Monthly Archives: October 2009

the socratic problem

By thomas | Published: October 29, 2009
In my investigations into the question What is Philosophy? I’ve come into a bit of a snag: Socrates. I wanted to know what it was that he thought philosophy was, because, you know, he pretty much is the go-to guy in terms of ancient western philosophy. It could, of course, be argued that [...]
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in defense of a new blog, or, hello world!

By thomas | Published: October 28, 2009
It is estimated as of February 2008 that there are over 112 million blogs on the internet (and I will admit to creating at least 8 or 9 of them). With this consideration in mind, we might wonder this: when you have created 8 or 9 blogs and only one of them has received [...]
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