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Wittgenstein on Philosophy, Pt. IV – Language Games

Posted on February 13, 2010 by deadondres

The following passages come from Wittgenstein’s magnum opus – Philosophical Investigations.  An understanding of language games is essential to his philosophy. A langauge game relates to philosophy in ways described in the previous three posts – it deceives us into belief … Continue reading →

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Bigger Houses

Posted on May 15, 2009 by deadondres

I read this on a wall at a good friend’s family home: “We have bigger houses but smaller families: We have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge but less judgements; more experts but more problems; more medicines, but less … Continue reading →

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The Future of the American Dream

Posted on May 11, 2009 by deadondres

This is an article I just read in The Nation which reflects many of the concerns and values in The Age of Humanity and proposes a socio-economic approach to kick America forward. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090525/greider

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