The curse of Plato
Sep 29, 2007 personal, philosophy
Let me attempt to explain my shift in thinking during the last four years by illustrating via context-less quote-mongering. In high school when I was first “getting into” philosophy I would often come these interesting, derogatory quips about philosophy itself. For example: “Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.” – [...]
Tags: nihilism, philosophy, Plato, postmodernism, Rorty
Students Against Life
Sep 25, 2007 Cedarville, philosophy, politics
Ok, let me flog this dead horse one last time and then I’ll shut up about it. This is the e-mail we received yesterday from a campus organization called “Students For Life”: Protest Abortion “Open your mouth for those who cannot speak, and for the rights of those who are left without help.” – Proverbs [...]
Tags: abortion, personhood, Students for Life
Against Appropriation
Sep 12, 2007 philosophy
Almost done with Crystal Downing’s book. I’ve slowed down because I’m not entirely satisfied with some of her scholarship in this last half. She seems strong on Derrida and deconstruction; weak on Rorty and irony. She also seems to believe (mistakenly, imo) that C.S. Lewis would support a lot of postmodern epistemology. James K.A. Smith [...]
Tags: deconstruction, hauntology, James K.A. Smith, Merold Westphal, Percesepe, postmodernism
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Postmodern
Sep 9, 2007 philosophy
Finally! I’ve gotten it online: “The Unbearable Lightness of Being Postmodern” by Gary Percesepe. From microfiche to intarweb in four (almost) easy steps.
Tags: Percesepe, postmodernism
I believe that I believe
Sep 7, 2007 philosophy, reading
Research log: I finished James K.A. Smith’s Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? earlier this week and am wrapping up Crystal Downing’s How Postmodernim Serves (My) Faith (“Question Truth in Language, Philosophy and Art”). In the back of the book she has a list of resources that were helpful to her and one of them is “The [...]
Tags: James K.A. Smith, Percesepe, postmodernism, Vattimo