Daily Archives: October 1, 2009

Philosopher Slavoj Zizek Thinks About Islam, Christianity, G.K. Chesterton, the Book of Job, and the Limits of Atheist Materialism

I like these two segments from a long Zizek talk: And:

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Promissory Materialism and Second Coming Messianism?

This struck me as a provocative way to frame materialism v. dualism. It comes from a 2003 paper in NeuroQuantology, and it was written by Donald Watson and Bernard Wilson: The “psychophysical identity” proposition is today’s most popular model for … Continue reading

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Meet the Parents

Your own. From a long time ago. Here.

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Apologizing for Roman Polanski? What is Anne Applebaum’s Problem?

Look, I like Rosemary’s Baby  too. But in the Washington Post yesterday, the acclaimed historian of Soviet era gulags (in other words, a serious person), Anne Applebaum, offers a bizarre and full throated defense of Roman Polanski’s giving a 13 year old girl alcohol … Continue reading

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Halloween is Coming

And this is very, very scary. This is how I feel about my blogging sometimes.

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