Freight train, freight train, run so fastFreight train, freight train, run so fastPlease don't tell what train I'm onThey won't know what route I'm going                                  Elizabeth Cotten: Freight Train I was lucky enough to hear Elizabeth Cotten sing...

Marty! You've gotta come back with me!...Back to the future.'Doc' Emmett Brown: Back to the Future Part II For as long as I can remember I have been curious about time. According to Einstein and others, it is another dimension like the three dimensions of length,...

'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...