tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:02:20 +0000RandomSociety / PoliticsPhilosophy EssaysSerresDescartesMemesPhilosophy NotesTechnologyMusingsMetaphysicsAristotlePlatoNature / Environment / WorldHeideggerMorality / EthicsKnowledge / EpistemologyLeibnizPsychology EssaysDevelopmental PsychologyJourneys through continental philosophyhttp://modox.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)Blogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-5914995976476662074Thu, 26 May 2011 20:32:00 +00002011-05-26T21:45:48.862+01:00Nature / Environment / WorldMusingsMorality / EthicsAn article on The Guardian's website today entitled 'Without belief in moral truths, how can we care about climate change?' caught my eye, and inspired me to write a response. The article talks about a recent conference where the well known utilitarian Peter Singer apparently conceded that his preference utilitarianism struggles to deal with the problem of climate change. Maybe it doesn't have http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/PxD93ZEd04I/climate-change-and-moral-philosophy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkpEavSaSrYGG6yxa3_0bmftLX0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkpEavSaSrYGG6yxa3_0bmftLX0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkpEavSaSrYGG6yxa3_0bmftLX0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkpEavSaSrYGG6yxa3_0bmftLX0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/PxD93ZEd04I" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2011/05/climate-change-and-moral-philosophy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-741983568542329085Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:08:00 +00002011-05-25T09:43:18.249+01:00SerresPhilosophy EssaysNature / Environment / WorldKnowledge / EpistemologySection 4 Our criticisms of Earth Jurisprudence stemmed from the two pillars of the movement . One issue here is how we understand the Earth Community. At the most basic level it can be argued that all natural entities which have any effect on each other are part of the same ecosystem. This could perhaps form the basis of a claim of community with those other entities. Yet this does not give us http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/N8FoDs_yxeg/masters-section-4-and-references.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fjgLFmytGPc8likR4YXWZm18BLQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fjgLFmytGPc8likR4YXWZm18BLQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fjgLFmytGPc8likR4YXWZm18BLQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fjgLFmytGPc8likR4YXWZm18BLQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/N8FoDs_yxeg" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2010/07/masters-section-4-and-references.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-5835577190240692512Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:26:00 +00002011-05-25T09:39:25.275+01:00SerresPhilosophy EssaysNature / Environment / WorldSection 3 When looking at the work of Serres, it is never helpful to look at one book in isolation, as he uses and develops the same concepts over multiple books, each time with a different focus, thus highlighting a different way of understanding those concepts. Key to any analysis of his work is an understanding of The Birth of Physics, a study of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura (DRN). While the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/uTduFjrJC5s/masters-section-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gyjcBpeSY_I89bL7DrZDHI7Dbos/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gyjcBpeSY_I89bL7DrZDHI7Dbos/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gyjcBpeSY_I89bL7DrZDHI7Dbos/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gyjcBpeSY_I89bL7DrZDHI7Dbos/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/uTduFjrJC5s" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2010/06/masters-section-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-544745125549486485Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:06:00 +00002011-05-25T09:39:25.275+01:00SerresPhilosophy EssaysNature / Environment / WorldSection 2 Serres begins by saying that we know both sides of the debate surrounding the environment, and that we can seemingly support either one. On this basis then, the decision on whether and how to act is a ‘wager’[1]. Whichever direction we go, we are gambling that we are correct. His point is to ask why we should take a huge risk and not do anything when what is at “stake is the Earth in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/EpctRDwX8KM/masters-section-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HN8tV0KABfSMCLEJI7J12ziz6yg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HN8tV0KABfSMCLEJI7J12ziz6yg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HN8tV0KABfSMCLEJI7J12ziz6yg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HN8tV0KABfSMCLEJI7J12ziz6yg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/EpctRDwX8KM" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2010/06/masters-section-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-8770915869122613645Thu, 20 May 2010 08:12:00 +00002011-05-25T09:39:25.276+01:00SerresPhilosophy EssaysNature / Environment / WorldSection 1 In 2006 Tamaqua, Pennsylvania passed a law which “establishes that Tamaqua residents can bring lawsuits to vindicate not only their own civil rights, but also the newly-mandated rights of Nature” (CELDF, 2006). This law was brought about by the idea is that just as humans are recognised to have certain basic rights which cannot be taken away from them, so too do other entities. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/BM7A_X6l9NE/masters-section-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yi7akAsnPDIyZ9tIsocB6kgog9k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yi7akAsnPDIyZ9tIsocB6kgog9k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yi7akAsnPDIyZ9tIsocB6kgog9k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yi7akAsnPDIyZ9tIsocB6kgog9k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/BM7A_X6l9NE" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2010/05/masters-section-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-4581583180915601161Sat, 15 May 2010 13:07:00 +00002011-05-16T20:46:32.911+01:00MusingsHigher education strongly encourages us to use quotes to back up what we say - the implication is that what we say has no meaning unless someone more important has already said it before us. Of course if you are making an evaluative statement about a text then you should be able to point to the place within that text which suggests you may be correct. This is something I have done to a very http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/BomN2r5M7yI/value-of-quotes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jaOfthz7lwrTU2oraRgP-mnzxpc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jaOfthz7lwrTU2oraRgP-mnzxpc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jaOfthz7lwrTU2oraRgP-mnzxpc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jaOfthz7lwrTU2oraRgP-mnzxpc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/BomN2r5M7yI" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2010/05/value-of-quotes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-7428043982391622966Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:02:00 +00002011-05-16T22:16:53.969+01:00MusingsRandomFirstly, I finished reading Flowers for Algernon the other day (and only started it two days before that). It's a brilliant book, for many reasons which you can probably guess just from reading the back cover. One of the maybe less obvious ways it is making me think is in terms of its commentary on academia and the well-educated in general. This is not just in the overall sense that there is a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/TNITrpfT8-c/blogging-flowers-for-algernon-and-how.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PRpUz9aOKD_Ah6eVvBunRqFT0zY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PRpUz9aOKD_Ah6eVvBunRqFT0zY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PRpUz9aOKD_Ah6eVvBunRqFT0zY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PRpUz9aOKD_Ah6eVvBunRqFT0zY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/TNITrpfT8-c" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2010/02/blogging-flowers-for-algernon-and-how.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-8169838036277373711Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:50:00 +00002011-05-25T09:24:58.800+01:00Philosophy EssaysNature / Environment / WorldMorality / EthicsIntroduction The work of Levinas provides a unique perspective in philosophy. Where Western philosophy has a history of pushing the limits of knowledge as far as possible, he questions whether the quest for knowledge is a just one, whether it is ethically appropriate, and questions the assumed freedom which allows us to continue it. Self-criticism, the project of theory and hence of knowledge, “http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/c-TEUHyS2ks/levinas-and-ecological-ethics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jGZik8FdSxCndyrgMlUS8RtwOiw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jGZik8FdSxCndyrgMlUS8RtwOiw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jGZik8FdSxCndyrgMlUS8RtwOiw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jGZik8FdSxCndyrgMlUS8RtwOiw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/c-TEUHyS2ks" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2009/07/levinas-and-ecological-ethics.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-8566565922902401913Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:29:00 +00002011-05-25T09:51:32.138+01:00Philosophy EssaysSociety / PoliticsNature / Environment / WorldWhat use can legal concepts be in an ethics of the environment? In their 2007 book A Contract with the Earth, Gingrich and Maple argue in favour of less judicial involvement in environmental issues. The closest they come to an actual contract is a list of things we should agree to do to protect the environment. There are other uses of legal concepts in environmentalism, e.g. earth jurisprudence, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/VmjpNvVuLH0/social-contract-and-nature_29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tgeBG_sJQTKdvZ3yhavyQWfOMp4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tgeBG_sJQTKdvZ3yhavyQWfOMp4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tgeBG_sJQTKdvZ3yhavyQWfOMp4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tgeBG_sJQTKdvZ3yhavyQWfOMp4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/VmjpNvVuLH0" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2009/07/social-contract-and-nature_29.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-5517642867211806092Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:54:00 +00002011-05-25T09:45:33.425+01:00TechnologyPhilosophy EssaysHeideggerNature / Environment / WorldDescartesDescartes Today man is having to face up to the possibility that he is now acting on a global scale. His actions have global consequences; he may enact permanent change on the world, or at least enduring enough to be permanent on any time scale which matters to him. He is finding it difficult not only to devise a solution to the negative effects of his lifestyle, but even to fully accept the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/2vJRf7rz01U/descartes-and-heidegger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bMrZvq0i0ZWtprmD_IuqhnEGi6c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bMrZvq0i0ZWtprmD_IuqhnEGi6c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bMrZvq0i0ZWtprmD_IuqhnEGi6c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bMrZvq0i0ZWtprmD_IuqhnEGi6c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/2vJRf7rz01U" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2009/06/descartes-and-heidegger.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-7333205378281606977Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:51:00 +00002011-06-15T22:37:15.448+01:00Philosophy EssaysNature / Environment / WorldMetaphysicsTo answer the question of what role violence may play in the state of ataraxy, there are a number of other questions we must ask, and a number of other concepts and ideas to make clear. The question refers to what violence may mean in a certain context. So we clearly find ourselves needing to understand first of all what this context is. Secondly we need to determine what exactly we mean by http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/gr7c0NVoifU/lucretius_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XQ0igmeKtdo8GI4MWa0jMC2Afsg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XQ0igmeKtdo8GI4MWa0jMC2Afsg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XQ0igmeKtdo8GI4MWa0jMC2Afsg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XQ0igmeKtdo8GI4MWa0jMC2Afsg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/gr7c0NVoifU" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2009/06/lucretius_10.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-8834060205706519664Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:46:00 +00002011-05-25T09:23:19.355+01:00Philosophy EssaysNature / Environment / WorldThe environment is currently a big issue, and ‘green’ awareness has been growing steadily in the decades since the first Earth Day in 1969. Few now deny the importance of improving our relationship with the environment, and reducing our negative effects on it, but there are many conflicting views on the appropriate action to take to this end. These varying viewpoints have led to a number of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/WfM_v50wO2o/validity-of-judicial-based-western.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7mRH4f6R0B8xqQnR63PQtVbLQzw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7mRH4f6R0B8xqQnR63PQtVbLQzw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7mRH4f6R0B8xqQnR63PQtVbLQzw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7mRH4f6R0B8xqQnR63PQtVbLQzw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/WfM_v50wO2o" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2009/06/validity-of-judicial-based-western.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-2867776220633055582Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:11:00 +00002011-05-25T09:45:33.426+01:00MusingsDescartesThis is a bit of a random post. I'm currently writing a fairly big (7,000 words) essay on Descartes and Heidegger, and I'm having real trouble with the Descartes portion. I obviously need, at the beginning, to go over Descartes and set up what portions of his thought I'm going to be looking at through the work of Heidegger. This is not necessarily a difficult task, on the surface. In fact, I've http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/P36WhkFrS-g/how-do-you-write-about-descartes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ToCr5KMXs_tJUwtBcOAKNjSV93M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ToCr5KMXs_tJUwtBcOAKNjSV93M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ToCr5KMXs_tJUwtBcOAKNjSV93M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ToCr5KMXs_tJUwtBcOAKNjSV93M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/P36WhkFrS-g" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-do-you-write-about-descartes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-5760432912574601706Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:12:00 +00002011-05-25T09:39:25.276+01:00SerresPhilosophy EssaysIntroduction Knowledge today can seem a particularly fractured and isolated thing. Many intelligent people know only of their chosen field or profession, ignorant of the exciting ideas from other periods and other disciplines. In the Birth of Physics, Michel Serres sets about a description of the universe, based on Lucretius' work, which he believes he can use to show an inherent degree of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/kT69vhvx-AQ/serres-and-creativity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dslnlbwcxabDoAukasfi8GTYGL8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dslnlbwcxabDoAukasfi8GTYGL8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dslnlbwcxabDoAukasfi8GTYGL8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dslnlbwcxabDoAukasfi8GTYGL8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/kT69vhvx-AQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2008/06/serres-and-creativity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-8790389926124447462Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:07:00 +00002011-05-25T09:46:56.637+01:00Philosophy EssaysAristotleMorality / EthicsRead the last two books of Cicero's On Moral Ends. Critically evaluate Cicero's claim that there is no significant difference between Stoicism and an Aristotelian ethics. In answering this question, it may be useful, and perhaps necessary, to ascertain whether it is likely that Aristotle is likely to have had any direct influence on the development of Stoic ethics. Along with Plato, Aristotle http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/ygpT87RP0qQ/stoics-and-aristotle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cqPGExrAbElo5OM6hZGHwFzBsqc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cqPGExrAbElo5OM6hZGHwFzBsqc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cqPGExrAbElo5OM6hZGHwFzBsqc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cqPGExrAbElo5OM6hZGHwFzBsqc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/ygpT87RP0qQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2008/06/stoics-and-aristotle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-1224449801059331597Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:58:00 +00002011-05-25T09:51:32.138+01:00Philosophy EssaysSociety / PoliticsCritically assess the extent which Canguilhem's account of normativity and health serves as the basis for a critique of the conception of the self in liberal political theory as it has been approached in this module? In chapter three of his book Identity\Difference (2002), William Connolly studies the way in which liberalism deals with difference. We will consider the conceptions of self which http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/yPcCBZZAFL8/self-and-others-main-assessment-piece.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZhZXUSiKzge7pAyI4EEoLeluLLU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZhZXUSiKzge7pAyI4EEoLeluLLU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZhZXUSiKzge7pAyI4EEoLeluLLU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZhZXUSiKzge7pAyI4EEoLeluLLU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/yPcCBZZAFL8" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2008/06/self-and-others-main-assessment-piece.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-4068922819944675606Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:20:00 +00002011-05-25T09:51:32.139+01:00Philosophy EssaysSociety / PoliticsIdentify a concrete example where the conception of self is problematic today and explaining why it is so The concrete example I have chosen to discuss here is that of psychometric testing. This is a method of testing people via questionnaire with an aim to reveal and quantify their personality, where personality is usually understood as the stable, enduring traits of a person's character whichhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/labR3Gb-oEk/self-and-others-identify-problem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LsnHwDe5751Vzz4nolO7qViqLSY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LsnHwDe5751Vzz4nolO7qViqLSY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LsnHwDe5751Vzz4nolO7qViqLSY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LsnHwDe5751Vzz4nolO7qViqLSY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/labR3Gb-oEk" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2008/03/self-and-others-identify-problem.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-196029371902842738Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:03:00 +00002011-05-25T09:46:56.638+01:00Philosophy EssaysKnowledge / EpistemologyAristotleCritically discuss what Gadamer is saying about Aristotle in the section on the problem of application (p.306-321), and what implications it has for the text. Prior to the beginning of this section, Gadamer has been outlining his concept of horizons. Towards the end of this discussion he states that "understanding is always the fusion of these horizons" (Gadamer, 2004, 305). In this view, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/o1P4pVn9aiA/gadamer-on-aristotle_43.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NggLtFoABjoLLoqekTsa7xXYhAk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NggLtFoABjoLLoqekTsa7xXYhAk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NggLtFoABjoLLoqekTsa7xXYhAk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NggLtFoABjoLLoqekTsa7xXYhAk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/o1P4pVn9aiA" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2008/01/gadamer-on-aristotle_43.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-3164291694659543711Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:26:00 +00002011-05-25T09:44:02.211+01:00MemesPsychology EssaysMemes, are they viruses of the mind or the root of individuality? Describing memes is not an easy task; that much is clear from the fact that there are almost as many definitions of the meme as there are books and papers about the meme. Dawkins (1982, p. 109) says that a meme is “a unit of cultural inheritance ... naturally selected by virtue of its 'phenotypic' consequences on its own survival http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/LZ-WzCLswSQ/memes-viruses-of-mind-or-root-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UcYd5SgD2qvNo41s9PCGqWLNbNc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UcYd5SgD2qvNo41s9PCGqWLNbNc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UcYd5SgD2qvNo41s9PCGqWLNbNc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UcYd5SgD2qvNo41s9PCGqWLNbNc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/LZ-WzCLswSQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2007/12/memes-viruses-of-mind-or-root-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-900036447327091033Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:20:00 +00002011-05-17T11:22:24.800+01:00A few short book reviews, for no particular reason, including an absolutely terrible book on memes. Reading with Michel Serres: An Encounter with Time by Maria L. Assad I'm just getting to grips with Serres' thought, and while Conversations serves as a nice, light introduction and taster, this book really gives you a sense of what Serres is about, and what it's like to actually understand him.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/qYiqLw9gsk4/book-reviews.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YgJUhgf44ewyB5k0UNaCQpBqSSg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YgJUhgf44ewyB5k0UNaCQpBqSSg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YgJUhgf44ewyB5k0UNaCQpBqSSg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YgJUhgf44ewyB5k0UNaCQpBqSSg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/qYiqLw9gsk4" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2007/12/book-reviews.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-5787496251287018556Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:17:00 +00002011-05-25T09:55:15.392+01:00Developmental PsychologyPsychology EssaysDiscuss the major characteristics of concrete operational thinking according to Piaget in relation to recent research that has changed the was we think about this period of development. Jean Piaget proposed a stage theory of cognitive development covering birth to the full bloom of a child's cognition in early adulthood (Piaget, 1952). The theory consists of four stages, but it is the third http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/nrYqku9D0uw/concrete-operational-thinking_02.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eoD0-_lm6Tk08LwEH1D3rTpQJQQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eoD0-_lm6Tk08LwEH1D3rTpQJQQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eoD0-_lm6Tk08LwEH1D3rTpQJQQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eoD0-_lm6Tk08LwEH1D3rTpQJQQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/nrYqku9D0uw" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2007/12/concrete-operational-thinking_02.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-6179089706821456027Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:52:00 +00002011-05-25T09:44:02.212+01:00MemesMusingsOk, so an advance warning that this is going to be short (my lunch will start burning in about two minutes) and probably largely very confused, but (in the spirit of my recent developments, intellectually) the memes are jumping around dying to be allowed to spread, and it's putting me off reading my Gadamer. So I figured why not let them out, maybe then I can get on with my reading. I finishedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/S7NOc2KAeos/meme-issues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y9crdSsj9JWavccFS8TyaxTsVIs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y9crdSsj9JWavccFS8TyaxTsVIs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y9crdSsj9JWavccFS8TyaxTsVIs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y9crdSsj9JWavccFS8TyaxTsVIs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/S7NOc2KAeos" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2007/11/meme-issues.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-5110881833579743214Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:39:00 +00002011-05-17T11:26:04.724+01:00Philosophy NotesPart of the assignment for my Gadamer class this semester is to write up notes for one week's class, and to post them on the discussion board for everyone else to use. Not easy since I never take notes and hence don't really know how to. It's not quite an essay, but I thought I'd chuck it up here anyway, enjoy... Gadamer Notes – 23-10-2007 Ontology of art?We begin, not even with the above http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/77-gz0KdQ3o/gadamer-class-notes_3948.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_BRgitfxZiwaem4hM-MG4paJM4U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_BRgitfxZiwaem4hM-MG4paJM4U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_BRgitfxZiwaem4hM-MG4paJM4U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_BRgitfxZiwaem4hM-MG4paJM4U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/77-gz0KdQ3o" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2007/10/gadamer-class-notes_3948.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-1587989787014156554Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:23:00 +00002007-08-20T21:28:03.389+01:00RandomThis will be an odd post considering I haven't made one for ages (I might get time/motivation to do so once I return from Budapest after September 7), but I was just reading through the archives of a webcomic I used to read years ago, and came across this one, which has the title I've quoted below, and it really made me laugh."My personal philosophy is that personal philosophies are stupid"Anyonehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/isZsa3bf7BU/personal-philosophies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BvZIwNGCXevzm0LuRJriTrUSB5U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BvZIwNGCXevzm0LuRJriTrUSB5U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BvZIwNGCXevzm0LuRJriTrUSB5U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BvZIwNGCXevzm0LuRJriTrUSB5U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/isZsa3bf7BU" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2007/08/personal-philosophies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15894341.post-5236451050181321388Wed, 09 May 2007 16:40:00 +00002011-05-25T09:48:04.041+01:00Philosophy EssaysLeibnizMetaphysicsCritically evaluate the way the Principle of Sufficient Reason and the idea of infinite divisibility serve as a basis for Leibniz's rejection of material atomism. Leibniz wrote on an incredible number of subjects, and communicated his ideas in various forms; through letters to contemporaries, papers in journals, and infrequently in the more traditional form of actual books. It is clear that he athttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/the3rdplace/~3/yQGh3RKZcmk/leibniz-on-rejection-of-material.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich Boulton)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MeRj8jW7ZEpi-eCZHTrPkutfLwI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MeRj8jW7ZEpi-eCZHTrPkutfLwI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MeRj8jW7ZEpi-eCZHTrPkutfLwI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MeRj8jW7ZEpi-eCZHTrPkutfLwI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/the3rdplace/~4/yQGh3RKZcmk" height="1" width="1"/>http://modox.blogspot.com/2007/05/leibniz-on-rejection-of-material.html