Let me return to the last of yesterday‘s line’s, wherein I was translating Kant into a Euclidean format: (1.4) Introduces “Science of Nature” (1.4.1) “Nature is the existence of things, so far as it is determined according to universal laws.” (1.4.2) In S15 shows what this might look like. [Insightful – see highlights] (1.4.3) Another definition...
I’m going to note my Kant reading, and utilize a variation of mind mapping (cf. Euclid). Philosophy has made no progress, I will. 1.1. His arrogance is his boldness which stems from his greatness. Imagine him. A towering intellect. 1.2 Begin from the definition of this science, this scope, this metaphysics. 1.2.1 Analyse, break down into analytic, synthetic and a priori, a posteriori. So...
Editorial notes: The sections “Learning to reading to learn” and “Misc comments on writing” are typical of Shai’s phenomenological journey and his reflection on his own intellectual endeavours and achievements. As explained at length in other places, Shai’s journey has two main components: the first being the domain of knowledge under investigation, be it Philosophy, Science etc; and the second...
Yesterday’s incomplete sentence was the end-point for what-was. It read: “I can prove that” What? I’ll leave that as a prompt and introduction. A nebulous stepping-stone offering unknowns, and inconceivable benefits to what follows. Is this true? #This. I’ve turned to Kant, whose Prolegomena occupies my table and thoughts. It’s a work in process. Which is to...
I have listened to a Nature podcast: Stephen Hawkings and Edward Snowden are heroes of mine. They just found the largest volcano in the entire solar system. And it’s on Earth! Go Science! Team Earth. Children respond intellectually (as by the ability to differentiate dinosaurs from another species) to not only human noise (chatter), but also animal noise (cf. language). One of the greatest...
There are so many things to say, each butterfly litters my awareness, distractions moulding themselves into the grain of passing time, and again, until all moments have become one, that single sphere of life in the past. Which is all very well, but things must be said if they are to avoid silence’s hollow reach into each and every nether corner (black stamps send blank letters along ghostly...
Editorial notes: Although Shai refers to Kant in earlier essays, this is the first where he is analysing Kant’s writing and philosophical approach by analysing his “Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Present Itself as a Science” (definitely a mouthful, thus often referred to as Kant’s Prolegomena). Altogether, 23 essays are related to Kant. I severely want to re-read this...
Money dominates our reality When I think about what money really is, I’m neither surprised nor disappointed that we’ve become existentially dependent on it. If you follow backwards along the chain of causality, you may see that most-every reward can be a consequence of money. There’s no way that can’t change us as we live our lives enveloped by this net! We treat cannabis...
There are quite a few things I’d like to write about now if I could. It’s only a question of importance or priority. (I imagine a god creating a world with that attitude: In the beginning, God said, “Lemme start with…” – surely a better attitude than having a fill of an omnipotent omniscient appetite after a mere 6 days). Anyway, lemme start with… Near...
I’ve rediscovered the value of local news channels. Via the Egyptian Ahram Online. In its capacity as a “local news channel” that I seek, I am looking for it to present its particular brand of foreignness (the type which knows that everyone else is foreign). Ahram Online achieves this via three means, each of which may be contrasted (partly for amusement’s sake) with...
