"Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God." 2 Thessalonians … Continue reading Antichrist in the Thought of Ivan Illich
Christ in the Thought of Ivan Illich
The Messiah is the fruition of plenty in paradise, where there once was thirst and the desert. He is the giver of presence, the provider of bread, the one who answers the questions, who provides the meat. It is through His peace that we are brought into being and through His sacrifice that we have … Continue reading Christ in the Thought of Ivan Illich
Philosophy of Mind–The Beginning
The human mind is one of the most powerful organs of the universe. The one hundred billion neurons that make about one hundred trillion connections number the amount of stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a microcosm, or synecdoche of our macrocosmic world. The mind is a temple, a vessel, a place of representation and … Continue reading Philosophy of Mind–The Beginning
The Neglect of the Soul and the Robbery of Agency
A person is the temple of God. Inasmuch one neglects his or herself or others they abandon God. When born, a person has native tendency and capacities, referred to in developmental psychology as core knowledge (Spelke & Kinnzler, 2007). These are innate structures that guide learning in specific areas. This is a natural consequence of … Continue reading The Neglect of the Soul and the Robbery of Agency
The Failure of the University
"名不正，則言不順" Translation: If names be not correct, language is not in accord with the truth of things. Paraphrased: The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. Confucius, Analects, 5th millennium BC, Chapter 13 The university does not work as it does not mean its name. Uni-, -versity refers to a single … Continue reading The Failure of the University
Life is Not a Show
Modernity denotes an age that never ends. It is just contemporaneity. To that extent, modernity, postmodernity, the ancients: all of it fails to describe their epochs: the temporal markers are derivative streams that lack substantive content. Philosophical definition sought final anchors, necessary and sufficient conditions that identify the subject according to its content, not relative … Continue reading Life is Not a Show
Light, Salt & Symbols
Religious symbols are powerful in a manner that evades much of the postmodern mind. Today, many of us consider ourselves so over it that we will not give much time to ourselves, let alone others or abstract knowledge. Our idea of truth, meaning and faith has become conditioned to last the duration of a social … Continue reading Light, Salt & Symbols
The Lost Project of Psychology
As a discipline, psychology considers the nature of the mind: its origins, function and relationship with the world. It has a long history, though its experimental setting was established in the mid-19th century by the German researcher Gustav Fechner. Beginning his research as a physicist, he established the discipline of psychophysics: mathematizing the mind through … Continue reading The Lost Project of Psychology
My Renunciation of The Academy
When I became interested by the power of truth in my high school economics class, I became enamored with the Ivory Tower. Not the faux-, immature form as insulated elites, but the near military truth-based social-educational organization that taught its members and discovered and codified knowledge. This tower began in North America as centers of … Continue reading My Renunciation of The Academy
The Marriage of Rhyme and Reason
“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,As those move easiest who have learned to dance.'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense,The sound must seem an echo to the sense.”Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism (1711) The relationship between rhyme and reason has echoed throughout the centuries and I think it is time they … Continue reading The Marriage of Rhyme and Reason
The Fruits of Knowledge
The consequences of technology are plural, with many cascade effects. In this essay, I examine the synergy of technology and humanity. Our use of technology involves the fundamental principle of technological use: their primary human cost and secondary technological gain. Broadly speaking, technology undoes original human capacity and enfolds it into technological power. There is … Continue reading The Fruits of Knowledge
Searching for an Axiom after Gödel
"Gödel showed that mathematical truth is more than just the output of a formal mechanical system. This suggests that mathematical insight cannot be reduced to a set of rules and that creativity plays a role in mathematics." Roger Chaitin, The Unknowable (2000) The pursuit of philosophy was the development of certain knowledge. From its origin, … Continue reading Searching for an Axiom after Gödel
Veracity as Virtue 