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Often in the course of the philosophy of religion, the question of free will vs. determinism is brought up. Typically, the non-religious side claims that every human has complete autonomy and control over him or herself, doing whatever is willed and having unbounded freedom. The religious side usually asserts that there is some omnipotent, omniscient, [...]

Life is a series of decisions and considerations that lead one down a certain unique path. As humans, we think about the situations we’re in and react accordingly. In other words, we live through a cycle of thought and action. I claim that most people are unbalanced with respect to this process. They either use [...]

I recently bought a book on a whim from Borders: Socrates Café (which is strange for me, because I hardly ever buy books, much less on whims, much less from bookstores). I must say that I’m glad I picked it up. It’s not the prose or the subject matter (philosophy) that are revolutionary or interesting, [...]

One of the central problems in metaphysics is that of identity: what is it to be a person? Does your physical manifestation constitute your identity? Would you be the same person if you lost all four of your limbs? What if you were burned beyond recognition in a fire? Are any of your physical attributes [...]

I wrote a paper for a Philosophy of Technology class last year. I think it pretty relevant to college-level students who use the internet. I don’t expect everyone to read it, but it’s here for my own records and those that care to read it. In Hubert Dreyfus’s “Anonymity versus Commitment: The Dangers of Education [...]

Lately I have felt stifled with reference to my perceived limits on posting to this site. I can’t pin it down to any one factor, but there are a number of reasons why I have felt mitigated, censoring not only the content of the posts I do make, but the topics on which I post. [...]

A Single Damning Demonstration It’s a refreshing time when someone held in high regard challenges the status quo, spilling fresh blood onto the battlefield of academia. It reminds us that we are human; imperfect, fragile, mortal. It is a sad state of affairs when a dissenter is immediately ridiculed, shamed, and ostracized without a shed [...]

I was reading for philosophy and I came across the longest sentence I have ever read in my entire life. Here it is for your reading pleasure: I shall not argue against it from the supposed impossibility of infinite succession, barely and absolutely considered in itself; for a reason which shall be mentioned hereafter: but [...]

In his Philosophy of Right, Hegel outlines the Family and its essential component: Marriage. Furthermore, since marriage arises out of the free surrender by both sexes of their personalities, which are infinitely unique to themselves, it must not be concluded within the naturally identical circle of people who are acquainted and familiar with each other [...]

Hegel says that the criminal is punished by what [the criminal] knows is proper. The criminal knows the law and is a criminal against it. The way I see it, this is impossible. If the criminal knows the law and can follow logic, he would not violate it, as he knows of the corresponding consequences. [...]