Tag Archives: knowledge
Wittgenstein on Philosophy
This post is a response of sorts to Maya: “All Duality is Falsely Imagined.” This comes from Wittgenstein’s The Blue Book which was at first only a manuscript guarded by his students at Cambridge. It is the most organized of … Continue reading
Floating
We float with little sense of boundaries. I feel like this doubt is not acknowledged or appreciated enough in day-to-day life. Convention dictates certainty in the most bizarre places…what we know is very confusing. Even in quantum mechanics – existence at its … Continue reading
Listen, Little Man
From a book of the same name by Wilhelm Reich, the “hero” of Century of the Self Part III; the psychoanalyst who showed us a way out of the Freudian embrace of the unconscious consuming mind, inspiration to millions of … Continue reading
Modern Academia And Its Conceits
I have been motivated to write a couple future posts by a book I recently read, Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction by A.C. Grayling. In place of a proper “introduction”, he belittles Wittgenstein’s prowess and contributions, as well as somehow … Continue reading
Bad Philosophy
Leaving in six hours… A thought – I love philosophy, when applying notions to everyday life. But when it comes to professional discourse, the actual field itself – those prolix and extraneous terms and labels get wearisome, and stray too … Continue reading
Books And Justice
A book – meant to be read. Ideas to be imparted. Blueprints for a different world, proof of another soul. Justice – I spoke of unverifiable impossibilities, is this not the same thing? It is difficult to refute those that … Continue reading
Wittgenstein’s Most Cherished Emphasis
“What we cannot speak of we must pass over in silence” Ludwig Wittgenstein
Optimistic Musings
What is the point of defining/seeking truth in like of the Hsi-Westbrook Theory of Wrongness? I think that this answer can also be divided, similarly to words/concepts, into the practical (literal) and the philosophical. The response will contradict itself. The … Continue reading
Active Philosophy 