August 2014 – PHILOSOPHICAL EGGS

88. William James’ Fallacy of Blindness

In his essay “On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings” William James (1842-1910) argues that our ideals and ideas are intimately associated with our feelings. This can be a good thing since feelings both enable our ideas about things to… Read more ›

August 6, 2014

Dwight Goodyear

Morality, The Soul, Truth

A Certain Blindness in Human Beings, the fallacy of blindess, William James

87. Eros vs. Thanatos, Part 3: The Furies of Creativity

In previous posts we have seen ways in which Eros (love) can imply, lead to, or be thwarted by Thanatos (death). Here is yet another example of a dynamic relation between the two from Alfred North Whitehead. In his book… Read more ›

August 5, 2014

Dwight Goodyear

Love, The Soul

Adventures of Ideas, Alfred North Whitehead, creativity, Cvilization and its Discontents, death, Eros and Thanatos, Freud, love

86. Thoughts on Richard III, Part 3: Theodicy

A theodicy is an attempt to justify God’s attributes (usually all knowing, all good, and all powerful) in the face of evil. One way to justify God in the face of evil is to claim that evil is actually orchestrated… Read more ›

August 5, 2014

Dwight Goodyear

Metaphysics, Morality

Richard III, Shakespeare, theodicy

85. Thoughts on Richard III, Part 2: Forms of Evil

In the last post, I considered how Shakespeare’s Richard III can be used to illustrate five stages of tyranny in politics. Now let’s look at how the play, on the one hand, illustrates four forms of evil, namely, demonic, instrumental,… Read more ›

August 5, 2014

Dwight Goodyear

Morality, Political Theory, The Soul

demonic evil, forms of evil, Kierkegaard, Lars Svendsen, Richard III, the banality of evil, The Concept of Anxiety

84. Thoughts on Richard III, Part 1: Stages of Tyranny

Shakespeare’s Richard III, although fairly simple in structure, is rich in philosophical insights. In this series of posts I will explore many of these insights. Let’s begin by looking at how the play illustrates stages of tyranny that can be… Read more ›

August 4, 2014 2 Comments

Dwight Goodyear

Morality, Political Theory, The Soul, Truth

Agnes Heller, Plato's Republic, Richard III, tyranny

83. Musical Consistency and Personality?

An ideal many philosophers have pursued is a belief system characterized by logical consistency. Such a belief system, far from being just an objective goal existing apart from the self, would be integral, if not identical, to the self. In… Read more ›

August 2, 2014

Dwight Goodyear

Aesthetics, The Soul

aesthetic subjectivity, Agnes Heller, Ethics of Personality, Nietzsche, personal identity

82. Plato on the Immortality of the Soul in Republic Book X, Part 4: Kierkegaard’s Sickness Unto Death

In the last three posts I have considered Plato’s argument for the immortality of the soul in book X of his dialogue the Republic. I would like to finish this series with a look at one attempt to present a… Read more ›

August 2, 2014

Dwight Goodyear

Metaphysics, Morality, The Soul

immortality of the soul, Plato's Republic Book X, Sickness Unto Daeth, Soren Kieregaard

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88. William James’ Fallacy of Blindness

87. Eros vs. Thanatos, Part 3: The Furies of Creativity

86. Thoughts on Richard III, Part 3: Theodicy

85. Thoughts on Richard III, Part 2: Forms of Evil

84. Thoughts on Richard III, Part 1: Stages of Tyranny

83. Musical Consistency and Personality?

82. Plato on the Immortality of the Soul in Republic Book X, Part 4: Kierkegaard’s Sickness Unto Death