Sometimes, just when I think I've finally apprehended something new and profound, when I've finally found a connection between the scattered fragments of truth here and there, I find that upon grasping this glorious and wonderful treasure, that for what ever little answer I have found it has only led me further into the realm of the unknown. This, ( Read more... )

Well, here is a sample chapter of my little exposition on logic and knowledge that I'm trying to get done this summer. Enjoy. (Note: Some of the symbolic logic will not appear correctly online, particularly in this excerpt the epsilon symbol)

( The Theory of Types )

Yup, I'm still alive and on I'm leaving for San Francisco tomorrow morning. I get the pleasure of waking up at 5:00 AM tomorrow to make our flight. Yippee. Also, we're flying out of the least secure major airport in the United States, LAX! Yeehaw! Haha. But in all seriousness, I'm looking forward to the trip and hope all goes well and that there ( Read more... )

Sometimes I think that the more I talk with people, the more I begin to prefer abstract logical entities to them.

Well, I suppose it is about time I comment on the topic that the entire nation is outraged over right now. I basically think it is a trivial matter that both sides are freaking out over. I am an agnostic atheist and I have no qualms with uttering the meaningless words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance. To me those words have even less meaning ( Read more... )

Last night I was suddenly and randomly come over by a desire to write at some length my views of human knowledge. I have, as you know, already written on a priori knowledge and shortly on belief. However, I wish to expand upon and perhaps incorporate those two compositions into this new larger body of work in which I will tackle such issues as the ( Read more... )

The actual constitution of the nervous system of an individual will help determine the individual's natural proclivities and train of thought. I found this to be very interesting the first time I read it nearly a year ago. What do you think?
Now it is an acknowledged principle that all sensations experienced during the presence of any vivid ( Read more... )

( Great lyrics to a favorite of mine )

Very often the most humorous things in life are real instead of fiction. I think the headline Police Dog Accused of Racial Profiling is very well perhaps the most absurd and hilarious headline I've heard in a very long time, if not ever ( Read more... )

Well, recently in philosophy the topic of "Free Will vs. Determinism", or, more appropriately called, "Liberty vs. Necessity", reared its head again. So this time I set about to do my best to dispel any confusion on the matter and expound my views which happen to have been derived from John Stuart Mill. So, if you care, check out what I had to say.

What I ( Read more... )