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-ism -ism -ism
causalism — behavior and actions are the result of previous mental states, such as beliefs, desires, or intentions, rather than a present conscious will guiding one’s actions determinism — every event, including human cognition and behavior, decision and action, is … Continue reading
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Tagged dictionary, i love wikipedia, leibniz, william blake
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place names
hamlet — a rural community too small to be considered a village (from the French) village — usually rural, larger than a hamlet, smaller than a town (from the French) town — ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally … Continue reading
some philosophy phrases
“always already“ toujours, déjà (French — Derrida) immer schon (German — Kant, Heidegger) it’s a bit dodgy to try to define, but basically (and not all-inclusively) what has not happened in the past is past; what has happened at present … Continue reading
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Tagged derrida, dictionary, heidegger, i love wikipedia, kant, phrases, plato
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How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen
phrases I liked: in “My Father’s Brain”: the brain as “lovely and postmodern” p. 10 “medicalization of human experience” p. 19 “ever-expanding nomenclature of victimhood”p. 19 “My sense of private selfhood turns out to have been illusory” p. 20 “the … Continue reading
Posted in history/memory, literature
Tagged delillo, dictionary, food, franzen, joyce, loneliness, new york, proust, pyrrhic, the mall, witold rybczynski
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impossible to name them all?
Since discovering the word muon, I’ve wanted to do a post about subatomic particles; however, even despite my love of lists, it’s just too much. To get you started (in case you really want to know more), there are: Fermions … Continue reading