This list contains the Philosopher Briefs written up in the black notebook. Those crossed out (e.g.) have been copied (with details to be provided in brackets). “MM et al.” refers to what is broadly a MM, but in any case, is located in the same folder. Thomas More 10-12 Thomas Malthus 19 Susan Sontag 23 John Locke 31-25 (MM et al.) Nicholas Malenbrache 36-37 J.S. Mill 38-39...
Classics (of literature) provide a (recommended) baseline for communication about the majority of books whose reading-status must, by all likelihood, not be shared. Philosophy is a means for each generation (it’s a particular medley of culture, technology, and world events) to communicate with another (in its moment in history, past present, or future across each network made from...
Meta: Two days previously I had been writing about my study of Bentham. Before continuing I wish to bring attention to two points related to this effort. The first is tangential, and concerns this project perceived from a more generic stance. What I have code-named “Philosopher Briefs” is a didactic monad I’ve wished to establish against a temporal framework extending...
Meta: Before I continue onto my target subject, let me acknowledge that it has been more than a few days since I was last a frequent writer at this local. The fault, guilt, responsibility… they’re all mine to bear and label within the paradigm of my reality. That said, there is no final sin here. In fact, I would hazard to posit that the worst that has happened has been a loss of...
I woke up from a passing loss of conscious motor control. I had dreamt, which is one thing I have severely preferred to avoid. Oh my, how time does pass me by as I stare off into the dreamless horizons, which promise stagnant vistas and microcosm by which one could lose themselves for sheer anonymity (viz. the anonymous nature of those who do nothing, aim for nothing, and by heaven’s grace...
Before I conjure the writings that this “place” deems cut off by the delineations (as if there were such a thing) of time, let me pause. First to orient myself (here and not there) and then to suggest some directions. All that really has purpose from “there” (a label and mode of description that could be translated by reference {wait: you want to hear something funny [cf...
A list that is not random and that refers to things beyond itself qua list-only: Content: What became known as the Dream-Words. Scaruffi: Chapter 4: Part 3. Thoughts as I study through WiBit. Philosopher Brief: Christian Wolff – Take 4. What became known as the Dream-Words Let’s begin by saying that if I can do this, then surely I shall. “But,” assures another, whilst the...
“Now” keeps changing, leading me to doubt whether it ever is. Contents: Philosopher Brief: Christian Wolff – Take 3 Diary: Studying Java and Wibit on programming Some words on Scaruffi: Gaining perspective on chapter 4 – Part 2 Philosopher Brief: Christian Wolff – Take 3 Meta: Title notwithstanding, and long-story aside, this is the second substantial effort at...
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac [1714-1780] France Sensationism: “Sensations are modifications of our being. To understand them as images of something distinct from us is to treat them as “ideas” rather than simply as “sensations,” and that is an operation that is so far from being automatic that it exceeds the capacities of animals.” Although they lend themselves to being thought. Idea:...
Contents: A post-modern epiphany Reading Scaruffi: Gaining perspective on chapter 4 A Post-Modern Epiphany One thing I’d like to note, real quick, is the analogy of Alice in Wonderland. It is possible to realize that all the rules and cultural institutions (e.g. library, bank, supermarket, school, army) are as sensical and straight-forward as are the Queen of Hearts and the rabbit in a...
