📖 Discussions

• 🤔The Problem of Evil and Experimental Philosophy of Religion

  What does it take for the idea of God to become philosophically untenable? It may depend on who you ask.

• 🌍Why can’t we eat spaghetti too?

  Diving into Rachel Laudan's critique of the simplistic notions surrounding traditional and modern food practices.

• 🎶Performance’s magical mix

  Quoting Yo-Yo Ma.

• 🌈A cross-cultural color wheel

  This infographic explores the diverse meanings of colors across various cultures, revealing intriguing associations and unique cultural perspectives.

• 🎨The way the present looks like the past

  Quoting Jonathan Lopez.

• 🗺️The new old cartography

  A reflection on the evolution and interpretation of maps through history, contrasting medieval perspectives with modern cartography.

• 🏺Blogs as ‘Cabinets of Wonder’

  Exploring the concept of blogs as modern-day "cabinets of wonder," a fascinating comparison to Renaissance collections of curiosity.

• 🎶Now That’s What I Call Not Music 2!

  An exploration of audience reactions to Edgard Varèse's "Hyperprism" and the dichotomy between concept and substance in modern sound compositions.

• 🎨Image vs. presence

  A reflection on the complexities of art and perception from Lawrence Weschler's dialogues with David Hockney and Robert Irwin.

• ♻️Philosophy of leftovers

  Reflecting on the value of overlooked and discarded things, Andy Warhol shares his philosophy on working with leftovers.

• 📻A hoax hoax

  A reconsideration of the "War of the Worlds" broadcast reveals that the panic it generated was largely overstated and not nearly as widespread as believed.

• 📚Give or take 100,000 words

  An exploration of the complexities of translating literature, especially in the case of Hugo’s "Les Misérables."

• 📚“Biology

  I find it fascinating to think about the hidden images and stories within the books on my shelves, much like Brian Dettmer's artwork.

• 😂Stephen Colbert interviews N.T. Wright

  Insights on humor and wit in the interview with Wright on "Life After Heaven."

• 👶You can call me Al

  Reflecting on evolving parental nicknames and the cultural influences behind them.

• 🎵Mix CD | Hold On

  For a while, I've been interested in the ways that repeating a word over and over can change it—sometimes it loses meaning, becoming a simple babble of repeated sounds. In other cases, the repetition increases the strength and depth of the word.