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Philosophy 101
June 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Some folks may remember that I had intended to use my summer months to write a book about Aristotle’s philosophy of biology. Then I bought my trumpet, and to help pay for it I signed up to teach the first session of the summer quarter.
I will be teaching Philosophy 101, that old stand-by that is [...]
Jun
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The Woodwork is Teeming
June 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Ever since Lisa’s letter was published in the Athens News (see my post of yesterday for the text), folks have been writing and calling to say how much they agree with her sentiments. Where on earth are all of these people hiding? Why is the university in the crapper, governance-wise, if this view is so [...]
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Free Thinking
June 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment
One of the things about libertarianism that really appeals (at least to us conservatives) is the emphasis on freedom of thought and the rule of rationality in human affairs. Personally I’ve always been of two minds about this, however (one of the great benefits of personal intellectual freedom, I suppose, is that you can literally [...]
