This is a series of posts in which I read William B Irvine’s A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy. The idea is to read and comment one chapter after another. For the first chapter of a book on philosophy we should expect some kind of overview of early Greek thought. And that’s what we get here as well, although it [...]
fungrimThis is a series of posts in which I read William B Irvine’s A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy. The idea is to read and comment one chapter after another. The Why of This I’ve been fascinated be early Greek philosophy for a while now. Not so much the more common, and historically much more important, [...]
fungrimIntuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett My rating: 5 of 5 stars Being a long time admirer of Dennett I approached this book somewhat enthusiastically. Some mind-tools from the man himself?! Whoho!
fungrimA quick one here, I just re-discovered Philosophy Bites. Good stuff! Here’s what I just listened to: Stephen Law on The Problem of Evil – A bit on the light side, but Stephen Law is becoming a favourite, so I liked it anyway. Anthony Grayling on Atheism – Again a bit on the light side, but as a primer on Atheism… [...]
fungrimTime to close some tabs, this time on my perhaps greatest intellectual heroes. Daniel C Dennett and Douglas Adams. Starting with Adams: “Is there an artificial god?” – Douglas Adams brilliant speech on Digital Biota 2 Cambridge U.K., September 1998. Fabulous stuff in a rambling typical Adamesque way. Including the [...]
fungrimHere’s a position I’ve been thinking about lately, and been tempted to try out, which has to do with the problems of communicating across different view points, mostly in paranormal, faith based or plain strange discussions (let’s call them “supernatural” for this post). Such discussions are often frustrating both for [...]
fungrimIn no particular order. p00wned by Russlle’s Teacup. Terrorism and Radicalization; By Scott Attran (on Edge) Like airport security? I don’t. Enjoy!
fungrimBecause low hanging fruit is soooo easy to reach. Here’s two more or less funny and one “damn yes I told you so”: A guide to Christian clichés and phrases. Hah! Have had some naughty sex?! What?! Hax x2! And no: Einstein was very much not religious. Enjoy.
fungrimLately I’ve started reading Stephen Law. Don’t really know why I picked him up, but so far so good, most of the stuff he publishes is very nice. In fact I shall have a look around for his books as soon as I’ve finished my current stack.In particular, his take of the problem of evil, is gratifying, The God of Eth: This [...]
fungrimEveryone with normal IQ and access to internet or TV knows that Scientology is a cult. It is a cult, ok? A cult, as in an ugly damn cult. And if you wonder why I keep on calling it a cult, it is because of this: Teenager in UK faces prosecution for calling Scientology a cult, here. Of course, this may just be an up-strung police officer, [...]
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