Archive for February 6th, 2008
If Not a Philosopher, What Am I?
If not an economist, what am I? An outdated freak whose functional role in the general scheme of things has passed into history? Perhaps I should accept such an assessment, retire gracefully, and, with alcoholic breath, hoe my cabbages. Perhaps I could do so if the modern technicians had indeed produced “better” economic mousetraps. Instead [...]
Posted: February 6th, 2008 under Philosophy.
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Nozick and the Meaning of Life
Our author squirms and struggles and gurgles and guggles more than usual as Philosophical Explanations culminates in the chapter entitled “Philosophy and the Meaning of Life.” Despite his enormous ingenuity, in the final analysis Nozick does not seem to take philosophy seriously. What is the meaning of life for human beings, anyway? It lies in [...]
Posted: February 6th, 2008 under Philosophy.
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