Category Archives: Philosophy

Learning From Our Mistakes

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Admin

Post by Francisco Zuniga A couple of years ago, I received a post-semester email from a student’s father. He was upset about his child’s final grade in my class, which had landed somewhere between a high B and a low … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Philosophy, Society | 1 Comment

The Centre Is Unreliable

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Guest Author

Post by Mark Oshinskie In April, 1978, when I was college sophomore, I went to hear a night-time guest lecture by Michael Harrington, the sociologist and author of the influential 1960s book, The Other America: Poverty in the United States. … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid, Philosophy | 8 Comments

How to Debate, Discuss and Disagree—Agreeably

Posted on May 13, 2023 by kaysee

It would be a very boring society if we all agreed with everyone about everything. It would also mean that we were living in a blissfully ignorant bubble, closed off from reality. The knowledge we possess, the beliefs we practise, … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Freedom, Philosophy | 7 Comments

My Mind Is Not My Brain

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Guest Author

Guest Post by Abigail L. Rosenthal How much hangs on that denial – or on its contradictory, that my mind is my brain! If our minds are our brains, as I once thought, and as our educated contemporaries mostly still … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Philosophy | 9 Comments