I told my Luggage: “Don’t get carried away.”
We’re going to get back to this, but I want to preface by saying I’m excited to do some writing. I’m at the Norlin Library at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and I’ve got a list of small topics to discuss.
Why am I going to write these? Well, we should cover a motivational theory in metaphysics based on Hegel and Nietzsche (and even Led Zeppelin!) in a few posts.
Additionally, I note that a majority of these come from recurring thoughts I’ve had from the past school year (Fall 2009, Spring 2010), and a journal I have kept. But the point of these posts is to meditate these points — marinate them — and so I’ll be commenting and critiquing them as I go.
Table of Contents and Ambitions (I haven’t written these yet):
1) L’Homme Moyen in Philosophy & 5 Reasons, + Marcuse’s criticism
2) The Hipster Problem of Individuality
3) Insider and Outsider Politics, and an idea of both based on popular culture examples
4) Notes on being in Boulder, Colorado and a discussion of limitation, definition, and contrast
5) 5 key problems in philosophy
6) Holbert’s knowledge proof
7) Holbert’s “only one thing can be said” joke
8) The Addition Paradox: Notes on Problems, Simplicity and Complexity
9) List of Social Graces
10) Reaction to Smithsonian’s Inventor’s Exhibit
11) List of Empowerment Stories, Ideas, and Reactions Thereof
12) When the Levee Breaks: Hegel, Nietzsche, Led Zep and the Gathering of Spirit
13) Nietzsche is against Dialectic: Why?
14) Optimism as a Pascal’s Wager
15) Book Review: Louis Menand’s Metaphysical Club
16) Review of Jeffrey Toobin’s Article on Senator Schumer
17) Pragmatism as Applied to Friendship
18) Appropriate times for Analysis
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