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Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy
"There are too many know-nothings who believe that hot air and "philosophy" are the same. They're not. Not all lengthy and obtuse passages of
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyScience
Jim, if you'll join me again, I am picking up the world-origins debate. I am reading through Briane Greene's book The Fabric of the Cosmos,
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy
Nickel Creek's new album is a haunting and bitter portrait of a cynical twenty-something man experiencing "aporia," that is, a sort of paralyzing disillusionment, with
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy
"The problem of scientific research cannot be understood on the basis of scientific enquiry." -Nietzsche, An attempt at self-criticism (1886) later preface to Birth of Tragedy
Keith E. Buhler
A new little feature, the recently upgraded Google Toolbar, now allows for instant translation, spell-checking, and instant image search. I’m a fan. What about Google’s privacy policies? Any opinions out there? From the little reading I did, I do not […]
Keith E. BuhlerReviews (Theatre)
The Crystal Cathedral is famous for its annual production of “the Glory of Easter,” featuring dangling angels, resounding music, and live animals. This year, they experiment with a new production along the same lines. The tagline is “Once upon all […]
Keith E. BuhlerDevotional
Whether or not being able to sit still in silence is a "spiritual discipline," I do not know. I have learned by experience, that it is probably one
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyEpistemology
The contemporary scholarly climate is, I hear, one of scientism and naturalism. Thinking peoples do not currently believe that there is any way to know anything but by means of
Keith E. Buhler
In an ongoing effort to be radically experimental, the following post is a philosophical dialogue I have written regarding the usefulness of “seeing” what you are going to make before you make it. Please let me know how you like […]
Keith E. Buhler
Hypothesis 1: One purpose of humour is to make palatable truths so horrible and terrible that we would otherwise ignore them entirely. I take “humour” to mean something like the presentation of some speech or image whose intention is to […]
Keith E. BuhlerTechnology
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Keith E. BuhlerEducation
The U.S. Bureau of the Census conducted a study on the amount of literary reading (as opposed to electronic) in America. They bottom line is that reading has declined across all age and social categories, and that this decline has […]