Anti-Expertism

fallible, contexual, and limited knowledge

Month: February, 2007

Foundations

Beitiathustra: So, philosophy=rhetoric, but philosophy=theology, therefore theology is rhetoric? How have we just framed the question? or have we framed a house with no doors or windows?
The answer is (of course), in a way, ‘yes’ and, in a way, ‘no.’ I would argue that all philosophy is theology, or–at the very least–a failed attempt at [...]

The Ontology of Violence

“But it is this very reality–the tragedy of being in its dispensation–that is the secret of philosophy’s power; for it can thrive as a deductive enterprise, able to move from the world to the world’s principles, only insofar as what is, is what must be; only because being must appear thus, constrained to these manifestations, [...]

Back from NYC

My experience in the city was fun. Unfortunately, because the MoMa was mobbed, I was unable to get any really great pictures. I met some clusterflockers for the first time and, afterward, tried to keep up, beer for beer, with an Iraq veteren. The hangover from Saturday evening was terrible and this picture pretty much [...]