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brain in a jar 2
on Nov 29, 2005 in epistemology every day it's the end of the world as we know it and it doesn't seem everyone is fine first time University of Florida researcher Thomas DeMarse holds a glass dish on October 12, 2004, containing a “brain” -- a living network of 25,000 rat brain cells connected to an array of 60 electrodes that can interact with a computer to...
Picture
on Mar 18, 2006 in advertising epistemology This is a picture was taken at 1:56pm. Shutter speed 1/4. This is another picture taken at 1:56pm. Shutter speed 1/10. This is a composite of the two pictures. If someone asked me which picture is true, I'd have to...
The Informed Faith
on Nov 7, 2006 in reason epistemology belief experience faith This blog started as a comment to clarify a brief statement in A Brief Introduction to Mormonism. It quickly grew out of control and became its own entity. At the risk of a similar event occurring again I invite you to read, ponder, and comment on th...
Roland Barthes, "The Discourse of History."
on Aug 6, 2007 in ontology limits_of_language linguistics end_of_history epistemology dialectics phenomenology metaphysics_of_presence coupure_épistémologique barthes Trans. Stephen Bann. Originally published in Comparative Criticism, 3 (1981): 7-20. Excerpts (my emphasis added):The word can convey with economy a situation or a sequence of actions; it aids structuring to the extent that, when it is projected on t...
Roland Barthes, "The Discourse of History."
on Aug 6, 2007 in ontology limits_of_language linguistics end_of_history epistemology dialectics phenomenology metaphysics_of_presence coupure_épistémologique barthes Trans. Stephen Bann. Originally published in Comparative Criticism, 3 (1981): 7-20. Excerpts (my emphasis added):The word can convey with economy a situation or a sequence of actions; it aids structuring to the extent that, when it is projected on t...