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In my seemingly endless (perhaps only circular) search for knowledge about knowledge, I have come to realize that one question more than any other continues to present itself. I think
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyLiberal Arts
Have you ever read Pascal's "Pensées"? (French for "Thoughts") It is a delightful, interesting, and often challenging panoply of little thoughts, aphorisms, maxims, questions,
TexPhilosophy
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is currently exhibiting 19th century narrative art from England and France. I spent my Saturday afternoon wandering from one painting to another, entertaining myself
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyEpistemology
Descartes, Locke, and Hume all use the word "idea" in the most important parts of their most important writings. Their use of it is central to their philosophy.
TexPhilosophy
**For Clarification** By saying that pessimism and optimism are analogous to bad and good, what do you mean? Do you mean morality? Pleasure and pain? Usefulness? Maybe I'm
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy
Tex said: "Now, why is it that pain and evil seem so real, while mirth, joy, and happiness do not? I think one reason is that we have not
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy
Tex, Thanks for the response... A brief starting-point definition: Optimism is expecting and attending to good things; pessimism is the opposite. As a fan of (admittedly tenuous) etymological inquiries,
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
Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophyEpistemology
Joe Carter is at it again. Though he claims he's not going to post a while on the topic of naturalism, we all know he'll be
TexPhilosophyEpistemology
Epistemology is a subject that has always intrigued me, and to be honest, has often left me more baffled than satisfied when all is said and done. The main thing
TexPhilosophy
Keith: In order to have a really good discussion, I think you are going to need to define pessimism and optimism. As you left it here, I think your starting
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,