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Category Archives: Philosophy

On Speeches and Speech Acts?

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 Americans by the mantle of words goes all the way back to the first Great [...]

Posted 30 August 2008 † Karie § News ‡ Comments (0)

Why We Know Very Little

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.

Posted 05 August 2008 † Karie § Science ‡ Comments (1)

Paradox

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

Posted 29 July 2008 † Karie § Personal ‡ Comments (0)

Getting My Geek On

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 to Canadian band Alaska in Winter - their album continues to worm its way into [...]

Posted 29 February 2008 † Karie § Art § Personal ‡ Comments (0)