I’ve found it hard to be enthusiastic about linking to carnivals, so my carnival linkage has lapsed without my quite intending it to. Therefore, I’ve decided I need to try something new: whenever there’s a carnival, comment on one of the more interesting submissions. Here’s my first entry in this effort: The 85th philosopher’s carnival [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Philosophy carnival 85–with intellectual black holes
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 21, 2009
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The inaugeration
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 20, 2009
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Okay, so I just got out watching the inauguration in a room packed with foreign students in the building where I’m learning to teach English as a foreign language. Should have made the walk over to a friend’s house instead; video cut out at 11:25. Anyway, based on the part I saw of Obama’s inaugural [...]
It’s been awhile since I’ve laughed this hard.
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 19, 2009
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Though YMMV if you don’t understand log scale: LIIIIIIIIIINK
I miss things
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 19, 2009
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So recently I’ve been trying to control the media addiction that’s been growing in me ever since I graduate from high school–before that, but end of high school is when I discovered blogs and it could really get bad. But sometimes, my efforts have negative side effects. For example, how did I miss the day [...]
Relativism watch
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 16, 2009
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This post isn’t about relativism itself, but about one current use of the term: to refer not to the belief that morality is just a matter of the norms of a culture, but to refer to the belief that both sides in a conflict have done nasty stuff (or whatever). The first is crazy, because [...]