A mix of various topics and random thoughts.
One of the things I hate about the internet and Google is that every time I come up with a fantastic new idea, I find out someone has already thought of it. A while back I thought of using the coloured thermometer strips they have for fish tanks and building them into...
I'm just getting used to my new website and learning the basics, so I thought that I would just add a short post today. If I wait until I have time to post something of epic size and great importance I will probably never write anything. On a similar note, I have...
Why in the world would I want to create a blog? I have been asking myself that question a lot ever since my good friend Neil started putting together this web site for me. Maybe I should step back a bit. A few years ago it became possible to register .ca domain names...
Why in the world would I want to create a blog? I have been asking myself that question a lot ever since my good friend Neil started putting together this web site for me. Maybe I should step back a bit. A few years ago it became possible to register .ca domain names...
'Ex nihilo nihil fit'-Parmenides of Elea My topic for this month is panpsychism. This is the concept that the mind or some corresponding entity is a universal aspect of reality, not just of humans and certain animals. This was the topic of my dissertation for my BA...
'You have funny looking knees'-My cousin's friend Lee This month isn't really a philosophy essay, but it does touch on an ethical subject. Many of the things we do in life have unexpected consequences. A commonly cited example is the concept of 'double effect' where a...
Here we're confronting a condition I think of as Moral Exhaustion.Trying to do the right thing all the time is...a huge pain in the ass.-Michael SchurHow to Be Perfect This month I will be doing something a bit different. Most of my post will be a book review. Some...