Tag: anthropology

  • The Irony of Modern deferment

    Overheard of two people while waiting in line to buy groceries. “The actuality of a situation is beyond anyone’s ability to be ethical.” “That’s right. I pay someone through taxes and school fees to deal with the greater problems of the world. Right now I have a career to advance.” —————————- When you think about…

  • Psychology and philosophy, part four

    My point of addressing this topic was not simply to go on about my anecdotal development of psychology and philosophy. I am always embedded in context, in a story, and so maybe that’s why I’m always contextualizing many things I have to say in the story of why I have to say them or why…

  • The Dealing of Philosophy

    by John Clark Philosophy is in decline. You hear it all the time. The evidence is regularly trotted out: fewer graduates; no jobs; no prospects; a … The Healing of Philosophy ——- Physician, heal thyself! I love this post. Not only is it a Nice reflection upon the situation, but I also think it indicates…

  • Soulituality

    “Cant you see that I am one with the cosmos!?..poquito ergo es…i think, therefore you is.” Everyone agrees that philosophy, at root, is “the love of wisdom”. Yet, since the beginning of the 20th century, I feel, this meaning has been mostly lost. Philosophy has become an extended argument about definition; the purported wisdom of…

  • Cognitive Science of Philosophy Symposium: Corpus Analysis

    x Welcome to the Brains Blog’s new Symposium series on the Cognitive Science of Philosophy! The aim of the series is to examine the use of methods from… Cognitive Science of Philosophy Symposium: Corpus Analysis —/- Interesting. Just as I introduce philosophical anthropology, here is a post that is looking at the “bodies” of language…

  • CFP: Imagining Radical Futures, Princeton Oct. 5th

    CFP: Imagining Radical Futures, Princeton Oct. 5th CFP: Imagining Radical Futures, Princeton Oct. 5th — Read on markcarrigan.net/2018/05/30/cfp-imagining-radical-futures-princeton-oct-5th/