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What does it mean to live in a contingent universe?
Does this mean the end of metaphysics (at least for this bicyclist)?: I think that the below Walker Percy quote, though about declining suicide (not the lucky escape of an accident) goes rather nicely with the above video. The above bicyclist, … Continue reading →
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Tagged atheism, contingency, Darwin, God, metaphysics, Nietzsche, philosophy, Plato, psychology, suicide
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Do I disgust you?
The politics of disgust is powerful because biology is powerful. At Alternet today is an article that reviews a bit of the recent research findings on this subject, to wit: Put succinctly, when you experience the feeling of moral disgust – … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, conservatism, disgust, disgusting, gay marriage, globalism, internationalism, lesbian, martha nussbaum, mexican immigration, planet of the apes, Politics
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