What IS America? What does it mean to be American? I ask these questions on July Fourth, a day when the United States commemorates its independence. That date and commemoration in itself is significant in it not being entirely true. […]
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Tag: Culture
Types of Possible Human Action: An Etude
We are all individuals embedded in a world. We each have a certain degree of freedom that is limited by the reality that we all share a physical world and a human society. Philosophers such as Martin Heidegger, Max Weber, […]
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Recognition Part 3: History of Recognition Theory
Welcome to the insert philosophy here podcast. Inserting the principles of philosophy into real life. Welcome to part three of my series of podcasts on the concept of recognition, a very important concept in philosophy. In this podcast, I want […]
Read moreTwo Underappreciated French Postmodernists
I’m not a big fan of most philosophy that falls under the umbrella of “postmodernist.” There are two philosophers who I think offered valuable contributions to our quest to understand and improve society. Jean-François Lyotard French philosopher and sociologist, Lyotard […]
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Wittgenstein’s Language Games
Poor Bertand Russell. He wanted to create the logically perfect language. But he was abandoned in this quest by his teacher and co-author, Alfred North Whitehead, and by his student Ludwig Wittgenstein. Both had originally agreed with Russell that a […]
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What’s The Problem With “Wokeness?”
The words “woke” and “wokeness” have recently entered the political lexicon. These words puzzle me as to what they mean and why people use them. “Woke” and “wokeness” are used mostly, if not exclusively, as an insult. They are used […]
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New Curse of Oak Island Season and Learning from Rick & Marty
Embedded video, click to play; text transcript below. It’s a new exciting season of The Curse of Oak Island! Will it be exciting or will it be the same old boring stuff I ask those two questions because those […]
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The Stupidity of “Falling Back” an Hour
You set your clocks back, didn’t you? Custom forces you to do so, and sometimes custom is blindly repeating our mistakes. The twice-a-year clock shifting between “standard” and “summer/daylight” times is a prime example. Clock Time Our units of time […]
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How About We Just Get Rid of Gender Labels?
My article from three years ago “The Problem with the Transgender Label” asked a question some people don’t want asked: does that label cause more problems than it solves? It remains one of my most-read articles with mostly positive responses. […]
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Stop Dehumanizing People With Your Writing
It angers me. I know they don’t mean it, but it still angers me. I read a lot as a writer and professor and I see it all the time. People are dehumanizing other people with their words. Sheer obliviousness. […]
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