A) What are we doing when we retrieve Ancient Philosophy?
B) How does the answer to A differ from what we are doing when we use common sense, everyday ready-made notions?
Provisional answer: A and B are seperated by the possesing/lacking of what we call awareness, having-one’s self, authenticity, consciousness, intentionality.
2) Freedom is the retrieve which is [...]
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Questions for Life
Posted in Body Phenomenology, Philosophy, beginning, writing on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thinking Geo-Engineering more broadly
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Technology, writing on June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m starting to become more and more convinced by the geo engineering prerogative. Conservation is too ecological, romantic, pastoral. The Nazi response to modern technology is to keep doing it while we privileged the pastoral. The US response has been to keep doing it while regulating it and establishing parks. Both these methods suffer the [...]