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Another University Exam From Hell …

Posted onSeptember 3, 2017September 3, 20172 Comments

The list of fictional questions to university exams have been around for a long time. Such as: Epistemology: Trace the development of human thought from 3000 BC to today. Compare and contrast with any other kind of thought. Engineering: You Continue Reading

Categorieslife's happenings, PhilosophyTagsengineering, epistemology, final exam, medicine, philosophy, university

Wait! What? Chomsky is wrong about something?

Posted onSeptember 3, 2016December 1, 2016

I am a Chomsky enthusiast, admittedly. I have read several of his articles and books, and have viewed countless videos. I am no expert in Linguistics, but would sit through a video of his lectures on it. So, when Tom Continue Reading

CategoriesLiterature, Philosophy, WordsTagsChomsky, Harper's, Harper's Magazine, Linguistics, Noam Chomsky, Tom Wolfe

An Inquiry Into Junk Philosophy

Posted onJanuary 8, 2014December 29, 2014

[My book] should in no way be associated with that great body of factual information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It’s not very factual on motorcycles, either. — Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance The above Continue Reading

CategoriesLiterature, PhilosophyTagsliterary criticism, Robert Pirsig, Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

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