Category Archives: Philosophy

Idunn

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Karie

Pope Benedict XVI is visiting Scotland and England over the next few days. I have never lived anywhere with a big Catholic community and it is interesting to see how Glasgow is reacting. I do not know if it is … Continue reading →

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Midway

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Karie

The 4-ply cardigan has been pushed aside for a little gratuitous shawl knitting. The shawl has been worked on and little now and then, but I feel so frustrated with my cardigan that I thought I would give Mosswell (i.e. … Continue reading →

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Changing the Game

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Karie

It is not often that people are praying for my soul when I’m at knitting group. Tonight was certainly different. We got caught up in evangelical Christians protesting the play Jesus Queen of Heaven outside Glasgow’s Tron Theatre which involved … Continue reading →

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“Because I know I shall not know”

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Karie

I have read poetry most of my life, it seems. I was a quiet Danish teenage girl who read Lord Byron and Rupert Brooke in the school library, swooning over the bold romanticism of the poets’ words and lives. When … Continue reading →

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Yes, Words Matter

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Karie

BBC has a Poetry Season which means I am watching far more TV than I usually do. So far Gryff Rhys Jones has explored why poetry matters, the Orkney poet George Mackay Brown has had his own programme, and last … Continue reading →

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On Speeches and Speech Acts?

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Karie

So Obama is betting on the word’s enduring power as a reformer of American life. Historically he has good reason for, from the beginning, words and texts have constructed American realities, not the other way round. The spell cast on … Continue reading →

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Why We Know Very Little

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Karie

This is interesting: Noam Chomsky on the human brain. A short, sweet video from New Scientist. They have an entire section devoted to neuroscience but it is open to subscribers only. Oh well.

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Paradox

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Karie

I am fighting off wasps. And yet I rescue them out of the tumbler when they fall into my soft drink.

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Getting My Geek On

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Karie

I finally got hold of Alex Lloyd‘s third album, Distant Light the other day. It’s the aural equivalent of me snuggling up in a blanket on a spring day: it’s invigourating but also deeply comforting. However, most days I’m listening … Continue reading →

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