Schelling’s “Ages of the World” is a famously difficult, and to some non-sensical work. Never published during his lifetime, editors have their choice of 4 seperate versions, none of which Schelling was satisfied with.
It’s always been a ghost text for me, from the point I began to recognize to what extent Heidegger and Merleau Ponty’s [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Making sense of Schelling
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Possible SSHRC/OGS grant application
Posted in Uncategorized on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Starting a PhD from scratch, I really have no idea what I want to work on. This is a problem when it comes time to write grant applications, however, because these are mostly graded on the current state of your research proposal. That’s ok, insofar as you can make one up. Here’s what I’m thinking [...]
I declare today to be “getting things done day” day!
Posted in Capitalism, Pragmatics, Technology on September 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After over a year of construction, my “Benoto” bike is officially up and running, thanks to the bikechain’s helpful help getting the crank properly set and tightened. It will be excellent to have wheels to get around the cube, and hopefully outside of it. Also, for quick nips down the street to Futures, and to [...]
Happy in Toronto
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Pragmatics, Technology, beginning, writing on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I realize I havn’t written in a while, but now that the school year has begun, I hope to post more often. I’m happily settled in Toronto, in a PhD program, living in an awesome house. Also, I feel that I have a lot of friends in Toronto now, something that is a welcome change [...]
