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15 Macrolog entries tagged with ‘ideas’
The Coriolis Force Thu 24 Feb 2005
Antipixel’s Jeremy Hedley loves the vaguely comical natural phenomena: [S]now always makes me think of chicks leaving a nest. Those little whirlpools that form in creeks are funny, too, in a dog-chasing-its-tail way, and the coriolis force always reminds me...
Jacques Derrida, 1930-2004 Wed 27 Oct 2004
I'm a couple of weeks late to the party, but I couldn't let this site go without any tip o' the hat to that remarkable philosopher and cultural provocateur Jacques Derrida, who died on October 8th aged 74. It goes...
Perspectives on Mill Wed 28 Jan 2004
From the desk calendar version of Schott’s Original Miscellany (25th of January, in case you were wondering) comes a quote from the 19th century British philosopher John Stuart Mill on that most divisive of subjects, war: ==War is an ugly...
If Derrida were a Superhero... Wed 03 Dec 2003 | 7 Comments
A couple of questions... If Derrida were a superhero, would deconstruction be his super-power? Would Baudrillard be his partner in crime-fighting? Would he conjure simulacra to confuse and confound their enemies? ...just something to think about....
Thinking Out Loud About Presence And Extelligence Fri 10 Oct 2003
Matt Webb has recently posted a great string of entries on extelligence (the sum of the cultural sphere that we, as intelligent beings, both experience and contribute to) and its relationship to presence — that’s presence in terms of telepresence,...
On Making Connections Fri 15 Aug 2003 | 0 Comments
(or, Beyond The Chinese Room) Paul Ford has recently posted an introduction to The Chinese Room Thought Experiment, John Searle’s infamous refutation of the possibility of truly artificial intelligence. (As a matter of interest, here is an essay I wrote...
God, Religion and Bad Faith Wed 06 Aug 2003
There’s an excellent, thought-provoking post from Tom Coates over at plasticbag.org regarding issues of the religious kind, sparked by the recent Vatican proclamations condemining the ‘sin’ of homosexuality. (Before I go on, I suggest that you read what he has...
Deconstruction Revisited Sun 02 Feb 2003
I may have mentioned this before but one of the many great qualities the Web, for me, is the possibility of finding things that are far and away from what I was originally looking for; sometimes I might not even...
Cloning Around Tue 31 Dec 2002
Douglas Rushkoff comments on the recent human cloning scandal: "(I)t's not fair to clone a kid into a world of medical hell." My sentiments exactly. Now if only I had read this before my medical ethics exam last summer;...
Appendix to 'Deconstructing Warrior' Thu 26 Dec 2002
In a post-script to my piece on the Ultimate Warrior last week, here's someone else with something to say about this Daniel Flynn character. And here's the referenced article by Flynn that serves as further evidence that he doesn't really...
Deconstructing Warrior Tue 17 Dec 2002
A few days ago I came across this piece on a website owned and operated by one-time WWF superstar the Ultimate Warrior. (Excuse me, that should be sans-definite article, seeing as he changed his actual name by deed poll...
The Philosopher In Me Wed 03 Jul 2002
The philosopher in me got off on this comment to a post on kottke.org a couple of days ago. Do I believe that the world I perceive is an illusion, a Matrix-style fabrication? No, I don't. Sorry if you...
The Mind/Body Problem Sun 28 Apr 2002
Ugh. I'm getting to the point now where I'm drawing a complete blank on episodes from the previous few days. I'm going over my Philosophy of Mind notes. I go through the five exam study topics (three of which...
Ceci N'est Pas une Weblog Wed 24 Apr 2002
I just found this, by way of this. 'Ceci n'est pas une weblog'? I dunno.... in the case of Magritte's pipe, it was easier to define. Then again, I've been studying all say so I'm probably just not approching...
The Importance of Semiotics Mon 22 Apr 2002
I was foiled in my attempts to procure an iced coffee in Bewleys on Westmoreland Street this morning. The entrance layout is quite haphazard, and hasn't the management there ever heard of semiotics? Surely it wouldn't kill you to...
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