"It's an inanimate fucking object!" "You're an inanimate fucking object!" Read More
I finally finished Emile today. Here are some of my favorite quotations: [T]he first of all useful things, the art of forming men, is still forgotten. (33) But what prevents them from ever acquiring a pronunciation as clear as that of peasants ...Read More
...but she's got it where it counts, kid." Realizing that I'm somehow still deeply drawn to the Millenium Falcon whenever I see it, I've tried to figure out what it is that's so interesting about it. First, of course, there is ...Read More
Spurred on by a student's inquiry (thanks, Ryan!) of how 2001: A Space Odyssey could be related to philosophy, I've come up with the following suggestion: One could read the film along the lines of Kant's assertion that humans have ...Read More
In light of this week's demise of the print version of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, everyone is pondering the future of news media. It turns out there are actually some interesting possibilities developing. I must admit, I was initially rather disappointed ...Read More
...and why wasn't this nominated for any oscars? Read More
I saw Man on Wire on the plane coming back from Germany in January, and remember wondering at the lack of any references to Zarathustra's tightrope-walking scene. Especially given that, in his own self-characterization, J. Petit describes himself as a ...Read More
Ever since seeing The Reader earlier this week, I've been preoccupied with what I take to be one of its core themes: hermeneutics. No no, hear me out. I'm not just projecting my dissertation topic onto everything. I swear. In the ...Read More
