The words “decision” and “choice” seem to be pretty much synonymous in English, as do their verbal counterparts “decide” and “choose.” However, they strike me…
Decisions Are Not Choices, or Are They?
Posted in Friendly Philosophy, and Language
Author: Micah Tillman
Micah has a Ph.D. in philosophy and a B.A. in computer science. He plays and makes video games, thinks philosophically about pop music, and loves fractals.
Three Ways of Understanding the Distinction I find it helpful to understand the difference between Analytic and Continental philosophy in three different ways, all of…
Some Not-Well-Developed Thoughts: Whether wholes are more fundamental than their parts, or parts more fundamental than their wholes, is an important question. The terminology of…
In “Fancy,” by Iggy Azalea, ft. Charli XCX, Ms. XCX sings: I’m in the fast lane from L.A. to Tokyo Just in case future anthropologists…
It would make sense to specify dates in either of two ways: smallest-to-largest or largest-to-smallest. In England specifically (and Europe more broadly, I understand) people…
Nicki Minaj and Boethius
Posted in Friendly Philosophy, and Music
In his Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius defines eternal beings as any one who “possesses the whole fulness of unending life at once.” That is, a…
This Fall, I’ll be teaching Philosophy of Language at McDaniel College, using Gary Kemp‘s What Is This Thing Called Philosophy of Language and Daniel Chandler‘s Semiotics:…
Teaching for the Fall Semester
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After teaching two classes this summer at the Catholic University of America (“The Classical Mind” and “Philosophy of God”), I have now signed my contracts…
A New Site for a New Degree
Posted in Life
Yesterday — April 14th, 2011 — I successfully defended my dissertation, Empty and Filled Intentions in Husserl’s Early Work. This means I’ll be graduating in a…