Blog Posting Software

I’m trying to decide on blog posting software. Since I’m on a Mac that means Mars Edit or Ecto.

William Henry Chamberlin: Philosophy

I mentioned in my previous post a little bit about Chamberlin and his influences. Sadly, I’ve been unable to find any of his works available online. If I get time over the next few months I’ll see if I can find some photocopies from the BYU Special Collections. If I manage to [...]

Racism and Tipping

Racism and Tipping. Should tips be abolished?

Science and Unobservable things

Sean Carroll on Science and Unobservable Things. There’s starting to be a big riff philosophically among those who demand focus on observables and those who don’t. Like the roll of infinities in the riff over mathematical foundations both sides have their points.

Race and Crime

Race and Crime. Interesting comment on a speech of Obama. Worth reading. If Obama could end the war on drugs which has been a bigger disaster than Iraq and has been going on decades longer I’d vote for him despite my misgivings on a slew of issues. The great moral outrage [...]

Discourses in Mormon Theology: Philosophical and Theological Possibilities

Kent asked about that recent SMPT publication and its table of contents. I guess Kofford didn’t put any page samples up at Amazon. Here’s the table of contents for Discourses in Mormon Theology: Philosophical and Theological Possibilities. I’ll briefly annotate them as well and give my thoughts on each article.

William Henry Chamberlin: First LDS Philosopher

I know I’ve mentioned the recent book Discourses in Mormon Theology: Philosophical and Theological Possibilities before. It’s nothing like a systematic theology text but rather a collection of diverse essays from the first SMPT Conference. One of my favorite essays in the book was on William Chamberlin who was arguably the first real [...]

Joke reads Kant

The Joker reading Kant. And laughing.

Blog’s Reading Level

A site to guage your blog’s readability. The current one gets a High School rating whereas the old one gets listed as Junior High! Who said reading philosophy was hard? Didn’t you discuss Heidegger and Derrida in 7th Grade? (HT: Juvenile Instructor)

SMPT

Don’t forget about the SMPT Conference. I can’t go to Thursday’s afternoon session but I’ll be there Friday and Saturday.

Free Speech: European Double Standards?

I noticed that yesterday’s bin Laden tape attacked the publication of cartoons about Muhammad. What was more interesting, to me were some comments about European double standards. Now let me say up front that I obviously condemn the reaction towards the Danish cartoons. I definitely take an American ideal towards free speech. [...]

Heidegger and Mormonism: A Possible Literary Aesthetic

Over at a new LDS blog, Mormon Renaissance, there’s a post called “Heidegger and Mormonism: A Possible Lterary Aesthetic”

Literalism and Nephi

Reading Nephi. Literalism and mediation. I need to do a post on this here.

BSG Prequel Approved

Battlestar Galactica prequel: Caprica approved. See the discussion at Kulturblog.

Generic Drugs Inferior?

Are generic drugs inferior to name brand drugs? Surprising. Whomever ends up President come January really needs to increase FDA staffing.

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