Week of April 16, 2012: Week in Review
Like questions? Got answers? You should spend a day at the park. John Horgan, writer for the Scientific American, doesn’t like Sam Harris’ view on free will very much. It’s doubtful whether he likes...
View ArticleThe Fort Hood Shooting: An Insider's Look
Philosophy News writer, Kelly Perez, is the spouse of an active member of the military in the United StatesThe tragic shooting of a member of the military community at Fort Hood at the hands of SPC....
View ArticleAuthenticity and Bad Faith: Existentialism in True Detective
Putting television and movie characters in the middle of an “existential crisis” seems to be all the rage these days. Unfortunately, what the producers of popular media tend to mean by “existential”...
View ArticleOn Sergeant Bergdahl (with Insights from Tolstoy)
I heard a woman speaking on Nashville Public Radio show “On Point”, whose name I cannot remember, ask why we are so focused on the fact that ‘he left his post’ instead of asking ‘why he left his post,...
View ArticleWhere Do You Belong? Divergent and Plato's Republic
Hollywood loves turning books into movies. So what would Plato’s The Republic look like on the big screen? I would wager money it would look something similar to the movie Divergent. I spent the...
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