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So I’m moving the blog

Hey guys,

I’ve decided to move the blog over to Wordpress. Just thought I’d try something new.

I already moved most of the content over there. I apologize to all of you lovely followers of mine, but you’ll need to resubscribe. The address is http://philosophyafterdark.wordpress.com/


See you there! 

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Amazing! That’s what I imagine my books do at night!

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searching for jobs is depressing

anyone want to pay me to read nietzsche and post quotes on my tumblr?

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logicallypositive:

r-kellys-closet:

consider the argument 

wow what a persuasive argument 

I’m sold.

logicallypositive:

r-kellys-closet:

consider the argument 

wow what a persuasive argument 

I’m sold.

(Source: ibbetson)

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HA HA HA

logicallypositive:

floridabq:

logicallypositive:

you are all starting your spring semester

GUESS WHAT BISHES I GRADUATED!

Oh hmm what am I going to do today? Oh yeah thats right WHATEVER THE FUCK I FEEL LIKE DOING!!!
(I actually do have responsibilities that need to be taken care of but it is nice to not have to go to class for once)

I graduated too. And now I start grad school. Feels bad man.

Not starting that for a least 1.5 years. I got to pay down the debt I already have and then save some money

summer here in australia. im on holiday for another 2 months. feelsgreatbro.jpg

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On Human Rights

Given what we know of the world, of the universe and of existence as a whole, human rights which would exist universally seem like a silly idea. People are a tiny part of the whole, and frankly are completely insignificant compared to the rest of existence. Why do we deserve special rights?

That said, in virtue of our coexistence with ourselves, a necessary coexistence at that, we attain certain duties regarding each other, and we may call those human rights. They exist not universally, but purely as a result of the necessity of our coexistence.

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"What you do not get is part of the identity of what you do get."

Slavoj Žižek

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"The scientific method is naturalistic. It denies the supernatural, and declares that all phenomena are traceable to natural causes. It uses as few concepts as possible. The simplest available explanation is preferred, ie., the one that involves the fewest or least completely related concepts that are adequate.
When hydrogen and oxygen combine under certain conditions, water is invariably the result. Science means prediction, and prediction is the basis of control"

— Andrew Salter

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I agree with just about every single word he says.

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laundromat1976:

There is a standard philosophical joke about a professor who gives a lecture in defence of solipsism. So persuasive is the lecture that as soon as it ends, several enthusiastic students hurry forward to shake the professor’s hand. ‘Wonderful. I agreed with every word,’ says one student earnestly….

Why exactly would they need to work around the cogito argument? I think therefore I exist. There is nothing in there to show that you exist. That argument is perfectly compatible with solipsism.

(Source: laundromat1967)