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My dissertation advisor sent me this quote from Harry Frankfurt. It's encouraging to read a philosopher of such stature reflecting the ...

One of the many aspects of Oryx and Crake I liked: it has a few passages that read like philosophical thought experiments. My favorite...

Last semester one of my intro to philosophy students reminded me, at a handful of points through the semester, of scenes from The Hitchhiker...

Two summers ago I decided to learn to identify some common wild edible plants. I bought a bunch of books on foraging, and by far the most u...

I've been flipping through Silence, John Cage's first book of lectures and essays . I thought maybe it could help me get my foot in...

Bought in April: Geeta Dayal - Another Green World (33 1/3) Hugo Wilcken - Low (33 1/3) Wilson Neate - Pink Flag (33 1/3) Nick Hornby - The ...

Earlier this month I went to see Michael Kac, a professor in my department and an accomplished banjo player, talk about authenticity and ada...