The Problems of Love from Sartre and Beauvoir to Irigaray
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today: 10/02/2011
Books Google puts the Dead Sea Scrolls online (in high resolution). Guide to fantasy and/or sci-fi books. Economics When it comes to economics, “we’re all Mormons now.” Studies show that when women take on their husbands’ last name, she gets … Continue reading
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today: 09/24/2011
Science Could this prove Einstein’s theory that light is the only absolute constant in the universe wrong? Speaking of proving scientific theories wrong, this could prove that we need to rethink dark matter. [H/T Daniel Vecchio] Sexuality Modern day Lysistrata in … Continue reading
Various Philosophers on Relationships: Polyamory, the Family, Friendship, and Singledom
This is my third, and possible last, installment on my interests in philosophy pertaining to the philosophy of love and sex. My previous blog dealt with various philosophers on sex and the blog before dealt with various philosophers on love, … Continue reading
What will future generations think of now?
Steven Landsburg did an interesting post on what future generations will think of past generations. Here is it verbatim: Future generations will look back with bemusement on a time when airline passengers couldn’t pay extra for a flight that’s guaranteed … Continue reading
Conjoined Twins Sharing a Brain
A fascinating article about twins conjoined at the head which leads scientists asking whether they share a mind. The girls are about three years old and if one senses an object, the other knows what the other is sensing! How … Continue reading
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If You Ever Feel Lonely…
…just keep in mind that you have a possible partner in some modal reality. This paper is seriously impressive. I don’t think I have actually laughed at a philosophy paper before, but the myriad of possible girlfriends (with and without … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Paper Topic, Possible Worlds, Relationships
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Wanna Find the Love of Your Life?
Heh. Don’t come to me first of all. But secondly, there’s a mathematical way to do so: Yeah, I’ll let you read it so you know what the variables stand for. Looks like Aristophanes would be proud.
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Book Review: Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
I had the joy of reading this book last year and I’ve been meaning to do a review on it. Well, the time is now. However, I’m not going to simply spell out the book. It’s so good that you … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Culture, Love, Marriage, Monogamy, Relationships, Sexuality, Values
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What I’ve Learned this Past Year — 2010 Edition
If you know me, I don’t do New Years Resolutions. Instead, I reflect on the past year. To me, if one hasn’t learned things within the past year, then it’s as if one hasn’t gained wisdom. And if that’s the case, … Continue reading
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today: 11/28/2010
Relationships and Sexuality In the Time Magazine this week, the headline cover was Who Needs Marriage? The results are quite interesting: the more educated and wealthy you are, the more likely you get married. Here are some more interesting stats … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Economics, Marriage, News, Paper Topic, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality
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