead’ should be understood as an observation (along the lines of Nietzsche’s ‘God is dead’) instead of a suggestion that feminism should be dead. To me, that is the furthest thing from my mind. Now, on to the post… Perhaps [...]

Capital is dead!

While concerns grow about a second recession (e.g. the Hindenburg Omen), the more worrying event is the American public’s ignorance of the significant revelations the ‘financial crisis’ two years ago brought out. The most significant of these revelations is the death of the illusion that America is a classless society. Prior to the events, corporations [...]

To build a community (centre)

The current ‘controversy’ in the US is the plans of a Muslim community to build a community centre a few blocks away from the ruins of the World Trade Centre (you know, that place where 9/11 happened 9 years ago). It’s really sad that these Muslims are getting such harsh treatment. So, I want to [...]

Theology and the Church

I’ve been discussing with a few different groups of people what is the role of (‘academic’) theology within the function of the church. So, here are a few quick points. Theology serves the church in providing resources for understanding the church, the tradition, and even the culture in which one lives. No Christian lives without [...]

Paris

After a few questions from friends and such, my wife recommended that I/we write down our tips for easier reference (i.e. ‘read this link’). So, for the first of our essential Europe on the cheap, I’m presenting Paris. Transportation There are a few ways to get to Paris. Trains connect directly to the underground. If you fly [...]

Time Dependance

We begin with time by reducing it to causality. In various forms of logic, this can be reduced to the equation ‘if p, then q‘. Yet, this is known to be problematic as there is no proof for p, it is always assumed. The quest for p is an old one. Perhaps the most famous [...]

Annual Review

I’ve been preparing my thesis for an upcoming annual review due Friday. While the review only asks for a writing sample of 5,000 – 10,000 words, I’ve been wanting to see how much of my thesis I have written in some form. Besides completing a new section for my sample, I’ve also gone through all [...]

Save Middlesex Philosophy

One more thing off of my todo list. Here’s my letter to the Middlesex administration regarding the closing of their highest rated programme and suspending some staff members and students for peacefully protesting the closure. (NB: BTW, if you have not heard of this closure, please support the campaign. Dear Members of the Board, I [...]

New Phone Service

Recently, a friend of mine gave me a BlackBerry to use as the cheap phone I was using had horrible reception indoors (because it cannot transceive 3G signals). As I wanted to look and see what it would cost to use the full BlackBerry services, I thought I’d look in both the US and the [...]

2010 Gifford Lectures

Gianni Vattimo is giving this year’s Gifford Lectures series, hosted by the University of Glasgow. It will be four lectures, from Monday 7th June through Thursday 10th June at the university. Like all Gifford Lectures, these are free and open to the public. The four lecture titles are: Tarski and the quotation marks of His [...]