There's a lot going on in Cicero's On The Nature Of The Gods. Here's a piece about that work, and more specifically about arguments for the existence of the gods made by the Epicurean and Stoic, then criticized by the Skeptic

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#Philosophy #Cicero #Divine

Here is the 2nd core concept video in the new series on Nishitani's The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism, produced for my online Existentialism students, this one on Nishitani's discussion of deepening of philosophy of history through engagement with nihilism

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Sassy was a little cat with a big personality. That butterscotch blanket, which my grandma gave me as a kid and I've kept all these years, became one of her favorites. She loved getting up on the window ledge and watching the people and the birds (seagulls & crows) below!

I occasionally use the 'trolley problem' (including the original one, which isn't the bystander at the switch) in my classes, and it has seemingly endless variety out there in memeland. I've produced 9 videos on those matters so far. Here's the playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=…

With this Sadler's Lectures podcast episode of how reason sets boundaries for itself and the understanding, we finish up study of part 3 of Kant's Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics.

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#Podcast #Philosophy #Kant #Metaphysics #Epistemology #Reason

I'd say, given my experience, that many faculty would do better than current college/university administrators on most of the matters they handle, not just crises like this particular one.

New meme out from Pedagogical Memes on Philosophical Themes! Also the administrator just had an emergency appendectomy yesterday. If you'd like to read more, send a nice message to him, or even support his work, here's the post facebook.com/pedagogicalmem…

Here's my May newsletter in my Substack. A lot of announcements, events, and even some personal stuff in there this time around. If you'd like to stay on top of the many matters I'm involved in, maybe become a subscriber!

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#Philosophy #News #Events #Videos

Here's the first in a series of new core concept videos on Nishitani's work The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism, produced for students in my online Existentialism class this semester.

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#Video #Philosophy #Nishitani #KyotoSchool #Nihilism #Existentialism #Self

Eleven years ago, at Marist College, I was leading my Introduction to Philosophy students through the start of Hegel's Self-Consciousness section, spending a good bit of the class on the Master-Slave dialectic. Here's the video of the class session youtu.be/6Fi7g5Ncy5U

I cannot get over the unbelievable, industrial strength hypocrisy on the right over these campus protests. They have *for years* ginned up “free speech on college campuses” into a Big Issue. But as soon as groups on campus voice opinions they don’t like, those principles vanish.

Here at UWM with Cat for the Lavender Graduation. Excellent speech by Brice Smith. Great to be here to see Cat get recognized and meet some of their friends and profs

Here's my monthly update video. Everything you might have missed or want to check out from April. News about 3 big things. And all the events, videos, podcast episodes coming up in May!

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#Video #News #Updates #Podcast #Teaching #OnlineEvents #Philosophy

Near the end of the conclusion to part 3 of his Prolegomena, Kant sets down some conjectures about the 'natural ends of reason's uses of transcendent concepts.' Here's a new Sadler's Lectures podcast episode about that!

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#Podcast #Kant #Reason #Philosophy

I'll get in on this metal genres rating. Here's what I like to listen to
Classic/traditional heavy metal (which includes a LOT of stuff and scenes)
Doom metal
NWOTHM
Thrash metal
Prog metal
Power metal

A reminder that's worth putting out there every so often

Well, the story has now broke, which is good. The only way MIAD gets through this crisis is by the administration being far more transparent. One bit missing from this first story: the Vice President of Academic Affairs suddenly 'retired' on April 16

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I lightly edited and republished a piece previously in my Medium in my Substack where anyone can read it. The highest good in Plato is impersonal, but does that mean to attain it, we leave our personalities behind?

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#Plato #Personality #Ascent #Philosophy