Gets Them Engaged. Keeps Them Engaged Blitzer’s philosophy: present the full scope of mathematics, while always (1) engaging the student by opening their minds to learning (2) keeping the student engaged on every page (3) explaining ideas directly, simply, and clearly so they don’t get “lost” when s ...

49 minutes ago · review.nize · reviewnize.com by admin

Taylor Adkins from Fractal Ontology has invited me to participate in a new blog, Speculative Heresy, which will deal with issues of non-philosophy. “Non-philosophy” refers to a position that has been expounded in the last few decades by prominent French thinkers such as Laruelle. Authors from the bl ...

1 hour ago · Apeiron · rosswolfe.wordpress.com by Ross Wolfe

The newest members of the fold — and really, boys, you don’t write, you don’t call, I have to hear about it from David Porter? — seem to skirting the edge of the reactionary temptation: If only to preserve consistency with our often ancient ideas, the latest fashion in such circles hasn’t changed in ...

2 hours ago · Iqra'i · nazg.com/iqrai by Nicola Karras 7 references

That God is simply another name for "Order that didn't come from me." The principle of entropy of closed systems and time's arrow increasing to the maximum is never more apparent to me than when dealing with power cords. Of course, the Gibbs equation presents all sorts of uncomfortable unlikelihoods ...

5 hours ago · Destructor: Evil Death ... · radiata-prime.livejournal.com by Destructor 14 references

Twitshit de la Dweeb went down to Monticello for the Fourth. He made on of those unfortunate things that people call speeches. The usual inarticulate and whiny stuff, I'm sure with the gamut of facial expressions and idiocy. And then he read a quote from Jefferson, obviously found and bowdlerized by ...

6 hours ago · the defeatists! · thedefeatists.typepad.com/apoplectic by Crusader AXE of the Lost Causes 1 reference

The truth is not something you can learn in one sitting. It's something you learn as you evolve, from cradle to grave. Most of us understand the difference between the truth and a lie as children, influenced by our parents and peers. We realize lying is wrong, and left unchecked, can have devastatin ...

6 hours ago · the leopard · iamtheleopard.com by The Leopard ()

New Rethinking Marxism ( Volume 20:3, July 2008 ) has a symposium dedicated to a discussion of contemporary Russian Marxism and aesthetics - the theme itself is worth attention, since after the end of the Cold War the assumption is that Russia abandoned itself dark Marxist past and rushed into a new ...

6 hours ago · Perverse Egalitarianism · pervegalit.wordpress.com by Mikhail Emelianov 30 references

An affirmation of new beginnings was shared by the psalmist: “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” And a more modern-day version is this: “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” I discover inner strength in knowing both of these affirmations are true for m ...

6 hours ago · Kenneth Princeton Beal · kennybeal.wordpress.com by kennybeal

47 th Annual SPEP Conference Pittsburgh PA October 16-18, 2008 Hosted by Duquesne University Program is available online here. Some interesting sessions on Badiou, although not having been a great participator on Badiou in this blog’s discussions, I can’t quite tell how interesting the whole fascina ...

7 hours ago · Perverse Egalitarianism · pervegalit.wordpress.com by Mikhail Emelianov 30 references

It is a dream, in which only good things can and do happen. But is that what we’re living for - for a string of positive experiences? Do the pleasures in life come from good things alone or from their juxtaposition with bad things. For if one experiences nothing but good things from the time he is b ...

7 hours ago · Srinath Reddy · srinathhh.wordpress.com by srinathhh