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For me, epistemology resides at the heart of everything philosophical, because to question knowledge is to inevitably reveal the inherent complexity of appearance, perception, and reality. And philosophy of science is the most vital epistemological extension, because it concerns a shared reality between individuals that appears to be objectively certain.Nothing philosophical exists in a vacuum,…
Through Fog by Samantha Preis has quickly risen to become one of my all time favorite folk albums.Her guitar playing is gentle, precise, and hypnotic in a way that creates a feeling of floating. Her sense of melody, harmony, and atmosphere pervades every song [this album has no weak tracks].As for her vocals, they are perfection: as expressive and soulful as they are captivating. On top of that,…
It is obvious that the nineties is one of the best decades of music in existence. For that reason, any list of this sort is inevitably relegated to being (at best) only the tip of one of its many icebergs.That being said, the selections below are the opinion of one individual, and may or may not correspond to the albums you would have chosen. Knowing that, you may assume an IMO wherever you like,…
I'm not ordinarily someone who searches for mysticality in everything odd, but last November something strange happened.It had to do with my iPod shuffler, the subtitles of a TV show, and a job I was interviewing for.The First OccurrenceI have a playlist of roughly half Cibo Matto songs and half Zero 7 songs that is 90 minutes long, and as I started to take a walk I shuffled the list [starting…
I'm not talking about bugs here, I'm talking about elements consciously implemented by developers (of software, appliances, packaging, etc.) that cause frustration and confusion.1. Strikethrough-Eye Password Toggle With respect to function and state, this pair of icons is basically a paradox. I mean, does a struckthrough eye mean you can't see the password or you can? Does pressing on a…
It struck me lately how there is a strange similarity between The Golden Rule (TGR) and Eye for an Eye (E4E), and yet they are obviously not identical.How is the Golden Rule different from Eye for an Eye?Does following one of them necessarily entail following the other?At First GlanceLet's take a look at the two rules worded similarly so as to get an initial idea of their relation.TGR: Treat…
With nearly four decades of output, and more than 60 albums, 30 EPs, and 30 side projects to his name, Robert Pollard has without a doubt taken prolificness to a whole new level. And not only has the quantity of his output been amazing, the quality has been amazing as well. In fact, he has so many releases in and around his primary band Guided By Voices (GBV) that there is an entire database…
In 2009 Carina Round released what in my opinion is probably the greatest EP of all time, from which the title and sections of this post get their names. If you've not heard it yet definitely check it out.Anyway (needless to say) circumstances lately have been horrible, worldwide and personally. I won't dwell on it because there's plenty of doom-and-gloom on the internet already; suffice it to say…
It is time to share my favorite albums of our century's first decade, now that we've entered its third decade. Of course, no one person can listen to every album that exists, so in the event there are any glaring omissions in your opinion please share them in the comments. I do not view music as a competition, even though the below list has kind of a competitive organization to it (winners,…
Stories and Essays, a collection of science fiction short stories and philosophical essays is now available in paperback!(skip wordy intro and go straight to book info)About a month ago Kindle Direct Publishing announced an extension to their eBook publishing platform which enables paperback publishing. I had been wanting to publish a paperback version of Bivalent Logic for a long time so I jumped…