Fascinating tales of my global wandering.
Today’s entry marks Helix day (http://www.thehelix.co.uk/) which is, coincidentally, today. The Helix is a development of the area where the Forth and Clyde Canal meets the River Carron. The Forth and Clyde Canal was constructed in the late 1700s to connect the Firth...
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...